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SDC, Trip Reports
-Bell Bluff-
08.23.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

SDC: #35

Elevation: 3,409 ft.

Date Hiked: 8-20-2011

Trip Report:
Bell Bluff is a mountain in eastern San Diego county near Alpine. There is a nice trail which will take you near the top but some off trail work is needed to get to the actual summit.

Bell Bluff
SDC, Trip Reports
-Fortuna Mountain-
05.09.11 | Permalink | Comment?

SDC: #34

Elevation: 1,291 ft.

Date Hiked: 5-7-2011

Trip Report:
Fortuna mountain is on of the four mountains on the SDC list in Mission Trails park. This is a nice training hike not far from the city.

Fortuna Mountain
SDC, Trip Reports
-McGinty Mountain-
05.09.11 | Permalink | Comment?

SDC: #33

Elevation: 2,183 ft.

Date Hiked: 5-7-2011

Trip Report:
McGinty Mountain is located in southern San Diego county near the city of La Mesa. There is a nice 4 and a half mile trail to the summit from the trailhead.

McGinty Mountain
Anza Borrego, LPC, SDC, Trip Reports
-Pinyon BM & Wilson BM-
04.19.11 | Permalink | Comment?

SDC: #30 & 31

Elevation: 4,614 & 4,586 ft.

Date Hiked: 4-9-2011

Trip Report:
Pinyon and Wilson Benchmarks are located along a ridge known as Pinyon ridge. There is an old 4WD jeep trail that winds along this ridge. We followed this road along the ridge as we made our way to the top of both benchmarks.

Flowers Along the Ridge
Anza Borrego, HPS, SDC, Trip Reports
-The Thimble(2) & San Ysidro Mountain-
04.11.11 | Permalink | Comment?

HPS: #20
SDC: #29

Elevation: 5,779 & 6,147 ft.

Date Hiked: 4-9-2011

Trip Report:
This was the third time I was visiting this area, both times before I did not summit San Ysidro Mountain. Mark had not summited the Thimble or San Ysidro so we decided to tag both while we were here.

San Ysidro Mountain
Anza Borrego, HPS, SDC, Trip Reports
-Granite Mountain-
02.21.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

HPS: #19
SDC: #28

Elevation: 5,633 ft.

Date Hiked: 2-20-2011

Trip Report:
Granite Mountain is located in western Anza Borrego. It has many ridges which can easily be climbed. The most popular route starts a mile west of S2 and a few miles south of 78. This is the route we chose to hike.

Granite Mountain
LPC, SDC, Trip Reports
-Mt. Woodson From Poway Lake-
01.09.11 | Permalink | Comment?

SDC: #27

Elevation: 2,855 ft.

Date Hiked: 1-8-2011

Trip Report:
Mt. Woodson is a popular hiking and climbing spot in San Diego county. There are two routes to the top, a paved road from the east and a nice trail from Lake Poway to the west. The road up the east side of the mountain has established climbing routes on many of the large boulders. The trail from Lake Poway is longer than the road and makes a good training hike.

Black Mountain to the West
Anza Borrego, SDC, Trip Reports
-Indian Hill, Carrizo Palms-
11.14.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

SDC #26

Elevation: 2,240 ft.

Date Hiked: 11-13-2010

Trip Report:
Indian Hill is the site of an early Indian settlement in eastern San Diego county. It is also near an old railroad camp. There are remains of both settlements along a 6.4 mile loop. This loop also passes the Carrizo palm grove, which is one of the densest palm groves in Anza Borrego.

Indian Hill
SDC, Trip Reports
-El Cajon Mountain South Arete-
11.07.10 | Permalink | 14 Comments

SDC: #25

Elevation: 3,675 ft.

Date Hiked: 11-6-2010

Trip Report:
El Cajon mountain looms over the city of El Cajon in San Diego county. Although many people see this mountain, fewer people know what it is and even fewer hike to the summit. Today my friend Eric and I hiked to the summit via the south arete route. This route was steep, loose but fun.

El Cajon Mountain
SDC, Trip Reports
-Pine Mountain (SD)-
05.23.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

SDC: #24

Elevation: 5,660 ft.

Date Hiked: 5-23-2010

Trip Report:
San Diego county does not get snow in late May very often. Today happened to one of those not very often times. I decided to drive up to Mt. Laguna and see the snow. While I was there I thought I would hike up pine mountain. Pine Mountain is an obscure little bump off the west side of Sunrise Highway near Garnet Peak and Garnet Mountain. It is not so much a mountain as a bump on a ridge. Nonetheless it is on the SDC peak list therefore it must be hiked.

Pine Mountain