What Survived The Fire

On Labor Day Sept. 7 strong hot dry winds fanned a forest fire through Breitenbush and the North Santiam Canyon burning many buildings. Breitenbush was forced to close and it's residents to evacuate quickly. Breitenbush and the road to it are still closed indefinitely until damages can be repaired. I was able to go on the property to get some possessions in early Dec. and took many photos. I am making 3 posts of them. One is what Breitenbush lost to the fire, one shows what survived and the third shows damage to Detroit and other areas.

 

 Other structures that survived include the powerhouse, filtration building, river yurt and the new reservoir (I believe the old reservoir did not survive). You can see many burned trees within a few feet of the Forest Shelter and Buddha's playhouse so it's impressive that they didn't burn. Much credit to the firefighters who stayed on land to preserve what they could!!

the magic of the land is still intact (moon over Devils Ridge)

the views up- and down-stream from the footbridge are mostly the same

I saw two different families of deer

Garden Kitchen singed but still there

most staff housing except for A frames, Garden Cosmos, Paul, John S., Eric homes

Winken Blinken Nod, Pods and main street cabins OK

most of the foot bridge survived except half the deck burned and is now rebuilt

magic pool and fence is good

the Villa (I didn't see if the Bell Hotel was there)

meadow pools and most changing stations

the totem pole

the lodge, (imagine the water damage if the sprinkler system had to come on)

kids play structure

the sign made it but the path is hard to find now

the new outdoor showers survived but not the A row bathhouses

Buddha's Playhouse

the firehouse and odd structure behind it

Devils Hole and staircase OK

guest smoking shelter

the gatehouse

office/gift shop

Forest Shelter

staff tubs and shelter

the awesome sauna

guest tent platforms (not sure about summer hire platforms)