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Santa Anita Canyon

Updated Losses in the Station Fire

September 2, 2009

Saved (for now): the Mount Wilson Observatory.
Lost: The historic Vetter Mountain Fire Lookout.
In Danger of Becoming Lost: Chantry Flats’ 100+ year old cabins, Sturtevant’s Camp, and the last remaining pack station in California. The area is currently under mandatory evacuation, reportedly with plans to sacrifice Santa Anita Canyon.
One thing’s for certain – the [...]

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Fire Danger and Gate Closures

August 12, 2008

In response to high temperatures, drying vegetation, and increased visitation, the rangers in the Angeles National Forest have raised the official Fire Danger level from “high” to “very high” today. Fire restrictions remain the same — campfires in developed sites only, propane and gas stoves allowed with Fire Permit only.
Also, reader D.W. Davidson wrote [...]

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Sierra Madre Wildfire

April 28, 2008

Under the weekend heatwave, I was enjoying my first post-surgery hike just off the Pacific Coast Highway. Further east, however, a wedding at Sturtevant Camp was interrupted when a wildfire started tearing up the mountains just north of Sierra Madre.
The fire began just off Santa Anita Canyon Road and spread northwest toward Mount Harvard, [...]

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Hiking Santa Anita Canyon

February 17, 2008

A loop on multiple trails through one of the most picturesque and popular canyons in the San Gabriels. Multiple stream crossings, river cascades, shaded canyons and a 50 foot waterfall give way to thick forests, vine-covered trails, Jeffrey Pines, and eventually chaparral slopes of the front range. A beautiful trail with varied landscapes [...]

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