Local trailwalker Stanley Zucker pitched us on the idea that we should have a rundown of local trail conditions.  "Cool!" we said.

So with Zucker doing the hard work, we've put together a beta test page for Altadena Trails.  It's at a separate address we own: for technical reasons, we've created a separate blog for it so we can fine-tune without screwing up everything on the main page — we hope to be able to incorporate it all together after the blog makeover we're still working on.  We're open for comments, criticisms, and advice as we refine, but we think this would be a great service to our hiking readers, and are anxious to get your feedback.