Date: 6/2/26 5:26 pm From: Kimball Garrett via groups.io <cyanolyca818...> Subject: [LACoBirds] Closure of Angeles Forest Highway this month
Birders,
With the California Bird Atlas "Big Weekend" coming up this Thursday through Sunday (4-7 June), it is possible that many of you would be exploring portions of the San Gabriel Mtns. to fill in data gaps or to reach blocks that have yet to have any coverage. You should be aware, then, that there is still a major road closure along the Angeles Crest Hwy., from Cedar Springs (about 3+ miles past Newcomb's Ranch) to Vincent Gap.
Now I have learned that Angeles Forest Highway will be closed 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 1 to June 26 from Mount Emma Road to Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road. [Access will be maintained for residents, camps and emergency vehicles.] This complicates access to/from Palmdale and the Antelope Valley via this route (Hwy 14 is open of course). And if you planned to cover the Monte Cristo Campground area, or the Pacifico Mtn. or Mt. Gleason areas off Mill Creek Summit you'll have to keep in mind the road closure times. Also, Aliso Canyon would have to be accessed from the bottom end in Acton (the uppermost couple of miles of Aliso Canyon is ground zero for* Artemisiospiza belli belli,* the chaparral subspecies of Bell's Sparrow).
