Episode 209: When The Mountains Roared - Part 1

Almost Paradise In North Idaho · Oct 21, 2026 · 25m

A campfire warms your hands. But what happens when the whole mountain catches fire?

In August 1910, the people of Wallace, Idaho, were about to discover the terrifying answer. Their bustling mining town of three thousand residents sat among forested slopes that had become dangerously dry. Smoke filled the skies, firefighters struggled in the hills, and everyone hoped the worst would pass them by.

Then the wind arrived.

In Part 1 of “When the Mountains Roared,” we step into the summer that became the Big Burn, following forest ranger Ed Pulaski as a battle to protect the woods becomes a…