San Diego Hiking Trails

It was ok.. I had a 40+ pound backpack with me and my girlfriend had a 20+ pound backpack because we were trying to make it harder but still it wasnt as bad as we thought it would be.. It took us a little less than 5 hours to completed the whole hike. It got us tired but not exhausted.

i've done this hike twice (once in summer) and it is the hardest one i've done in s d cnty. there's no place to rest or recover. coming back is every bit as tough as going in. take lots of water and don't wimp out at the saddle on the top-go to the peak to your left. that's why i had to do the hike twice, the first time (in summer) we made it to the saddle and said "good enuf!!' the first time up, i chanced upon a fellow who walked up from el monte park and if anyone has any info on that trail, i'd be very interested. CASH AND PRIZES-PEOPLE!

We wanted to go out for a hike on Sunday after reading the reviews for different trails we choose this one. Two of us left at 11am with 1 gallon of water, it was sunny and around 85. Right away we start walking up a step dirt trail. We get to the top of the first mountain, the hike looks like it is easy. The trail continues to wind around mountains over looking Barona casino. It gets stepper and about mile 3 I start wishing the trail will flatten out. No such luck, more weaving between mountains and small steep trails. Everyone else we ran into (about 10 people total) had walking sticks. I have never used them before but it looks like it would make the hike a lot easier. We get to the top of the mountain, we used almost all of our water and were beat. The view from the top made the pain worth it. You can see huge cliffs and mountain 360 degrees around. After we ate lunch at the top we started the trek back. Going down is almost as hard as getting up. The trail was dusty, slipper and difficult to navigate. The hike took us 7 hours and was the most difficult I've been on in San Diego.

I've always wanted to hike to the edge of this cliff face I always see and this spring my brother and I did it. Two words: Trekking poles. He convinced me to let him use one so we both had walking sticks up these never ending up and down pitches. I read it was steep and that was no lie. One of the more difficult hikes in the area, but only because a trailed hike shouldn't be that hard. Started at 7, saw a few people, and took a nap on the rocks at the end for lunch. Good day.

This trail is hard as hell. It was overcast when we went around mid day at the end of May. We saw one other hiker at the beginning of the trail and that was about it. We saw two pretty big snakes tho. One rattlesnake and the other one i'm not sure what it was. It was trying to eat a massive lizard on the trail itself. The snakes deterred my partner from going any further. Regardless, the trail was freakin hard- 45 and 50 degree angles a majority of the way. It does flatten out for a bit just after mile one.