Brown Mountain Bench Seating Project
Today, Saturday July 21, 2018, Eagle Scout candidate Nick Sercel from Troop 502 in La Canada installed three bench seats at the highly-popular Brown Mountain Saddle. Brown Mountain Saddle (it’s local name) is the high point of the Brown/Prieto loop, or a stopover on the Brown/Ken Burton loop, and is extremely popular stop. In 2015, […]
LA Times Reports on Gabrielino Trail Restoration
At the last volunteer work day on the Gabrielino Trail, we were delighted to have Louis Sahagun, reporter for the LA Times and a photographer join us. They were there to cover the restoration efforts undertaken by CORBA and MWBA on the Angeles National Forest. Quoted in the story are Erik Hillard and Matt Baffert […]
2018 Angeles National Forest Trail Stewardship Summit Report
This past weekend we had an amazing four days at the 2018 Angeles National Forest Trail Stewardship Summit. In the days prior to the summit, we showed some of our trails, our previous trailwork, and our current Gabrielino trail restoration project to Regional forest service staff, and trail construction experts. The Angeles National Forest was […]
Trailbuilding Workshop – Save the Date: April 6-8, 2018
The Forest Service, in partnership with CORBA, the Mount Wilson Bicycling Association, IMBA, and the National Forest Foundation will hold a three-day trail workshop. The agenda is still being finalized, and official invitations and announcements will go out in the coming week, but you can save the dates of April 6, 7 and 8, […]
Gabrielino Trail Restoration Update
CORBA has been working behind the scenes on restoring the Gabrielino National Recreation Trail. The Gabrielino is the last trail still closed because of damage due to the Station Fire. It’s been an ongoing effort since 2011 to open up sections of the trail and then keep them clear of downed trees. In early 2015 […]
Getting in The Holiday Spirit: Giving back to trails
This past weekend the holidays seemed to come into full swing, and there was a lot of giving. On Saturday morning, members of our Sapwi Bike park committee gave their time building the first trailside feature at Sapwi Bike Park. Contractors have cleared and graded the bike park area, and the final bike park plan […]
Public Meetings Dec 5: Rosemead Blvd and East Fork San Gabriel Canyon
On Tuesday, December 5th there are two conflicting public meetings of interest to those who ride bicycles in the San Gabriel Mountains or the San Gabriel Valley. San Gabriel River Confluence with Cattle Canyon Improvements Project The other public meeting is to seek public input on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the San […]
Public Lands Update
This year we have seen legislation introduced to further protect and enhance our local open spaces and public lands. HR3039, the San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act. Judy Chu introduced this bill in June. The bill would establish two new units of Wilderness within the Angeles National Forest. CORBA worked for two years with wilderness advocates […]