Mill Creek Summit stuff
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:41 pm
I managed to get in a Summit-to-Summit ride yesterday (Mill Creek Summit to Cloudburst Summit). Not much interesting to report for the ride itself, nor any pictures, but I do have some 'road conditions' stuff to report:
1) Parking is now illegal on Angeles Forest Highway south of Mill Creek Summit. The 'No Parking' sign is positioned precisely before the dirt pullout on the Gleason side of the pass (opposite the picnic area), and states that parking within 30 ft of the roadway is now forbidden.
2) There are several really serious rockslides on the Santa Clara Divide Road east of the Pacifico summit spur. One of these slides has a huge UFO-shaped slab blocking nearly the whole road, with a twin UFO hanging precariously about 40 ft above the road. A couple of the big rocks are hiding round blind corners, so if you're on a bike take it slow and stay sharp.
3) The Santa Clara Divide Road has been repaved between Alder Saddle and Three Points.
4) There is a 'thinning' operation on Mt. Hillyer...area looks like crap, with stumps everywhere.
1) Parking is now illegal on Angeles Forest Highway south of Mill Creek Summit. The 'No Parking' sign is positioned precisely before the dirt pullout on the Gleason side of the pass (opposite the picnic area), and states that parking within 30 ft of the roadway is now forbidden.
2) There are several really serious rockslides on the Santa Clara Divide Road east of the Pacifico summit spur. One of these slides has a huge UFO-shaped slab blocking nearly the whole road, with a twin UFO hanging precariously about 40 ft above the road. A couple of the big rocks are hiding round blind corners, so if you're on a bike take it slow and stay sharp.
3) The Santa Clara Divide Road has been repaved between Alder Saddle and Three Points.
4) There is a 'thinning' operation on Mt. Hillyer...area looks like crap, with stumps everywhere.