Hi Joe,

Sounds good but unfortunately I wont be able to meet with you on the day of the 18th. I'll be squealing down the slides at the waterpark on Saturday

Please let me know when we can meet again and I'm there if my schedule allows
I hope you have a good hike though

AngelBunny

Hey Mollie,

I'll definitely give ya a shout one of these weekends so we can meet up. Thanks for thinking of me

Hi Molly,

The group decided to cancel the hike due to the heat we've been having. Sorry about that, but let me know how it is if you do go. I'll keep you posted on the next hike I'm planning as well and this will be rain or shine/hot or cold (everyone will know this up front).

Have a great weekend!!

Joe

I've done most of the easy HPS hikes in SD county and have ambition for the rest.

If you have a goal to complete them all I would break them down into summer, fall, and winter peaks (based on how hot it gets) as well as leave the hard ones to the end (the all mighty rabbit). Plus most of the peaks in the Cuyamaca and Laguna areas can be done in pairs and triplets, or even has one big group (see: www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/sheephead_n2_1.html)

If was going to start from scratch I would doing something like this:

Easy Peaks for Summer.Fall
*Stonewall
*Cuyamaca
*Middle (bad views)
*Oakizanita
*Sheephead
*Garnet Peak
*Garnet Mountain
*Monument (some easy class 2)
*Boucher Hill

Easy Peaks for Fall (some cross country involved)
*Combs
*Beauty
*Bucksnort
*High Point (mount Palomar) (Helps to have 4X drive))

Hard Peaks for Fall
*Eagle Peak (a real monster I haven’t done….18 miles and bushwacking)
*San Ysidro

Hard Peaks for Winter (desert cross country)
*Granite Mountain #2
*Whale Peak (Helps to have 4X drive)
* Rosa Point
* Villager and Rabbit

Hope this helps and feel free to contact if you interested in joining forces for any of these.

Hey, that's some great ideas you posted! I read your post a few days ago and have been seriously contemplating doing a day trip to the mountains to bag as many peaks as possible in a day. My 30th birthday is in September and thinking of doing it then... I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for the advice

Hi I just moved to the area from Portland, and would be interested in getting after some of these hikes. I just read about the HPS on the Sierra Club website. We should get in contact and hike a few of these!

-Andy