Road Conditions as of 29/May/2010
Currently Highway 39 heading North toward Crystal Lake is closed at around
the 32 mile marker by Caltrans. This gives vehicles access to Upper Bear
Creek Trail which affords excellent hiking all the way to Smith Mountain
Saddle and the boundary to the Designated Wilderness, and also allows foot
access to Coldbrook Campground.
Caltrans continues to work on the narrow section of the highway which has
been a problem for decades. Once that section of the highway is repaired,
Caltrans is expected to certify the highway as safe to use by civilians and
access all the way to Crystal Lake campgrounds should be possible.
The section of Highway 39 from Crystal Lake up to Angeles Crest Highway
(Highway 2) will not be re-opened any time in the distant future. There is
too much danage to the road in that section and no money to fix it, so that
section of the highway (parts of which simply do not exist any more) will
remain closed.
This web site is not operated or maintained by the US Forest Service, and
the USFS does not have any responsibility for the contents of any page
provided on the http://CrystalLake.Name/ web site. Also this web site is
not connected in any way with any of the volunteer organizations that are
mentioned in various web pages, including the
San Gabriel Mountains
Trailbuilders (SGMTBs) or the
Angeles Volunteers Association
(AVA.) This web site is privately owned and operated.
Please note that information on this web page may be inaccurate.