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Ray Ford

Ray Ford

Outdoors Editor

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Ray is the author or numerous books and maps on Santa Barbara area trails including Santa Barbara Day Hikes, Santa Barbara Mountain Biking, and A Hiker's Guide to the Front Country (map). He has been involved in work on trail management issues for more than 20 years, manages the Los Padres Forest Association trail volunteer program, and is the Trail Chair for the Santa Barbara Trails Council. As leader of the LPFA Trail Crew, Ray has overseen most of the paid trail work done on the front country trails over the past five years.

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