Crystal Lake Campgrounds

02/21/2026

Crystal Lake and Coldbrook campgrounds are full, cars are being turned around at the Valley of the Moon

01/31/2025

Crystal Lake Campgrounds will be re-opening!

01/29/2025

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12/16/2024

South Mount Hawkins Road in the Angeles National Forest is officially abandoned yet it has been "recently" graded which is a surprise! It goes to the destroyed fire watch tower and helicopter pad. It's not really needed for fire fighting any more. The grading is GREAT for and

12/15/2024

Happy sunny Sunday to all of you from Crystal Lake Café!
Many people asked if the road open !
Yes ,The road is open all the way to Crystal Lake Campground and Crystal Lake Café !
If you wondering about the weather up there it’s a beautiful and sunny!
Hope to see you all!


12/05/2024

Numerous hiking trails remain closed as the continues to burn and smolder in the burn footprint. Forest Service is dropping hazards and addressing soil shifts and boulders released due to burned brush, which means that the hiking trails will remain closed for an unknown amount of time.

Glendora Mountain Road and parts of the East Fork Road and Glendora Ridge Road are expected to remain closed at least until the start of January.

Highway 39 all the way to the Crystal Lake Recreation Area remain open for now, and camping at Coldbrook Campground and Crystal Lake are currently open, though snow may cause things to close.

11/25/2024

Trash collection, November 30th!

West Fork Parking Lot along Highway 39 in the Angeles National Forest. Volunteers will be given work gloves and trash bags and will go up the North and West Forks of the San Gabriel River collecting and bagging trash, returning to the parking lot with their collections.

If volunteers want to address spray paint vandalism, they will be given Kover Kote, a carboard bucket, and brushes to apply the material on to spray paint that they find.

The flier below will be printed to paper and be provided for volunteers to place in their car windshields in the hopes that the U.S. Forest Service will not require volunteers to acquire an Adventure Pass.

Help spread the word, let's see if we can get some volunteers to turn out for a disorganized trash collection effort before the rainy season. Laura Zenk. will be coordinating the event.

Bring drinking water, and a hat might be a good idea.

11/07/2024

Volunteer Opportunity: Clean-Up of Trash and Graffiti

Date: Saturday, November 30th

Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm (or longer if necessary)

Meeting Place: West Fork National Scenic Bikeway Parking Lot (large parking lot on the left-hand side when heading up the mountain)

Supplies Provided: Trash bags and gloves. Additionally, we have 4 buckets and 4 paint brushes available to apply Kover Kote on spray paint vandalism. However, if you can bring a bucket to mix it with water and a brush, please do so, if you wish to cover up spray paint.

Items to Bring: If you have trash clampers, please bring them. Also, bring a high-visibility shirt/vest, drinking water/sports drinks, and an Adventure Pass for parking.

The clean-up efforts will primarily focus on the West Fork area (whatever is accessible at this time).

10/26/2024

"If it makes you feel better, I'll make it quick." -- Smokey Bear

Only you can prevent Smokey from going Griz on your ass for setting fires

10/25/2024

If you are in Southern California up against the San Gabriel Mountains and ever wondered about the native species around you, "Wildflowers of California" is selling for $23 on the Society's web site. I'm getting a copy now!

This video was made by members of San Gabriel Mountains Chapter of the California Native Plant Society to advertise their 2024 annual plant sale. The plant s...