An accounting of the harm of the Eaton hearth continues to be ongoing. Since beginning in early January, it has burned greater than 14,000 acres, destroyed hundreds of houses and companies in Altadena and, as of Friday, killed 16 folks.
Now that the fireplace is 65% contained, we are able to start to look at the harm and path closures within the surrounding mountains as properly. The fireplace is believed to have began in Eaton Canyon, a beloved climbing space, earlier than spreading east and west into Angeles Nationwide Forest.
Greater than two dozen trails, a lot of them widespread, interconnected day hikes, seem to have additionally burned. Lots of them had been favorites amongst locals who might stroll a brief distance from their houses in Altadena to the trailheads. Final week, I visited Eaton Canyon and noticed the blackened manzanita and different chaparral. Though the Eaton Canyon Nature Middle burned down, the oaks and sycamores round it seem to have survived, some solely singed from the fireplace.
The Rubio Canyon path was burned within the Eaton hearth.
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To raised perceive the place you’ll be able to hike responsibly (and what areas you have to keep away from), I constructed the listing under. To place collectively a greater image of the harm, I consulted mapping software CalTopo, cross-referencing its maps and the fireplace footprints with lists of native climbing trails to find out which routes had been within the burn space.
That stated, simply because a path is within the burn space doesn’t imply it was destroyed. We’ll be taught extra about particular situations of every path within the coming months. Trails burned in wildfires typically keep closed for a number of months to years to permit for the forest to get well and for path upkeep crews to restore routes and infrastructure.
Remember the fact that climbing (and another exercise) is briefly prohibited in Angeles Nationwide Forest by way of Friday, even outdoors the burned trails listed under. Officers stated this measure to briefly shut the forest was vital as a result of the fireplace danger is at “critical,” the best degree of hazard within the graduated scale utilized by the U.S. Forest Service.
The 700,000-acre space is ready to reopen at midnight Saturday except officers prolong the closure. The paths under will possible stay closed even when Angeles Nationwide Forest stays open.
Trails burned within the Eaton hearth 
A part of the Eaton Canyon path after the Eaton hearth.
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Burned cacti alongside the Eaton Canyon path.
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Center Sam Merrill Path northeast to Muir Peak Highway: This path can also be referred to on some maps as Higher Sam Merrill Path. There’s one other path northeast of this route that some maps discuss with as Higher Sam Merrill Path.One Man & Mule Path (or Muir Peak Highway), together with Inspiration Level and Muir Peak Mt. Lowe Railway Path to Mt. Lowe Highway, together with Echo Mountain: The primary 1.4 miles ranging from the Rubio Canyon Trailhead is usually known as Outdated Echo Mountain Path.Mt. Lowe East Path: Typically referred to on maps because the Higher Sam Merrill Path, the primary 0.8 mile of this path seems to have burned. The remainder of the path, whether or not you are taking it 0.6 mile to Mt. Lowe, or proceed northeast about one mile to the Markham Saddle, close to the San Gabriel Peak trailhead, seems to be outdoors the burn zone. (Mt. Lowe itself could have burned. It’s on the sting of the fireplace’s northern perimeter.) 
Eaton Canyon as seen from the Eaton Saddle Trailhead in 2021.
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Mt. Lowe West Path: The primary two-thirds of a mile of this path seems to have burned whereas the final half-mile seems to fall outdoors the fireplace’s perimeter. Sundown Ridge Path: The primary 1,000 toes of this path is within the burn zone. The subsequent 0.8 mile shouldn’t be, however the final mile seems to have burned. Daybreak Mine Path: Exterior of the primary 1,000 toes that follows the Sundown Ridge Path, the vast majority of this path didn’t burn. One mile after you begin from the Sundown Ridge trailhead, there’s a small part, about 450 toes, that did burn. The world round Daybreak Mine seems to not have burned.Millard Canyon Falls Path: Ranging from the parking zone, the primary half-mile of the trail burned. The world round Millard Canyon Falls doesn’t seem to have burned.Decrease Millard Canyon Path: Additionally known as Millard Canyon Crest Path, simply over half of this brief path from the Millard Canyon parking zone southwest to a residential space in Altadena seems to have burned.Tom Sloane Path to Saddle: The primary mile heading west to Tom Sloane Saddle is burned. The remaining 0.8 mile to the Saddle shouldn’t be burned.Chaney Path Mt. Lowe Motorway to Mt. Lowe Path Camp: The vast majority of this five-mile path is burned, together with the Mt. Lowe Path Camp.