Los Padres Volunteer Hours & Water Reports
Pine Mountain Alpenglow, October 2015 Hi Everyone, A little official business to take care of today. The Forest Service reports volunteer hours in conjunction with their fiscal calendar, which runs from October 1 – September
LOS PADRES: Madulce Trail Project & Upcoming Used Gear Sale
Hi Everyone – Happy Wednesday! We wanted to pass along two upcoming projects/events that the LPFA will be sponsoring in the coming months. Hope you can make it. Thanks and more to come soon…… Madulce
Autumn Backpacking is Here
VWR Greg Jenkins came upon this stubborn bear literally in the middle of the Madulce Trail, Summer 2015 Season’s Greetings Everyone! Today is the autumnal equinox here in the northern hemisphere. This happens once a
Labor on Adopt-A-Trail
Bombing Cuesta, photo Shaw Happy Labor Day Everyone, I love Labor Day, it’s our day! Right? Labor day is “a public holiday or day of festivities held in honor of working people”. That’s what I’m
Cuesta Fire Dodging Lead Bullets
Image, NASA A series of fires were started last Sunday evening as a result of a northbound truck along Hwy 101 in SB and SLO Counties dragging a chain and the sparks from that chain
Sunny Days & Meteor Nights
Howdy Everyone, SUN is the word of the week as some of us are bracing for what is looking like a hot weekend across the Los Padres. By Saturday most of the LP should be
National Public Lands Day 2015: Alamar Trail
Alamar Canyon Overview The LPFA is proud to announce that we’ll be hosting our third consecutive National Public Lands Day (NPLD) project during the weekend of September 25-27. NPLD is officially Saturday September 26. NPLD
Hunting the Chorro Fire
Alamar Camp, Fresh after a LPFA Summer cleaning, photo Humphrey Hi Everyone – hope you are staying cool and enjoying your summer, We’ve had another busy week on the LP, to say the least. Great
Rain Rain, COME BACK!
Cuyama River, Two Days After Flooding, Where’d It All Go? Hello Everyone! We’ve had some weather. Hurricane Delores did her thing and sent some rain and thunder storms our way last week. It was about
Running and Trail Working
Fluffy Bear Tracks – July 2, 2015 Good Afternoon Los Padres! This photo was taken earlier this morning showing some fresh bear tracks along the Buckhorn Rd in Santa Barbara County. The Buckhorn was recently
