Place closure
No recurring date-based closure of Islip Saddle Trailhead is published. Islip Saddle or signed Burkhart/PCT access and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Trailhead
Islip Saddle Trailhead
Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness, Angeles National Forest, California
About this place
Islip Saddle Trailhead begins on Forest Service Trail 239W08; Islip Ridge and the PCT provide high-country access to legal dispersed camping outside developed sites
Verify Highway 2, water availability, and current fire restrictions; Islip Wawona is not used while posted closed.
Seasonal access
Closures & seasonal access
Pleasant View Ridge can be affected by winter snow and ice, summer heat, strong wind, wildfire, and post-fire recovery orders without a fixed annual closure dateSeasonal access
Islip Saddle or signed Burkhart/PCT access: Use the signed Islip Saddle Trailhead access in Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness, Angeles National Forest, California. Use only a currently open signed trailhead and legal Angeles Crest Highway parking. Vincent Gap and Heaton Flats remain withheld pending source-connected overnight routes. Pleasant View Ridge can be affected by winter snow and ice, summer heat, strong wind, wildfire, and post-fire recovery orders without a fixed annual closure date.
Before driving
Check Angeles alerts and the exact Islip Saddle, Burkhart, or PCT approach; an expired order does not prove every route is open.
Map
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- Latitude
- 34.344122° N
- Longitude
- 117.840233° W