The San Gabriel Mountains
Trailbuilders work closely
in cooperation with the
United States Forest Service
which needs volunteer assistance restoring hiking trails in the aftermath
of the
Station
Fire and Curve Fire. The United States Forest Service greatly appreciates
whatever time you might be able to spare restoring forest trails through the
entire Angeles National Forest.
To see what it takes to volunteer click HERE for
the "How To Do It" information. That web page will provide all
the information you need to get involved in the restoration effort.
To volunteer to work on trail building and maintenance projects within
the San Gabriel River Ranger District, contact the
San Gabriel Mountains
Trailbuilders. The organization meets on alternate week ends (the
first, third, and fifth weekend of every month) in Azusa at the U. S.
Forest Service Gateway Information Center located at the base
of the mountain on the right hand side of Highway 39 next to a large water
tank (see photograph to the right) at Mile Post 17.
When trail volunteer work is done a link is usually provided on this web
page which offers write-ups and photographs of the work to show some of
the typical trail building and restoration activities which take place
in the Angeles National Forest.
The links provided below are given in reverse order so that the newest
bit of volunteer work gets listed first. Unfortunately a lot of the great
volunteer work that gets done never gets written up and documented like
this however the Crystal Lake web site attempts to document as much of the
volunteer efforts as possible.
21/Aug/10 -- Islip Ridge Trail, Day 4
07/Aug/10 -- Islip Ridge Trail, Day 3
31/Jul/10 -- Islip Ridge Trail, Day 2
03/Jul/10 -- Tototngna Trail and some Smoke and Fire Watch
19/Jun/10 -- Lower Windy Gap Trail, Lake Trail, Tototngna Nature Trail
05/Jun/10 -- Lower Windy Gap Trail and Road Cleared of Trees and Rocks
29/May/10 -- Half Knob Trail Gets Downed Trees Cleared
11/Apr/10 -- East Fork Trail Head Gets Wooden Steps -- Eagle Project
20/Mar/10 -- East Fork Trail Rock Stair Steps Added
06/Mar/10 -- Heaton Flats Trail Gets Some Maintenance
30/Jan/10 -- Heaton Flats Along East Fork Gets Some Trail Work
16/Jan/10 --East Fork Cliff Face 4-to-6-inch Ledge Widened
19/Dec/09 -- East Fork Trail Gets 10,000 Buckets of Rock
19/Sep/09 -- San Gabriel River East Fork Garbage Haul
11/Jul/09 -- Ryan Newill Boy Scout Eagle Project
20/Jun/09 -- Boy Scout Eagle Project at Crystal Lake
06/Jun/09 -- National Trails Day along East Fork Trail
30/May/09 -- Approaches to Laurel Gulch Bridge Have Been Built
15/May/09 -- John Seales Bridge Delivered to Laurel Gulch!
09/May/09 -- Laurel Gulch Bridge Gets Dismantled Before Airlift
02/May/09 -- Finding Lost Ridge Trail
25/Apr/09 -- Laurel Gulch Bridge Footings Have Been Built!
18/Apr/09 -- Laurel Gulch and the Great iPod Disaster of 2009
04/Apr/09 -- Drainage Culvert at Crystal Lake Finally Cleared
21/Mar/09 -- Blast Area Work Complete on Upper Bear Creek! Bee Attack!
07/Mar/09 -- Upper Bear Creek and San Gabriel Wilderness Boundary
21/Feb/09 -- Upper Bear Creek, Crystal Lake, North Fork Access
07/Feb/09 -- Upper Bear Creek Trail Restoration After the Blasting
31/Jan/09 -- 935 Pounds Of Explosives! Upper Bear Creek goes BANG!
24/Jan/09 -- Laurel Gulch Preliminary Bridge Footing With Video!
17/Jan/09 -- Lower Bear Creek Trail Part 3 With Boy Scouts
10/Jan/09 -- Lower Bear Creek Trail Part 2
29/Dec/08 -- Lower Bear Creek Trail Part 1 with Buddhist Youth Group
20/Dec/08 -- Lower Monroe Truck Trail Gets Some Maintenance!
