Even though the Bridge Fire is now 99% contained, its impact is still being felt with numerous road and trail closures around the Mt. Baldy area. Angeles National Forest has closed Glendora Mountain Road north of Big Dalton Canyon Road and Glendora Ridge Road from Mt. Baldy to Glendora Mountain Road, and all the trails leading to Mt. Baldy summit through December 31, 2025. The trails to the east, including Icehouse Canyon trailhead leading to Ontario and Cucamonga peaks, remain open, as is Claremont Wilderness Park.

Mt. Baldy Village sits at the eastern boundary of the Bridge Fire, as Baldy Road was the “line in the sand” where the fire was held back. The fire burned 56,030 acres.

For more information, go to inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/caanf-bridge-fire.

This story was updated on December 2, 2024. 

Eight weeks after the Bridge Fire was contained, Mt. Baldy Road is the clear dividing line between two different landscapes: green to the east, and singed devastation to the west. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger

Two miles west of Mt. Baldy Village, the brush around Glendora Ridge Road bears the scars of the Bridge Fire. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger