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<blockquote data-quote="M77Fan" data-source="post: 3067448" data-attributes="member: 115996"><p><strong>PartsJr</strong>, I think you just provided the answer - a cold front - for a very similar experience I had back in the central Adirondacks 50 years ago. A couple canoes of us were on a several day canoe trip along one of the now well used canoe routes that followed the Raquette River. It was late summer/early fall. We had gotten on Long Lake, a long, narrow mountain lake 13 miles in length, and were making good time on slightly riffled waters when suddenly the wind blew up just as you described. As bowman the whitecaps were breaking in my lap, and sometimes as I went to dig into the lake with my paddle the bow would rise so high, I couldn't reach water. It got pretty tense for a little while as we got soaked, our canoes started to swamp, and our gear started floating in the bottom of the canoe. We too pulled into a tiny island for shelter until the wind subsided.</p><p></p><p>We have had summer fires in several areas where we hunt elk. Some go into fall. In 2020, a fire that straddled WY/CO did close down hunting in the affected hunting units. On my first sheep hunt (DIY 3 weeks) we had to have some contingency plans in mind for fires. Not only was it incredibly dry, but there was a month-long fire near our area. It made us stay very aware every time we smelled smoke. At a whiff of smoke, we would stop what we were doing either scouting, or later hunting, to check out where the smoke was coming from. We were a day's backpack back into wilderness, and escape from the area would have been unlikely. We had some rock talus slopes to head for, but that was it. Drabdrew was smart to think about what the smoke could do to breathing; he made some smart moves keeping them safe. The other thing about big fires is they leave thousands of standing dead trees that become widowmakers, so when hunting in old burns you have to be aware of their deteriorating condition and mind the wind direction. Under those conditions deadfalls become commonplace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M77Fan, post: 3067448, member: 115996"] [B]PartsJr[/B], I think you just provided the answer - a cold front - for a very similar experience I had back in the central Adirondacks 50 years ago. A couple canoes of us were on a several day canoe trip along one of the now well used canoe routes that followed the Raquette River. It was late summer/early fall. We had gotten on Long Lake, a long, narrow mountain lake 13 miles in length, and were making good time on slightly riffled waters when suddenly the wind blew up just as you described. As bowman the whitecaps were breaking in my lap, and sometimes as I went to dig into the lake with my paddle the bow would rise so high, I couldn't reach water. It got pretty tense for a little while as we got soaked, our canoes started to swamp, and our gear started floating in the bottom of the canoe. We too pulled into a tiny island for shelter until the wind subsided. We have had summer fires in several areas where we hunt elk. Some go into fall. In 2020, a fire that straddled WY/CO did close down hunting in the affected hunting units. On my first sheep hunt (DIY 3 weeks) we had to have some contingency plans in mind for fires. Not only was it incredibly dry, but there was a month-long fire near our area. It made us stay very aware every time we smelled smoke. At a whiff of smoke, we would stop what we were doing either scouting, or later hunting, to check out where the smoke was coming from. We were a day's backpack back into wilderness, and escape from the area would have been unlikely. We had some rock talus slopes to head for, but that was it. Drabdrew was smart to think about what the smoke could do to breathing; he made some smart moves keeping them safe. The other thing about big fires is they leave thousands of standing dead trees that become widowmakers, so when hunting in old burns you have to be aware of their deteriorating condition and mind the wind direction. Under those conditions deadfalls become commonplace. [/QUOTE]
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