The Battle for Greenhorn Gulch (Aug 15, 2013)

Here is a distilled selection of photos from a well-fought battle against the Beaver Creek Fire at Greenhorn Gulch on Aug 15, 2013. Much of what you'll see here has since been torched. ‪#‎beavercreekfire‬

Bombers laying down a line as the fire rounded the corner from Deer Creek.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Trying to keep the fire from climbing the northern wall of Greenhorn Gulch.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Explosive smoke.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
One of seven Air Cranes in rotation.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Protecting a ridge above homes.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Lining up to punch the dragon.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Fearless.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
An unstoppable force.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Full-tilt battle.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Back from the abyss.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Sharing the duck pond.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Where serenity meets chaos.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Massive explosion in the timber.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
A duck, indifferent to it all.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Hope
august 2013 beaver creek fire complex fire greenhorn idaho ketchum summer sun valley timber gulch wildfire Blaine County
Fire gone volcano.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
Vince's House: Ground Zero at the Base of Timber Gulch.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
The Eye of Mordor, staring down Timber Gulch.
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County
August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire Complex Fire Greenhorn Idaho Ketchum Summer Sun Valley Timber Gulch Wildfire Blaine County