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LOOKOUT, Rey Fire Closure Changed

Little Pine Cribwall Panoramic, Santa Cruz Trail Good Afternoon Everyone, The Rey Fire closure order which spanned most of the Santa Barbara Backcountry for the past few weeks has been rescinded.  A new closure order

Los Padres Fire Related Closures

LP FOREST CLOSURES Hi Everyone, We hope you’ve been enjoying the unseasonably cool weather of late.  Fall is certainly in the air, at least for now.  The major headlines across the LP remain Fires and

Mono-Alamar Trail Maintenance

CCC Mono-Alamar Trail: Caracole Section April 18 – May 4, 2016   Trail Organizations: Los Padres Forest Association, California Conservation Corps Volunteers: Otis Calef, Richard Waller, Ed Fuentes, Kathleen Phelps, Rik Christensen, Don Jack, Bryan Conant Trail

Fire Updates & Major SB County Closure

Big Pine View, Dick Smith Wilderness, photo Lee Neuenschwander Hi Everyone, We hope you’ve got a great Labor Weekend planned ahead of you.  A couple quick fire updates today and some other odds and ends,

Los Padres Back to School Week

Imagine back to school week at the Manzana Schoolhouse, photo James Wapotich It’s BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK, which might be the most universally hated week of the year.  First off, for many people it means

Fire, Fuego, Feuer, Feu, Fuoco: Update & Restrictions

Rey Fire, Friday August 19 the Day it Got Away, photo Mike Kent Hello Everyone, Obviously the conversation these past few days, weeks and now months has been centered around the fires raging across the

What Dog Days?: Madulce Trail Project, Soberanes and much much more…….

Madulce Peak & Trail Hi Everyone – Happy Thursday, Even though we’re in the dog days of summer, there is no shortage of activity across the Los Padres.  We’ve got a jam-packed email focusing on

SOBERANES

Good Afternoon Everyone, Hope you are all doing well and that you and your loved ones are safe and sound.  We’ve had a busy few weeks across the Los Padres with two new devastating fires

Fires Wrap Up & Condor Trail Talk

Condor Trail View, SLO Backcountry TRAIL TALK: Condor Trail with Brittany Nielsen Don’t forget that the 2nd LPFA Trail Talk event is this Thursday at 6:30 in Santa Barbara.  We’ll be welcoming CT Thru-hiker Brittany

Condor Trail Talk Series & Pine Fire

– Hi Everyone, We’ve got some exciting news to share about the LPFA Trail Talk series of events.  Brittany Nielsen will be coming up to Santa Barbara on July 21 to give a talk about