Tea fire, SB trails are toast.
- Thread starter Zark
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well, cold springs for sure, and probably San Ysidro, Tunnel is under threat. If you were thinking of riding here this weekend, think again
I just paged you over at MTBR regarding our riding plans for Thanksgiving. Really big bad bummer.
lthumbsdown:Family lives in the San Roque and Goleta areas, I've been talking to them.
Thanks for the update. Do you want to update over at MTBR?
I still down to ride T-day weekend, what we ride will kinda depend on conditions 
Its sounds bad right at the base of town. The Riviera and Sycamore Canyon and getting F'd up....but one wind change anf the whole mountain goes up.....
Its sounds bad right at the base of town. The Riviera and Sycamore Canyon and getting F'd up....but one wind change anf the whole mountain goes up.....
I used to live on Sycamore Canyon road right below the rock slide that closed the road. Yea, we'll see about T-day riding. Man, I am bummed.
Here's the evacuation area. As you can see a lot of people are going to be sifting through the ashes http://www.countyofsb.org/uploadedFi...Evac_Areas.pdf
general fire information
http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/oes0.aspx?id=2332#Maps
google map of the fire
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en...5&source=embed
general fire information
http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/oes0.aspx?id=2332#Maps
google map of the fire
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en...5&source=embed
dude, that sux. i heard about it last night. friends of mine were going up for a wedding, but that has been called off.
best of luck to the SB Krew.
best of luck to the SB Krew.
Thanks! Helped some friends evacuate last night (my home is still a ways away so I'm good for now). I guess the fire burned right up to the back of my friend's house though and stopped, haha.
Ya...trails will be interesting when they open them up again! I think tunnel will be ok, but CS is gone for sure and I'm 99% sure San Ysidro (sp?) is gone also.
Heading out there right now to take some super sweet photos (possibly with Pat...gonna call him, lol).
BAD news 
So, me and my friends are a bunch of idiots and decided to drive along E. Camino Ciello tonight and down Gibralter. It's going to be a LONG time before Gibralter is open again so we can ride the trails.
There are rocks EVERYWHERE, propane tanks on the ground, downed power lines, charred remains of random stuff, and part of it is still burning. Driving down it was probably the dumbest thing we've done in a while but it was quite interesting. Now you look out and theres no bushes or homes for a ways.
There's for sure a good reason why it's closed! We were just lucky that we did not see any cops on the drive down!
So, me and my friends are a bunch of idiots and decided to drive along E. Camino Ciello tonight and down Gibralter. It's going to be a LONG time before Gibralter is open again so we can ride the trails.
There are rocks EVERYWHERE, propane tanks on the ground, downed power lines, charred remains of random stuff, and part of it is still burning. Driving down it was probably the dumbest thing we've done in a while but it was quite interesting. Now you look out and theres no bushes or homes for a ways.
There's for sure a good reason why it's closed! We were just lucky that we did not see any cops on the drive down!
Saddens me to hear this. Although I'm not directly affected by the fires, us folks living in SoCal just lost some of the most scenic as well as best DH riding that we had left, at least for awhile.
Trails are fine. Lower CS and maybe a couple other non-biking trails got singed in the foothills. Gibralter will probably be more affected than the trails from washouts and whatnot.
Ya, I'm amazed...they're fine! Lower CS is singed but not that badly. Hopefully Gibralter will be open soon so we can start riding again! Until then, there's always Knapps 