Anyone know some open trails in the Angeles?

[The-Hurricane]

man you guys have it so nice,i with real trails and roads and stuff and ohv parks. there is NOTHING like that up here. the best we have is some public land that is somewhat ok to ride on, and farm land that so long as you know the farmer or dont drive in his crops is ok. been a few times we have had to book it from a shotgun wielding farmer. not that i would spin doughnuts in his pasture or crops, but some guys do so they protect from everyone. even with closeures you guys are way ahead of us so count your blessings!

[Team Perks]

Sweet. Please do let us know if there's good news up at Rowher. Would love to head back up there at long last.

[Schmo]

I was told by the Ranger a few months ago that it should be reopenned Oct/Nov 08. Somebody else on here mentioned that they had heard 10/1. Seems like half the time the Ranger's don't even know what they've got open . . . maybe I'll ride the MC up there this weekend and check it out . . . it's a nice little ride up there.

[womb raider 940]

Rowher should be reopening here pretty soon.

is that a fact Joe. Where did you see that. A magic fairy or???

[Schmo]

Rowher should be reopening here pretty soon.

[phant0omx]

Rincon was closed most of the summer due to SCE putting in some power lines. Be sure and call the ranger before you drive up there to make sure it is now open.

the ranger up there told me there was some installation stuff going on on the other side near hwy 2 like you say, then there was a landslide during the winter months. last time i checked which i think was last month, it was still closed.

[bruce p]

Rincon was closed most of the summer due to SCE putting in some power lines. Be sure and call the ranger before you drive up there to make sure it is now open.

[womb raider 940]

I got out of work late last night and felt like a drive, so I headed up to Mill Creek summit to see if stuff was gated (Open!). I'll bet if you tried to come up from Aliso Cyn after some rain or snow, you'd need 4wd.
Maybe this winter I'll get up there in some mud & ice and do some classic new england style wheeling (native east-coaster here)

I thought the Angeles forest closes off roads during winter. Maybe it was only Rincon.

[mcneil]

I got out of work late last night and felt like a drive, so I headed up to Mill Creek summit to see if stuff was gated (Open!). I'll bet if you tried to come up from Aliso Cyn after some rain or snow, you'd need 4wd.
Maybe this winter I'll get up there in some mud & ice and do some classic new england style wheeling (native east-coaster here)

[RAT]

you will never get out of 2WD.

Truely, a very sad comment...

[Mike]

The Rincon Trail requires that you stop by an Angeles Ranger station to get the code for the gates. Take your tag and registration for the 4WD vehicle that you plan to take on the trail: they ask less questions...

My experience so far is that the Angeles Forest doesn't like OHV at all. Unless you are willling to pay to play at the San Gabriel Cyn OHV or the Little Rock OHV you will never get out of 2WD.

The San Bernardino Forest is FAR more OHV friendly.

[womb raider 940]

when I did the rincon trail last year. They gave me the combos and unlocked them passed thru and I locked them back up.

[mcneil]

One loop I like to do is Lynx Gulch to Mill Creek Summit, then paved Mt. Gleason to Bear Trap Cyn down to (forget the trail name/number) near Aliso Cyn, West to Moody Cyn then up to Mt. Gleason again. 99% of this is 2wd, but nice to play around!

That sounds like a good ride.

Similar topic - do the MJR forum folks ever do trail runs in the Angeles after getting the keys? I've seen pictures from people who did the rincon shortcut after getting the NFS to unlock the gate.

[SAR Jeeper]

One loop I like to do is Lynx Gulch to Mill Creek Summit, then paved Mt. Gleason to Bear Trap Cyn down to (forget the trail name/number) near Aliso Cyn, West to Moody Cyn then up to Mt. Gleason again. 99% of this is 2wd, but nice to play around!

[nwoods]

I've done a lot of uninformed (that's un-informed, not uniformed) trail running around there. Most of the "trails" are left over fragments of paved roads from the 1930's that ran all through there. There are lots of trails, but lots of gates. You need to obtain a gate key from the Rangers and will need a good reason for having one. My friends reason was "Its public land, I'm Johhny Q Public" and they gave him a key?