Los Padres is Large
Santa Barbara Canyon Washout, photo Humphrey Hello Everyone, The photo above was taken last week along Santa Barbara Canyon in the Mt. Pinos Ranger District. This was the area hit hardest by the micro-burst tropical
LPFA Big Sur Wilderness Celebration
BIG SUR WILDERNESS CELEBRATION For those of you in the Big Sur area or wanting an excuse to cruise Hwy 1, the LPFA is hosting a Wilderness Celebration at Big Sur Station on Saturday June
Thunderstorms, Thru-Hikers and National Trails Day
Old Man Thundercloud Hello Everyone! What a crazy weather week we enjoyed last week, especially in the Santa Barbara and Ventura backcountry areas. It started with a tropical storm last Tuesday that dropped significant rain
Hungry For National Trails Day
Santa Cruz Drainage, photo Fosters Almost like clockwork, the June gloom has set in. After a few weeks of abnormally cool May weather, which included some snow at the higher elevations, we appear to be
Los Padres Fire Restrictions Announced
F I R E R E S T R I C T I O N S Hello Los Padres – hope you are well! Last week the Forest Service announced that the LP is
Working Vacation Update and National Trails Day
Hello Los Padres – hope this finds you well, The big news this past week was that most of the seasonal gate closures in the Ventura backcountry were opened as of May 1. This includes
Tar Creek and Biddle Park
Thunder Clouds in April What season is it…? It’s been rather hard to figure that out of late. This past week we had June gloom, temps in the high 80’s, rain, wind, showers and most
March Normalcy
Good Morning Everyone, It seems each year we leave February praying for a repeat March Miracle and yet once again March came and went with whatever the opposite of a miracle would be, lets call
April 11: Busy Day on the Los Padres Forest
Hi Everyone, The weekend of April 11 is going to be a busy weekend on the Forest. There are quite a few volunteer activities and events scheduled. Of course, our big event is the Wheeler
