Land Closures Due to High Fire Danger

(Wheeldog Flickr Photo)

We Meanderers got a big surprise today when we arrived at the Sky Oaks Ranger station on the way to meet up at Bon Tempe Dam for our Alpine Lake to Bon Tempe hike: The gate across the entrance road was closed. (For those who didn't go, we ended up doing the Olema Hill to Samuel P. Taylor hike.)

Due to dry and windy weather forecast to continue through Thursday morning, Mt. Tam above Panoramic Highway will be closed, as will vehicle access to MMWD watershed lands through the Sky Oaks entrance.

To get the most current information regarding land use restrictions during fire season, call the Marin County Fire Department’s Public Information Line at (415) 499-7191 where you can listen to a recording of the latest conditions, or the MMWD Sky Oaks watershed headquarters at (415) 945-1195.