Tag: Forest Closures

Gifford Fire Closure Revision & LPFA Fall Trailworkin’

It’s a great time of year for early morning hiking at higher elevations. From up on Pine Mountain…. Gifford Fire Closure Order Revised With the Gifford Fire holding at 131,614 acres and 97% containment, the

Gifford Fire: Updates & Closure Information

Night #1 of the Gifford Fire – as seen during a LPFA Volunteer Trail Project on the Mission Pine Trail, photo David F. Hello Friends,  Unless you’ve been living under a rock or out on

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

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 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

Los Padres Reopening & LPFA Job Openings

FOREST REOPENS Effective tonight (9/22, 11:59pm) the fire related Emergency Closure Order will expire and the Los Padres NF will reopen.  GREAT NEWS! We’re sure many of us will be sprinting out as soon as

Los Padres Closure Extended

Hello Friends, In case you hadn’t heard, the Los Padres Forest has extended its fire-related closure through 11:59pm on September 22. While most of the forests across California have reopened, the LP is one of five forests which

Temporary Forest Closure

LOS PADRES NF: CLOSED Due to extreme fire conditions and thinned fire resources, the Los Padres Forest (yes, all of it) will be closed effective tonight August 31 at 11:59pm. There are currently over 20 wildfires burning across California

August Updates

Hello Friends,  We hope you had a nice weekend and despite the heat and ever increasing lack of water, found some Los Padres exploration time. We always love seeing your photos of shaded trails, higher