LPFA Working Vacation Season is Here!
Hello Friends, Heading into 2023, the LPFA Program of Work was going to feature large scale trail projects on quite a few of the more remote trails located deep within the Los Padres backcountry. We
Los Padres Forest: CLOSURE REVISION ISSUED
Hello Friends, The Forest Service released a revised closure order which supersedes the previous January 13 sixty-day closure order. The new order will open large parts of the forest but some of the trails and
It’s Time to Reopen the Forest
Dear Los Padres National Forest, It’s time to reopen the forest. It was the right decision to close the Los Padres Forest on January 13 after the devastating rains earlier that week. There was so
The Latest on the Los Padres Forest Closure?
Hello Friends, As of February 7, the majority of the Los Padres Forest remains closed due to severe storm damage. This includes all of the Monterey, Santa Lucia, Santa Barbara and Ojai Ranger Districts. The
Los Padres Closure Update: JANUARY 23, 2023
Hello Friends, It’s been a busy couple weeks and we’ve been fielding a TON of questions about the current storm related closure that is impacting most of the Los Padres National Forest. Information is changing
Los Padres Forest: CLOSURE ORDER
Hello Friends, Due to the massive amounts of recent rainfall and subsequent forest-wide damage to trails, roads and infrastructure, the Forest Service has issued a forest-wide closure of the Los Padres Forest effective Friday January
LOS PADRES STORM UPDATE: The Good. The Bad & the Ugly
Hello Friends, First off, we hope you are all safe and dried out after all the great rains we’ve had over the past weeks. This is not news but from Big Sur to Piru we’ve
Happy Los Padres Days!
Hello Friends, Happy Holidays and what a nice start to the winter season! We’ve now had multiple storms roll through the Los Padres with rain totals across the forest over 150% of normal to date.
