Aliso Loop Trail - Los Padres National Forest
Trail Distance 3.78 Miles

Submitted Trail Reports

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 10-03-2021 - by Stan

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	10-03-2021
Surveyor Name:	Stan
Trail description:	Completed the loop counter clockwise. The trail was in good condition and easy to follow. Hot and dry. Many of the number markers for the interpretive trail are damaged and/or missing numbers.
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 11-29-2018 - by Anonymous Surveyor

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	11-29-2018
Surveyor Name:	Anonymous Surveyor
Trail description:	A great trail!  I hike it about every two weeks.
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 11-01-2018 - by Anonymous Surveyor

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	11-01-2018
Surveyor Name:	Anonymous Surveyor
Trail description:	        A very enjoyable non-strenuous hike.   Great scenery. I have hiked it many times,         and will do it many times in the future
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 10-13-2018 - by Pat Fish

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	10-13-2018
Surveyor Name:	Pat Fish
Trail description:	I rode this trail on my mule with two horse riding companions, from the terminus at the Upper Oso Campground up the hills, along the ridges, then down to Sage Hill Campground. The trail is easy to follow, with the exception that after you head out of the Upper Oso campground there will be a place where there is one collapsed bit of trail that I think will get worse soon. It is washed out, and you have to go off the trail and use some young Yucca whipplei for footholds. It has sketchy wooden reinforcements that badly need to be replaced. Other than that, a fine trail. Above the Upper Oso campground you will come to a fork, with an option to continue to go straight up or to the right and you will want to choose those switchbacks on the right. There are no warnings posted about the condition of the Aliso Canyon but people I met said they got to the shale part of it and turned around, and other people have told me it is closed. But there were no warnings on the trail signage. A blog post with many images fro this ride is online at :        http://www.muletrail.com/2018/10/20181013-aliso-loop-and-oso-canyon.html
Mode of transport:	Stock
Trail condition:	Needs some work
Condition details:	Fine trail but there is one collapsed section
Images:	looking at the Aliso ridge from the First Crossing parking lot turning onto the Aliso from Upper Oso campground collapsed section of Aliso Loop trail detail of collapsing section of trail wonderful views from Aliso Loop trail

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 03-28-2017 - by Los Padres Forest Association

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	03-28-2017
Surveyor Name:	Los Padres Forest Association
Trail description:	Nice article by ValHikes featuring Sage Hill Campground and the Aliso Loop Trail.  Enjoy...... http://valhikes.blogspot.com/2017/03/sage-hill.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MomentsInDirtAndInk+%28Moments+in+Dirt+and+Ink%29
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Needs some work

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 03-06-2017 - by Los Padres Forest Association

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	03-06-2017
Surveyor Name:	Los Padres Forest Association
Trail description:	Report from C Orr: some major slides after the winter storms, one in particular where the trail is gone.  They have since been repaired.
Mode of transport:	Bicycle
Trail condition:	Needs some work
Images:	Trail Gone! Photo COrr

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 01-30-2017 - by Chris Orr

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	01-30-2017
Surveyor Name:	Chris Orr
Trail description:	Removed tree from Aliso Ridge Trail (2nd switchback or southern switchbacks).  Main trunk off trail on upslope will need to be removed at some time.
Mode of transport:	Bicycle
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow
Images:	Before After

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 01-28-2017 - by Craig R. Carey

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	01-28-2017
Surveyor Name:	Craig R. Carey
Trail description:	The Green Bars of Ventura Boy Scout Troop 111 hiked the loop from Sage Hill — great weather, and recent rains have greened things up considerably. A few small slides on the upper stretch, and one tree down across the southern switchbacks, but no major damage from the rains.
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow
Images:

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 11-04-2015 - by Los Padres Forest Association

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	11-04-2015
Surveyor Name:	Los Padres Forest Association
Trail description:	Report from Ranger Rik: Picked up all blow down limbs on trail. Trail is in good shape with little water damage.Â
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 04-11-2015 - by Constance

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	04-11-2015
Surveyor Name:	Constance
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 01-04-2015 - by Doug

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	01-04-2015
Surveyor Name:	Doug
Trail description:	All of this trail area was burnt during the White Fire in May of 2013.  I rode the switch back section of this trail to Upper Oso and back.  Did not take the canyon portion. While alot of the vegiation is gone to the fire, the trail is still in good condition.
Mode of transport:	Stock
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow

Aliso Loop Trail Survey - 12-13-2014 - by FP

Link:	Aliso Loop Trail
Date:	12-13-2014
Surveyor Name:	FP
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Needs some work
Condition details:	Recent rains have eroded several sections of the trail. Rock and gravel slides have covered spots here and there. But trail is easily followed.

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