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Title: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: Recurve-Elk on July 01, 2012, 10:56:07 AM
Hey all, I am headed up camping this coming weekend in the Manastash.  Does anyone know if there is a burn ban in effect up there yet?  I am pretty sure you can't have a fire in the LT Murray, so we are thinking we will just camp on the forest service side of tamarack springs.  Is it okay to have a fire there? 

If you know of a website with this kind of information that would be great.  I tried wa burn bans, but that seamed to be out of date confusing and not of much help.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: trophyhunt on July 01, 2012, 11:00:20 AM
The fire info number is 509-653-1401.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: Huntbear on July 01, 2012, 11:03:42 AM
I know all the state land is posted NO CAMPFIRES from like mid April to first of October.   :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: washelkhunter on July 01, 2012, 12:15:14 PM
Check the Naches Ranger District web site.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: NWBREW on July 01, 2012, 12:19:31 PM
NO.....trust me on that.  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: Recurve-Elk on July 01, 2012, 01:02:45 PM
I know all the state land is posted NO CAMPFIRES from like mid April to first of October.   :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:

Yes the LT is like that, but the on the other side of tamarack isn't state wildlife land it is forest service.  They have different fire rules, usually.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: runamuk on July 01, 2012, 01:25:59 PM
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/okawen/alerts-notices/?cid=fsbdev3_053600#current%20restrictions (http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/okawen/alerts-notices/?cid=fsbdev3_053600#current%20restrictions)

here are the restrictions in general.....call the cle elum office to ask about specific restrictions it changes as the weather changes and can vary from one day to the next depending on the fire danger.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: MADMAX on July 03, 2012, 06:02:47 AM
I'd like to ask
Can you even get to Tamarack springs or buck meadows by pickup truck ?
I want to elk hunt it for archery this year and am thinking of pulling a 27ft trailer up there
I need to get over and get a look but have had some personal issues (surgery) take most of my time this summer.
hence why I asked before I get spammed by "go look yourself'
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: hunterofelk on July 03, 2012, 06:21:15 AM
Madmax, I was around Tamarack on Memorial weekend this year and the 3330 road was open, but very washboard.  The  3111 road to Buck Meadows was open, but we couldn't cross the creek to Manastash campground.  The 3120 road was blocked at a creek about the halfway spot to the east of Frost Mountain, but people were driving around and through the creek.  I didn't. 
I wouldn't attempt bringing a trailer up from Joe Watt, a stretch of the state road is about as close to driving a dried creek bed as I've seen on a government maintained road.
I plan to archery hunt the area too, hopefully my knees will have recovered enough after the surgery this summer.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: runamuk on July 03, 2012, 06:46:15 AM
I'd like to ask
Can you even get to Tamarack springs or buck meadows by pickup truck ?
I want to elk hunt it for archery this year and am thinking of pulling a 27ft trailer up there
I need to get over and get a look but have had some personal issues (surgery) take most of my time this summer.
hence why I asked before I get spammed by "go look yourself'

and the main manastash road is still closed with no idea when or if it is ever gonna open again  :dunno:
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: MADMAX on July 03, 2012, 06:57:43 AM
thanks for the info guys
I'll re-think the plan on where to camp
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: Seeanyelk on July 03, 2012, 11:44:13 AM
Last update I received from the Cle Elum Ranger District....ranger has approved the new construction for the Manashtash Road (3100) and now the bids have to go out.  They hope to be completed by the end of August.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: 6x6in6 on July 03, 2012, 12:02:12 PM
I'd like to ask
Can you even get to Tamarack springs or buck meadows by pickup truck ?
I want to elk hunt it for archery this year and am thinking of pulling a 27ft trailer up there
I need to get over and get a look but have had some personal issues (surgery) take most of my time this summer.
hence why I asked before I get spammed by "go look yourself'
Just this past weekend drove up thru Watt Canyon to Tamarack Springs and then out to the 3330 and down to Taneum Creek.
Road out of Watt would not be advisable, it's as crappy as ever. 
As said above, 3330 is not bad, just pretty wash boarded and a little worse than normal.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: 6x6in6 on July 03, 2012, 12:04:02 PM
Hey all, I am headed up camping this coming weekend in the Manastash.  Does anyone know if there is a burn ban in effect up there yet?  I am pretty sure you can't have a fire in the LT Murray, so we are thinking we will just camp on the forest service side of tamarack springs.  Is it okay to have a fire there? 

If you know of a website with this kind of information that would be great.  I tried wa burn bans, but that seamed to be out of date confusing and not of much help.

If you see a white Dodge dually packing an Arctic Fox camper and a white/stainless 3 horse trailer in tow, stop in and say hi.  We'll be in the Tamarack neighborhood Wednesday afternoon for the rest of the week.
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: MADMAX on July 03, 2012, 12:54:23 PM
I'd like to ask
Can you even get to Tamarack springs or buck meadows by pickup truck ?
I want to elk hunt it for archery this year and am thinking of pulling a 27ft trailer up there
I need to get over and get a look but have had some personal issues (surgery) take most of my time this summer.
hence why I asked before I get spammed by "go look yourself'
Just this past weekend drove up thru Watt Canyon to Tamarack Springs and then out to the 3330 and down to Taneum Creek.
Road out of Watt would not be advisable, it's as crappy as ever. 
As said above, 3330 is not bad, just pretty wash boarded and a little worse than normal.

Nice thanks
if memory serves me thats the mainline up to buck meadows at the split go left and uphill past gooseberry and gnat flat
am I correct ?
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: 6x6in6 on July 03, 2012, 12:59:40 PM
I'd like to ask
Can you even get to Tamarack springs or buck meadows by pickup truck ?
I want to elk hunt it for archery this year and am thinking of pulling a 27ft trailer up there
I need to get over and get a look but have had some personal issues (surgery) take most of my time this summer.
hence why I asked before I get spammed by "go look yourself'
Just this past weekend drove up thru Watt Canyon to Tamarack Springs and then out to the 3330 and down to Taneum Creek.
Road out of Watt would not be advisable, it's as crappy as ever. 
As said above, 3330 is not bad, just pretty wash boarded and a little worse than normal.

Nice thanks
if memory serves me thats the mainline up to buck meadows at the split go left and uphill past gooseberry and gnat flat
am I correct ?
Yes!
Title: Re: Manastash/Taneum, Can I have a fire in camp??????
Post by: MADMAX on July 21, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
So I went up and looked
3120 definetely blocked, which sucks, 1 dump truck fill of gravel would fix it, the road down from Tamarack to Joe Watt was closed also and Peough point into Cle elum is also closed.
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