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Los Padres LPFA Updates & Lake Fire #GivingTuesday

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Lake Fire Los Padres

Trail Restoration

Hello Friends,

25 miles of Los Padres Forest trails, mainly located within the Figueroa Mountain Recreation Area, were burned this past July during the nearly 40,000 acre Lake Fire. These trails are currently closed. The LPFA has been working with the Forest Service on a plan and schedule to restore and reopen these trails. We got some great news earlier this week that the LPFA won a grant from the Santa Barbara Foundation that will go towards the restoration of the trails burned in the Lake Fire. #AwesomeAmazingThankYou! While the actual trail work can’t begin until the spring, we’ll be busy throughout the winter planning and getting ready to roll. 

The past four years we’ve had very successful #GivingTuesday campaigns. We raised money in 2020 to restore over 10 miles of National Recreation Trails within the Los Padres along the Piedra Blanca Trail and Santa Cruz Trail. 2021 was focused on repairing the scary Alder Creek Slide in the Sespe Wilderness. In 2022, #GivingTuesday supported massive storm repairs along the lower Santa Cruz Trail and last year #GivingTuesday helped reopen sections of the Sespe River Trail as well as the Piedra Blanca Trail.  

This year our #GivingTuesday (technically December 3) campaign will go towards helping out the forest trails within the Lake Fire scar. If you’d like to help the trails, please click the link below. We’ll be organizing plenty of volunteer projects in the spring as well. More to come next week, THANK YOU!

#GivingTuesday – Figueroa Mtn

Before (2023) and After (2024) images of the western side of the Hurricane Deck Trail showing some great trail work accomplished this year by LPFA volunteers and the LPFA Trail Crew. Questions: email INFO@LPForest.org

FOREST 411 & VOLUNTEER DAYS

• Get it on your calendar! Saturday May 3 is our Open House at Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center outside of Ojai. Games, education, forest fun and a whole lot more…. Get ready! 

• After being closed for nearly 5 years due to Dolan Fire damage, the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road has reopened. This is great news as the road provides crucial access across the forest from the Big Sur Coast out to Fort Hunter Liggett. 

• We wanted to congratulate Santa Lucia Ranger District’s Helen Tarbet for being recognized by the Forest Service for her continued educational contributions across the forest. Helen is probably most known for her regular Figueroa Mountain flower reports but more than that, she embodies the stoke of the forest. If you have kids interested in the forest, make sure they find Helen. Good luck Helen, thank you! 

If you are looking for an excuse to work off some of that Thanksgiving turkey or pumpkin pie, we’ve got you!

Sat Nov 30: Pothole Trail

Sun Dec 1: Matilija Trail

Led by legendary LP Super Volunteer Alan Coles, we’ll be continuing work opening up the lower Agua Blanca Trail and Pothole Trail within the Sespe Wilderness. Plan on meeting at Lake Piru on Saturday morning. To sign up or for more information please email VOLUNTEER@LPForest.org. 

Rumor has it that Matilija Road may reopen soon and we’re working hard to make sure the trails are ready for when it does. Peter Wilder will once again lead the charge up Matilija this coming Sunday. To sign up or for more information please email VOLUNTEER@LPForest.org.

The 2025 calendars are just about ready and should be waiting for you at your local REI as early as next week. Stay tuned for more….

LPFA Used Gear Sale, D13 and Call for Photos

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THE LPFA USED GEAR SALE

HAS ARRIVED!

THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13TH

Greetings Friends, 

The annual LPFA Used Gear Sale is THIS SUNDAY, from 11am to 1pm at Manning Park, site A/2. This year’s sale features ridiculously discounted NEW backpacks and tents from Gossamer Gear, tons of lightly used outdoor gear (tents, sleeping pads, clothing, cookware, you name it), as well as a sweet selection of LPFA swag. You don’t want to miss this one! Come get yourself some new-to-you gear to fill out your next Los Padres adventure, all while supporting the trails you love. All proceeds from this event go directly towards maintaining trails in the Los Padres. 

See you Sunday, 

Team LPFA 

 CALLING ALL LOS PADRES

PHOTOGRAPHERS:  

It’s LPFA Calendar Season!

It’s that time of year again when we ask for submissions to our 2025 Los Padres Wall Calendar! The submissions last year created what many have deemed our best calendar yet….can we do even better this year? Let’s see what you got…. 

  • All photos or art (paintings are good too) must be of or from within the Los Padres National Forest  
  • Preference given to photos from within the past year or two, but historic photos are okay too  
  • We’re looking for photos of scenery, mountains, valleys, canyons, trails, local flora & fauna, waterfalls, all forms of recreation and activities from across the forest (action shots are great) and anything else that would be awesome to see within a Los Padres calendar  
  • Please limit your submissions to 15 photos and send them in by NOVEMBER 3, 2024. Google Photo Album link preferred. Email to INFO@LPForest.org. 
  • If your photo is selected, we’ll credit you for the photo within the calendar and mail you a complimentary 2025 Los Padres calendar sometime in December 

We see so many great photos on Instagram and Facebook, if you have any to share, please do so! 

If you already know you need 1, 2 or more calendars for the LP enthusiasts in your life, you can PREORDER them now. And remember, all proceeds go directly toward the LPFA Trail Care Fund, focused on maintaining trails across the Los Padres. 

ORDER YOUR 2025 CALENDAR!

 D13 Deer Season, and More Volunteer Days: 

D13 Deer Season, Oct 12 – Nov 10

D13 general deer season begins Saturday, October 12th in the southeastern Los Padres and will last through November 10th. This is the second busiest hunting season in the LP. Click here to see a map of Zone D13 but it’s basically the Ventura Backcountry north of Sespe Creek, east of Hwy 33 and west of I5 including most of the Mt Pinos Ranger District. If you are headed into D13 over the next couple weeks, expect to see quite a few hunters and busier trailheads than normal. Stay safe everyone and enjoy the fall colors! 

Schoolhouse Overnight, Oct 18 – 21

There are still a few spots left on our Manzana Schoolhouse Project next weekend, October 19 – 21! LPFA will be spending a few days at Manzana Schoolhouse Camp working on the Hurricane Deck and Sisquoc River Trails. Details are still taking shape but sign on up and we’ll follow up soon! It’s not often we get to CAR CAMP at Manzana Schoolhouse…. 

Agua Blanca Trail, Oct 26

Alan Coles is leading frequent day-long trail projects on the Agua Blanca and Pothole Trails starting SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH! This is an awesome part of the forest, as well as the southern terminus of the Condor Trail. Sign on up if you want to join on 10/26, or if you want to hear about the other weekend projects on these trails throughout the fall/winter season…. 

Alder Creek/Cow Spring

Working Vacation: Nov 16 – 25

Did we mention this is Condor Country?

Join LPFA in the Sespe Wilderness out of Dough Flat as we continue our work on the Alder Creek Trail, November 16th-25th! If you haven’t joined an LPFA Working Vacation yet, they are a TON of fun. We’ll be backcountry camping at Cow Spring Camp and working down towards Alder Creek. Meals, drinks, and tools are provided by LPFA pack support for the entire ten day project. Volunteers only need to carry in their personal gear. If you can’t make the full time, no problem! Sign on up and we’re happy to have you for as long as you can join…..

WORKING VACATION SIGN UP!