I receieved the following email yesterday from a well known member of the San Gabriel mountain biking community.  If this email resonates with you drop me a line and I'll see if I can connect you to this weekend's effort.

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   Trail Work Volunteers
   I’m going to start working on El P this weekend, Sunday for 4 or 5 hours. I’m not inviting everyone who has offered to help since so many have offered and I can’t supervise too many at once. Let me know if you’ll be there, and if you have an earth or rock moving tool you can bring.
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    Here’s my theory:
    Because we have a lot of time before El P will be officially opened up – probably till next spring - and before then I’ll put in many days and will be able to organize a couple MAJOR trail days with lots of people to do the easier stuff like brush clearing, for now I’m going to concentrate on the more difficult spots that need rock work or mild re-engineering – and which will need more quality control.
    On Sunday I plan on beginning repair at the very bottom of the trail on the first switch backs; maybe clean it up with some better retaining wall and make it look really good to impress the Forest Service, and work up from there, picking and choosing what to tackle and trying to do a good thorough job that will last a long time.