Summer hiking season has arrived in the Blue Mountains. Across the region, the high elevation snowpack melted a bit earlier than average this year after a record heat wave kept temperatures above 100 degrees in the valleys for over 10 days in June and early July. At least for a few weeks, it appears we'll be back to cooler weather on the trail. However, the heat dome and subsequent thunderstorms started fire season in earnest. With multiple fires burning near Hells Canyon in