06/Dec/08 -- Monroe Truck Trail Restoration Survey
09-Nov-08 -- Survey, Minor Repair of North Fork Access Trail
08-Nov-08 -- Laurel Gulch Bridge Curbing and Uprights
02-Nov-08 -- Return To Crystal Lake, Pinyon Ridge, Bridge Project
01-Nov-08 -- Pinyon Ridge Water Spillway and Trail Crossing
25-Oct-08 -- Laurel Gulch Bridge Materials Prepwork Stage One
18/Oct/08 -- Cedar Canyon Trail -- Clearing Trail-Clogging Brush
04/Oct/08 -- Boy Scouts and Trailbuilders On Lake Road Trail
16/Aug/08 -- Almost finished, Bridge at Rincon Environmental Education Center
19/Jul/08 -- Environmental Education Center Lower Bridge Is Nearly Complete!
21/Jun/08 -- Environmental Education Center Bridge and the LACC
07/Jun/08 -- Lots of Work Done on Pinyon Ridge Trail
30/May/08 -- Lower Bridge at Environmental Education Center, Snakes
19/Apr/08 -- Windy Gap Trail Rock Slide, Rock Wall
26/Apr/08 -- Tree Planting in the Crystal Lake Campgrounds
19/Apr/08 -- Lake Trail Gets Restored With Boy Scouts
12/Apr/08 -- Survey of Various Trails at Crystal Lake
16/Feb/08 -- Bridge building at the Environmental Education Center
02/Feb/08 -- Upper Bear Creek Made Useable If You're Careful
19/Jan/08 -- Upper Bear Creek Trail Survey
05/Jan/08 -- Lower Bridge at Environmental Education Center
22/Dec/07 -- Upper Bear Creek Trail Cub Scouts, Webelos, Boy Scouts
15/Dec/07 -- Environmental Education Center Lower Bridge
01/Dec/07 -- Soldier Creek Retaining Wall, Cedar Creek Work
17/Nov/07 -- Windy Gap Trail Wall Building, Boy Scout Troop 363 and Others
28/Oct/07 -- New Growth After Curve Fire at Valley of the Moon
03/Nov/07 -- We Return to Windy Gap Trail And The Rock Slide
28/Oct/07 -- New Growth After Curve Fire at Valley of the Moon
20/Oct/07 -- Cedar Canyon Trail Hanging Tree Removal
05/Oct/07 -- Environmental Education Center Nature Trail Bridge Restoration
15/Sep/07 -- Rock Slide on Windy Gap Trail: Getting Dirty Up At Windy Gap
01/Sep/07 -- Big Cieneca Trail Gets Cleaned Up
28/Jul/07 -- Mount Waterman, Twin Peaks, Three Points, Buckhorn
30/Jun/07 -- Golden Cup Nature Trail at Crystal Lake Gets Major Restoration
23/Jun/07 -- Crosscut Saw Training is offered to USFS employees and volunteers
16/Jun/07 -- Golden Cup Nature Trail gets work and Islip Trail gets Examined
02/Jun/07 -- National Trails Day, Eagle Project, Crystal Lake Recreation Area
28/Apr/07 -- Jack's Eagle Project and Amelia Everett's Community Project
28/Apr/07 -- UCC Dam Busting and Litter Removal
21/Apr/07 -- Wilderness / Delayed Response Medical Training
14/Apr/07 -- Ice House, Mario's Mount Baldy Eagle Scout Project
07/Apr/07 -- North Fork Access Trail Gets Some Building and Bears
17/Mar/07 -- North Fork Access Trail, EEC Bridge Work Continues
10/Mar/07 -- Watershed Restoration Tree Planting Day!
03/Mar/07 -- Environmental Education Center, Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
17/Feb/07 -- North Fork Road. San Gabriel River Ranger District
16/Dec/06 -- Upper Bear Creek Trail Toolbox Survey
23/Aug/06 -- Lost Ridge Trail Almost Completed
12/Dec/05 -- Dumpster Rescue Team Springs Into Action
19/Nov/05 -- Environmental Education Center Nature Trail
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.