The pile had wet needles in it and burned very slowly.
10 hours later,
most of the wet wood on the surface had burned but the needles were
still frozen masses around the periphery,
with unknown amounts remaining below.
By comparison,
a small pile of loosely stacked branches nearby burned completely in
6 hours and the large pile we burned
March 25
was ashes within 8 hours.
It snowed heavily through the night and next day;
24 hours later
this burn was still smoldering.
A record-setting 4½
feet of snow over the next 4 weeks helped
put it out.
