2017 Los Padres Calendar

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2017 – The LPFA is once again producing a Los Padres wall calendar featuring spectacular sights from around the Los Padres Forest.  We’ve got themes for each month ranging from the Ventana to Mt.

LOS PADRES Concessionaire Changes & More……

Chuchupate Camp, Showing Signs of Change LOS PADRES CONCESSIONAIRE CHANGES Big changes within the Los Padres are upon us, perhaps you’ve heard, if not, then brace yourself… For the past three decades the Los Padres

MISSION: Mission Pine

Mission Pine View, September 2016 MISSION PINE WORKING VACATION October 21-30     The LPFA will be hosting our next Working Vacation along the Mission Pine Trail in the San Rafael Wilderness from October 21-30.  We’ll

Lion Canyon NPLD Project FINAL UPDATE

Hello Everybody, We are now a day or two (depending on when you plan on arriving) away from our National Public Lands Day trail maintenance project on the beautiful Lion Canyon Trail in the magical

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The Rey Fire closure order which spanned most of the Santa Barbara Backcountry for the past few weeks has been rescinded.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