"It wasn't even on my radar that this was closed," Groves said as he stopped to fill his water pouch near the intersection of Angeles Crest Highway and Angeles Forest Highway. "I had read that it was clear to come up from the Palmdale side so I figured everything here was cool."
your radar just isn't very good.
Some of the trespassing seems to be due to genuine misunderstanding about the status of different portions of the road and forest. In late June, Caltrans Public Information Officer Patrick Chandler intercepted a dozen family members setting off on a hike.
"They parked at Angeles Forest Highway where it meets Angeles Crest and walked up to the closure and were going to go down Switzer Falls," Chandler said.
gee I wonder why there are all these "closed" signs all over the place where there is no vegetation left? hmm I dunno let's continue hiking.
L.A. County Fire Battalion Chief Mitch Brookhyser confirmed one such incident. On May 31, units from La Cañada's Station #82 responded to a call of a motorcycle that had gone off the side of Angeles Crest, Brookhyser said. The responders were forced to stop at a locked gate. The call was canceled minutes later, he said.
it's good the motorcyclists are keeping up their end of the crest death toll even though the road is closed. good looking out
"Big Tujunga Canyon was open," Blake said. "Then they had some signs on Angeles Forest Highway that it was closed ahead, but cars could go through. At Angeles Crest Highway they had a gate, but I could get through there."
He enjoyed having the road to himself, Blake said, although he did have to steer clear of a couple of dump trucks.
"I thought it was great, there was no traffic," Blake said. "But I wasn't aware they had this kind of damage here. I wasn't prepared for this."
damn cyclists. this guy is a moron. really you didn't know there was damage, with road closure signs and dump trucks? hell I admittedly cycle up 39, but wouldn't pretend I didn't know it was closed. idiot.