Los Padres – It’s New Years!
The LPFA works hard to ensure that trails like the Lost Valley Trail don’t actually become lost or cause people to get lost…. What’s your favorite trail? Where do you like to go most in the
The Smallest Los Padres Email
The Smallest Post Office – as seen along Highway 33 for many decades The Smallest Post Office Many of you may remember passing a really small Post Office while heading out from Ojai along Highway
LOS PADRES: Sunny Skies Ahead with Strong Chance of TRAIL WORK in the Forecast
Sespe Wilderness Roaring – photo Mark H. Hello Friends, Tis the season for Trail Work and we’ve got a lot of upcoming trail projects in the queue including two 10-day Working Vacations and an assortment
Lake Fire + Trail Work = #GivingTuesday
Hello Friends, We won’t take up much more of your time this evening, we’re sure you’ve had plenty of #GivingTuesday emails already, but we did want to share a short YouTube video that we created. The video highlights some
LPFA: It’s Gotta Be #GivingTuesday Somewhere
Lake Fire Los Padres Trail Restoration ‘It’s gotta be Tuesday somewhere’ Hello Friends, #GivingTuesday is just about here and we wanted to remind everyone that the LPFA will be focused this year on raising funds to help repair
Los Padres LPFA Updates & Lake Fire #GivingTuesday
Lake Fire Los Padres Trail Restoration Hello Friends, 25 miles of Los Padres Forest trails, mainly located within the Figueroa Mountain Recreation Area, were burned this past July during the nearly 40,000 acre Lake Fire. These trails
LPFA Hiring & Fall Volunteer Opportunities
How cool were all those amazing clouds this past week? Photo Ron ‘always in the’ Noe. Hello Friends, It sure has been hot this past week or so. Hopefully, despite the heat, you’ve been able
Lake Fire Closure Update
LAKE FIRE CLOSURE UPDATE Hello Friends, When we last wrote, the Lake Fire was tearing up Figueroa Mountain and seemed destined to burn much of the Santa Barbara Backcountry. Fortunately, thanks to all the great work completed
Lake Fire History: July 11, 2024
The Lake Fire started in the late afternoon July 5 somewhere in the Zaca Lake drainage. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The Lake Fire ignition point was very close to where

