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
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
