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by MCGusto » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:01 pm

If you're into reading about whether there should or should not be roads into the "wild," I would recommend the book Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. It describes his personal experience about being a ranger in Arches National Park, I think, before there was an official "road." Interesting reading, to say the least.

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Red Box to Islip Saddle

by WileyCoyote » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:27 pm

Why not just close ACH from Red Box or Chilao up to Islip Saddle and open Hwy 39 up to Crystal lake, but with a toll and waiver signed to go up from where it's currently closed to public to help cover costs of maintenance and rangers or other NPS personnel to police against littering.

They could also limit vehicle size past Clear Creek to Red Box/Chilao and "reopened" Hwy 39 to keep out large "recreational" vehicles. And police PCT and Gabrielino trail to keep mt. bikers off of there. Plenty of other trails for them to roam.

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by johnm » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:27 pm

ACH UPDATE: Will not open until late Spring

http://the818now.com/2010/03/22/angeles-crest-highway-to-remain-closed/

Note: I have not seen this press release on the CALTRANS website yet.

aaarghh! The folks who run Waterman must be beside themselves.

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by x15x15 » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:43 pm

i hit up waterman and it was absolutely wonderful... probably mostly because of nostalgia, but it was still wonderful... but the outta bound skiing aint what it used to be!!!

who used to hitch rides back up to the lift?

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by birdhead » Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:22 am

Somewhat related question:

Has anyone ridden a road bike from Azusa up Highway 39 to Highway 2 recently? If so, is it passable? Much traffic at all?

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by birdhead » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:35 am

TacoDelRio wrote:
birdhead wrote:Somewhat related question:

Has anyone ridden a road bike from Azusa up Highway 39 to Highway 2 recently? If so, is it passable? Much traffic at all?


Some dude on my/our/the forum (SGMDF) did. Can't find the dang info, though. I think it's passable to bikes.


Think I found it here:

http://sangabrielmnts.myfreeforum.org/f ... -asc-0.php

Looks like it's from last year, but things may be similar still...

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