REPORT
To the untrained eye, it appears that the situation is much improved. Thanks to yesterday's thunderstorm, it has not been necessary to back-burn the east face of Mt. Hopkins. It is not over yet, we still have several dry days to get through before the monsoon arrives. There has been no damage to FLWO and with some luck there will not be any.
As of Sunday about noon, there are 4 fire engines positioned around the summit and ridge. Hoses are run from plastic reservoirs to each building. Several helicopters are delivering retardant to hot spots on Mt. Wrightson.
Other than about five smoke columns north of Jack Mtn., you cannot see any smoke or fire on Mt. Wrightson. For the first time in several days, you can see the west face of Mt. Wrightson. About 40% of Mt. Wrightson's west face has been burned.
Don Howard is running the crew on FLWO. Now that they are all set up, he noted that in some ways it is too bad that the east face of the Mt. Hopkins may not get back-burned. If it was back-burned, it would reduce the fire threat for several years.

WORK SCHEDULE
Don guessed that they would be on the mountain through at least Tuesday and possibly longer.
As long as the FS team is on the mountain, they want to control access. Assuming that the fire threat does not increase, Don said that we can plan to send two shuttles up each morning. I will confirm each morning that it is OK for these shuttles to go up. These shuttles will return to the base camp after about three hours. Persons in these shuttles do not have to be suited up in Personnel Protection Equipment (PPE). They should have long pants, substantial shoes and a hat. We will plan on sending two shuttles on Monday and Tuesday.

MONDAY BRIEFING
There will be a meeting at the basecamp Monday morning at 7:30 AM to discuss the status of the fire.

PHOTOS:
Fire growth map distributed Sunday pm.



Note burn patterns on Wrightson and smoke from Jack Mtn.



View north of Mt. Wrightson with Helicopter dropping on unseen hot spot.