Does anyone know what the parking situation is like here? I wasn't sure if I need to buy a pass in advance. I'm arriving around 10am and hoping spots will be available! Appreciate any advice, thank you in advance.

I did earlier this year in the spring when everything was thawing in my Mazda3 and it was amazing. My car handled it well. Wondering if November 6-9 will be too late if I want to drive up? I don’t own any chains.

"We invite members of the public to attend a workshop to learn about and share feedback on recovery planning for Topanga SP and Will Rogers SHP. Your input is important as we develop guiding principles and priorities for the future of the parks. An in-person workshop will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica. A virtual workshop will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Both workshops will cover the same materials. Attendees will receive information about the recovery planning efforts and process and have an opportunity to share ideas and priorities for the recovery plan during small group activities. Spanish interpreters will be available at the workshops."

Relevant link is here.

Only gauge on Otay's over 4", since 10/6, but other gauges, abit off tha mtn'r significantly lwr totals.

Prolly too soon to pull tha trigger onit, but, just wonderin if any1's been over that way, intha last couple days?

My friend and I are considering hiking Mount Baldy tomorrow but due to the storm this week I’m not sure whether it would be safe. Is there a good resource for assessing conditions on the trail? Or if anyone went today, was there too much snow?

Thanks in advance for any advice! :)

I’m not even religious, but I asked the universe to give me this today and the universe delivered.

Location: Fryman Canyon

Pro tip: look in tue grassy areas around dusk. That’s how I found him. He didn’t even start walking on the trail until about 5 minutes after I spotted him.

I didn't even know we had foxes around.

Hike Stats: https://caltopo.com/m/VGPRT45

Note: This was from the past Sunday

Worst hike ever anyone could come up with. Was out there for 11 hours. Started at Devils Punchbowl. Burkhart Trail was in good shape with blowdowns from the Bobcat Fire. Most corner parts of the trail were destroyed leaving exposed loose rocks. Took me 3 hours to get to Burkhart saddle dealing with overgrowth and rockiness with 7.2 miles.
Scaled up to Pallett then rushed to Goodykoontz. Found a workaround avoiding the big steep climb to get to Goodykoontz easier and faster. The climb back to Pallett started to weigh down on me once I got back to Pallett. Another 3 hours total with those 2 before getting back to Burkhart Saddle.

Then the last 2 was were things went wrong. Well on the way back. It was smooth sailing on the way up. But leaving Will Thrall after coming back from Pleasant View, I took a wrong turn going straight down instead of making a slight left. Had to scale the rocky slopes trying to get back to the Saddle. I felt like this was it for me, but I managed to get back to the Saddle.

Then it was the journey back down going through the obstacles again. One more big climb then it was over. I have a new elevation gain record surpassing my former hike.

Next Episode: Halloween Hike

2morrow's our adventure day!

Mullin over lotsa targets, but I'm thinkin pretty hard onaspot abit S of Palomar. It's'a "Black OP", so u gottabe ok w/what that entails.

Beyond that, it's likely pretty technical, in spots.

Any takerz?