Mount Pinos Ranger District

Fishbowls Trail

Date: December 5, 2023

Know Before You Go!

Contact the District office by phone for current conditions: (661) 245-3731 ext. 0. Calls are answered Tuesday - Saturday from 8:00am - 4:30pm. Closed Sundays and Mondays and federal holidays.

NOAA weather forecast for Mt Pinos (8,400')

NOAA weather forecast for Ozena (Hwy 33 3,700')

Know Before You Go!

Cuddy Valley/Mt. Pinos Rd to the top of Mt. Pinos is open.
I-5 through the Grapevine - Open. Check Caltrans website.
Hwy 33 - Temporarily closed from Matilija Springs Rd in Ojai to 9 miles south of the Ventura/Santa Barbara County line. There is access to Ballinger Canyon off of Hwy 33 from Hwy 166. Caltrans website.
Lockwood Valley Road is open.
Grade Valley Rd is open.
Mt. Abel/Cerro Noroeste Rd is open to the Campo Alto Campground.
Santa Barbara Canyon Rd is open to Cox Flat.
McGill and Chuchupate Campgrounds are temporarily closed until furrther notice due to hazard tree removal.

Forest Orders and Restrictions

Los Padres National Forest Mt. Pinos Ranger District Tecuya Fire Road and Trail Closure:

Effective August 19, 2023, through April 30, 2024

Forest Order 05-07-57-23-10
Tecuya Closure Map

Dry Canyon Area, Roads and Trails, and Wilderness Closure 05-07-57-23-03

Effective: March 1, 2023, through February 28, 2025

Firearms Prohibition Forest Order: Effective February 15, 2023 through December 31, 2024

Forest Order 05-07-00-23-04 Firearms Prohibition

Campground Occupancy Use Forest Order 05-07-00-22-02

Campground Occupany Use Forest Order Camping 14 day stay - Expires 1/13/2024

Road Closures – Including OHV Trails (Roads)

Open Roads

Rancho Nuevo 7N04A
Rancho Nuevo Trail (24W03) section between Rancho Nuevo and Deal Junction campgrounds in the Dick Smith Wilderness
7N03B Thorn Meadows Rd
Tinta Road 7N04
Tinta Trail (24W02)
West Dry Canyon Road 8N19

Tecuya Fire Closure Roads/Trails

20W04 / Cold Springs OHV Trail 19W01
East Tecuya Ridge OHV Trail
20W17
West Tecuya OHV #114
9N21.1 / Scott Russel OHV Road 9N21.2
Scott Russel OHV Road
9N21.3 / Scott Russel OHV Road

** East Dry Canyon including access road, OHV routes and dispersed Dome Springs Camping Area is closed due to unexploded ordinances. Forest Order 5-07-57-23-03.

Alamo Mountain – Goldhill Road 8N01
Apache Canyon
Ballinger Canyon Road
Brush Mtn (9N27)
Cottonwood Trail 20W09 (OHV #125)
9N25 Cerro Noroeste Road (Mt Abel)
Edison Road 9N01
Frazier Mountain Road (Frazier Mountain access) 8N04
Grade Valley Road 7N03
Halfmoon Trail 20W07 (OHV #132)
8N01A Kings CG Road
Lockwood Creek Road 8N12
Lockwood Creek Trail 20W06 (OHV #127)
Piano Box Loop 7N03C
Miller Jeep Trail 20W06 (OHV #129)
Mt. Pinos/Cuddy Valley Rd
Quatal Canyon Road
San Emigdio Road 9N34
Santa Barbara Canyon Rd 9N11
6N10 Sewart Mtn Road
West Frazier Mine Road 20W02 (OHV #118)
8N42 West Frazier OHV
West Frazier Tie Road 20W03 (OHV #119)
19W19 West Tecuya Road
Yellowjacket Trail 20W24 (OHV #126)

*Not part of MVUM closure, open year-round

Closed Campgrounds

Open Campgrounds

*Campgrounds open year-round

Closed OHV Trails – Motorcycle/ATV (# Shown are on the MPRD OHV Map)

Open OHV Roads and Trails

Rancho Nuevo Trail (24W03) section between Rancho Nuevo and Deal Junction campgrounds in the Dick Smith Wilderness
Tinta Road 7N04
(101) Tinta Trail
Tinta Trail (24W02)20W17
West Tecuya OHV #114 Tr
Cold Springs OHV #116 Width Limiter (the gate stays closed) (20W04 motorcycle trail)