Millard Falls Trail

Post by **Taco** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:34 pm

Why is it closed?

Johnny Bronson · Post by **Johnny Bronson** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:29 pm

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:40 pm

TacoDelRio wrote:Y?

They heard you were coming?

How is it "closed"? Fence? Sign? Are you referring to the access gate on Pinecrest Dr. or are the falls themselves closed?

HJ

Post by **Taco** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:53 pm

PackerGreg · Post by **PackerGreg** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:59 am

Jody and her gang (yes, I'm on to her gang as well now - namely Marty Dumpis) do not like Millard Campground. Since they cannot find a good enough excuse to decommission it at this time, they have closed the main attraction - the falls. The BS reason is that the boulders lodged at the top of the falls, the ones that have been there for a very long time (as evidenced by century-old photographs and the erosion of said rocks), might come crashing down at any time.

This kind of thing happening in The Angeles (and elsewhere) is not just about a "nanny-state" mentallity, and it is not about just the ambulance chasers... more on that later.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:14 am

Oh, for cryin' out load. Those boulders have been there for freaking ever. The only thing that's going to move them is an earthquake or maybe a gigantic flood. If you're in that grotto in an EQ or flood, you've got a lot bigger things on your mind than those boulders.

HJ

PackerGreg · Post by **PackerGreg** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:13 am

Well, Jim, it's not about the boulders...

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:13 am

We need a NINJA!

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:18 pm

PackerGreg wrote:Well, Jim, it's not about the boulders...

so what exactly is it about?

Post by **Sean** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:02 pm

Due to the recent storms, this trail is all jacked up again. After the water level goes down, stream crossings won't be so bad, but there is a section of deadfall that requires some log-hopping. The FS has abandoned this route, so don't expect it to be restored.