Small wildfire burns near Big Mountain
Whitefish Pilot | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 10 months AGO
A small lightning-caused fire is burning near the back side of Big Mountain.
The Big Creek Fire began on Friday, Aug. 17 and crews responded to the fire on Saturday, according to the Northwest Zone Interagency Fire Coordination Group.
The fire was reported to be at 1.1 acres in size as of Monday afternoon burning in the Glacier View Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest.
It was burning through brush and timber on Forest Service land northwest of the Big Mountain summit, about 1.5 miles from the base of Chair 7 at Whitefish Mountain Resort.
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