Thought this should warrant a new thread. Left Hand and the area around it is closed. Closed for shooting, 4x4'ing, hiking... no entrance is allowed at all. Basically, there are no shooting areas open up Left Hand Canyon proper. The notice posted on the closure barricades and other areas said the whole area is closed until the end of May. I get nervous when an area is closed this long. This is not good. It has been reported that the fire started in Choas Canyon ( I knew it as Carnage Canyon) which is the closed off trail just at the north end of the shooting area. Since that trail has closed I only see an occasional hiker go up there and I have seen shooters head up that way when the line is full. Lets all hope that they don't find the fire was started by a shooter. That, in my opinion, would be a major setback in re-opening the area to shooting. I see the posts and cables that close off Carnage Canyon shot up by idiots shooting up the closed trail.
The fire started around 10:30 Am on Friday morning. i can't imagine there were many shooters up there at that time of day... it only takes one moron though... the old area was set on fire by a douche bag shooting incendiary rounds a few years back, and it was only a few months later it was shut down for good. Stay tuned...