Author: Bryan Conant

Los Padres Backcountry Season is Here!!!

MANZANA SCHOOLHOUSE WORKING VACATION: Nov 1-6, 2023 Hello Friends, Lets get right to it! The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and we know what that means:    BACKCOUNTRY SEASON IS HERE! 

Let’s GO Los Padres! National Public Lands Day

Hello Friends, Slowly but surely, thanks to continued efforts from the Forest Service and partner organizations like the LPFA, additional storm-damaged trails and roads are being reopened across the Los Padres Forest. The Forest Service

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Los Padres A Zone Opening Weekend & Volunteer Events Ahead

Hello Friends, This weekend (Saturday August 12) kicks off the opening weekend of A Zone South General Deer Season, which is the most popular hunting season here in the Los Padres. A Zone encompasses just

Los Padres: We Have Fire Restrictions!

   LOS PADRES FIRE RESTRICTIONS    Hello Los Padres Friends, Effective today (August 1, 2023) the Los Padres National Forest is going into what might be considered Stage 1 fire restrictions. Please read the Forest

July Los Padres News! Deer Season, Pine Mountain, Heat, Revised Closure Order… OH MY!

Hello Forest Friends! We hope your summer is going well and that you’re finding plenty of excuses to continue enjoying the Los Padres despite the recent hot weather. There’s still plenty of good water flowing

Los Padres National Trails WEEK & Forest Closure Revision

Hello Friends, We hope this email finds you rested and ready for an adventurous weekend in the Los Padres. We wanted to send out a quick reminder that tomorrow June 3 is National Trails Day

Los Padres Shoulder Season

Hello Friends, Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase ‘shoulder season’ ? Within the outdoor community, the shoulder season is most commonly used to describe the period of time between ‘peak-season’ and what would be considered the ‘off-season’.

Springing Additional Los Padres Trails

Hello Friends, We hope this email finds you tired after a nice weekend on the trails. The Los Padres is in top form at the moment. If you haven’t found time to get out and

LPFA Working Vacation Season is Here!

Hello Friends, Heading into 2023, the LPFA Program of Work was going to feature large scale trail projects on quite a few of the more remote trails located deep within the Los Padres backcountry. We