Ridge Route Preservation Organization

Hello all,

The Ridge Route in Southern California needs your help. The Ridge Route Preservation Organization has put together an online petition to help get the roadway back open and in working order. It has not been fully open to traffic since 2005 and is in need of your support. Please sign this petition to get the legislators and the Angeles National Forest to fix what they did wrong. More details are on the site for the petition. The petition was posted a while ago, but has not yet been posted on this site.

Thank you for your time and efforts!

http://www.change.org/p/help-save-the-old-ridge-route-road?recruiter=558871232

The main issue lately with the Ridge Route is simple on the surface but is decidedly anything but. In 2005, the County of Los Angeles vacated, albeit illegally, the portion of the Ridge Route within the Angeles National Forest. Basically, the section between Sandberg and Warm Springs Road (just north of Templin Highway). This vacation created problems with the roadway easements, which has clouded the title of the roadway. This vacation order is the main issue at hand and is the single document which puts the future of the roadway as a public highway and a maintained roadway in jeopardy. What should have been done was to “quit claim” the roadway to the Forest Service, which would have transferred the easements and right of way properly. A vacation is akin to abandoning the road, which is not what we want at all. We strongly urge you to help us right this wrong and get the roadway back to where it needs to be.

2005 County Vacation Order

Current Roadway Status

The Ridge Route is closed to through travel from Castaic to Gorman. It is open from only from State 138 to the Tumble Inn at the north end, and from approximately one mile north of Templin Highway to Castaic at the south end. The central portion remains closed to all motor vehicle traffic. Walking, bicycling, and horseback riding are allowed. The roadway is not open for through travel from State 138 to Castaic.

Use caution on the northern end between Sandberg and Liebre Maintenance Camp site as there are many rock slides and other debris covering the roadway. All open sections are traversable by two-wheel drive automobiles with average clearance.

If you find the gate open at either end, do not expect the other gate to be open. The default position of the gate is closed at this time. Travel ONLY at your own risk as the roadway is legally closed.

During the rainy season, TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED along the Ridge Route from Templin Highway to Sandberg during and a few days after any rain or snow. The roadway is fragile in places and travel over the roadway in a heavy vehicle can damage the concrete and asphalt paving. Wait at least a few days after ANY rain or snow before attempting travel and do not attempt to drive a heavy vehicle over the roadway at any time.

Category: Vacation

Ridge Route Online Petition

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2005 Ridge Route Vacation Order

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