A popular hiking trail leading to a lookout point in Santa Barbara will be fully closed for several months due to an environmental restoration project, officials announced.
The Tunnel Trail in Santa Barbara’s Mission Canyon will be closing for up to four months starting Monday, Southern California Edison announced. The trail is a popular hiking destination leading to Inspiration Point, which features views of Santa Barbara and the ocean from its spot in the foothills.
The closure comes as part of the Mission Canyon Stream Restoration Project, a remediation effort on the part of SCE following environmental damage caused to the area as a result of road grading work done by the utility company in 2019. Debris was accidentally dumped into Mission Creek at the time, Noozhawk reported…