Recent Hikes In My Blog
Hiking Corte Madera and Los Pinos Mountains togther
Distance: 11 miles out and back. Elevation Gain and loss : 2,097 feet. Time to complete: 5...
Mothers Day Hike on South Ridge Trail to Tahquitz Peak
This last Sunday ( Mothers Day) was a great day for a hike, so I decided to do just that, I meet my mother up in Idyllwild and we went on a great hike up to Tahquitz Peak along the South Ridge Trail. I originally wanted to go from the Devils Slide over to Tahquitz...
Hiking the Skyline Trail from Palm Springs to San Jacinto
This last weekend was perfect for hiking the famous Skyline Trail ( part of Cactus to Clouds). Even though we were expecting some pretty bad weather by the time we started the hike at 4:30 am, the weather had started to clear up somewhat after having deposited 4...
El Cajon Mountain
https://vimeo.com/92003747 What a great weekend for a hike. My buddies and I needed a training hike for our upcoming hike up "Cactus to Clouds", so I took them to El Cajon Mountain, 12-14 miles of grueling up and down steep inclines in order to torture our legs and...
Big Laguna Trail
What a wonderful day for hiking this trail, the sun was out, and it wasn't to hot, in fact in had snowed a few inches only a couple of days previous, but signs of any remaining snow where hard to find. This trial is usually described as being a moderately strenuous...
Blue Sky Reserve to Mt Woodson Summit
I read about this link to the Mt Woodson hike here in the San Diego Reader...
2nd Annual “Climb for Heroes” on Mt Baldy.
Climb for Heroes is a charity event to raise money for wounded veterens. All tax deductible donations go directly to The Heroes Project's mission to organize climbs to the highest peaks in the world, each with our injured marines, soldiers and veterans. The...
3 Sisters Waterfalls
This is a great hike, I would only warn you that you should be aware of your own hiking level. For experienced hikers and young and fit kids this is a nice little adventure, for older hikers or inexperienced hikers this may be a little more intimidating. I can't...
Eagle Peak Hike
I checked out this great hike today, Eagle Peak Hike. I wanted to scout out this hike and 3 Sisters Waterfalls for future hikes with my hiking group. Just be ready for the long bumpy dirt road, once you turn onto Boulder Creek Road from Descanso you have a 13 mile...
Keep an eye open for these plants while on the trail.
Plants that you need to keep an eye open for while you are on the trail. Hiking in San Diego is a wonderful experience, but injuring yourself while you are hiking can really ruin the whole thing. On most of the trails I hike in San Diego I have not come across any...