Lone pine cyn rd closed

[ChrisLynnet]

One of the things I love best about Wrightwood is what happens after Sheep Creek washes out. I'm on Easter so have often experienced this. Half the town from both sides of the wash show up to take pictures, visit, exclaim with amazement, share flood stories. One teenager was walking out on the mud flow and sank down to her knees -- if she were in danger 25 people would have gone in after her, but as it is she was laughing as she squished back. Once she got up on solid road we all clapped and cheered. And I met two perfectly lovely people and had a great time talking to them. Oh -- and my 11-year-old had such fun that he exclaimed, "I love Wrightwood."

Me too.

[lonelyguy]

does anyone know how the old ridge road is holding up.  i am suppose to come down from the ridge today and do a hike up sheep creek wash this afternoon at around 2:08 pm.  if anyone wants to join me in a hike you can pm me. 

please dont be sending me nasty warning messages about the dangers of hiking in a wash on rainy days.  i have my innertube. and as far as dodging rolling boulders, i have watched Raiders of the Lost Ark over 200 times and i know just what to do

[GARY]

does anyone know how the old ridge road is holding up.  i am suppose to come down from the ridge today and do a hike up sheep creek wash this afternoon at around 2:08 pm.  if anyone wants to join me in a hike you can pm me. 

please dont be sending me nasty warning messages about the dangers of hiking in a wash on rainy days.  i have my innertube. and as far as dodging rolling boulders, i have watched Raiders of the Lost Ark over 200 times and i know just what to do

LOL !!!  Lonelyguy........I would join you, but alas, I am stuck at home today folding my underwear.

[CA5th]

Per County Roads Lone Pine is open between Orchard and Sheep Creek.

[Chesslike]

[Suhijita]

I am thankful that we have such a capable clean-up crew, but at around 3:30 a.m., I was wondering, can the Caterpillar operator turn OFF the back- up BEEP BEEP sound??

[mechanicalpencil]

Is lone pine open now by either sheep creek or wright mountain road?

[rdnckgrl78]

Yes LPC is open via Sheep Creek.  I just went down and came back up.  There is still dirt on the road so be cautious when driving.

[Chesslike]

Thrush is also open now.

[mechanicalpencil]

Thank you!

[raddog]

Why is it on a holiday weekend, mother nature does everything she can to keep us indoors, but on the last day of the holiday she doesn't do anything just so we can't come up with some excuse at work that "oh the wash is flooded, can't make it to work?"

[Wrightwood]

7.5 meg video of Lone Pine Canyon Rd & Sheep Canyon during a major mass wasting event

http://www.incidentcontrol.com/disaster/SheepCanLPC9.2.07.wmv

Thank you rdnckguy76 for providing the great footage

[Wrightwood]

Lots of sand bags were filled at the Wrightwood Fire Station

[KW]

What day was that, Wrightwood? I went to the fire station during Saturday's downpour - we were in desperate need of sand bags. The station was all locked up - it appeared no one was there - must have all been out on call. And there were no sandbags outside, filled or unfilled.

[Wildman]

Swing by sometime this week and pick up sandbags.  They don't leave them out as folks just take the whole bundle.  During heavy weather, you can expect the station to be locked with the crew out and engaged. 

[dreamcatcher]

Lone Pine is closed at Sheep Creek Wash.  Looks like they are grading to get ready for the next storm.  Of course, there are no signs posted in advance so cars are driving up all the way to the wash, then have to turn around and go back the same way, and go to Wright Rd.

[Chuck]

Roy Montry (responsible for our local roads) reported at the MAC meeting Monday that they needed to inspect the grates before they could clean out underneath.  They were concerned that there might have been some damage.  Since a storm is expected they moved up their inspection.  If the grates were damaged, they would have to close the road because they may not be able to replace them.  If you see the road closed tonight that will mean there is damage.

[angelwolf326]

truly what do they think those little grates will do when boulders bigger than cars come down the wash?  why do the grates even matter?

[clint]

The  original design allowed for a small dozer to drive through the space to cclear it. The grates are removeable to allow the concrete culvert under the grates to be dug out.

[Wrightwood]

When the county put in the grate system they anticipated that they would remove the gates then run a dozer through the cement channel to keep it cleared.

From what I've observed the county began leaving the grates in place and plowed over and around the area and do not remove the grates on a regular basis. I would think that getting the grates to fit back into the concrete channel now that the concrete has been damaged could be difficult if not impossible.

(looks like Clint beat me to the punch)