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Cowles Mountain

Post by BorregoWrangler » Fri May 07, 2010 8:20 am

I've been getting out there every day this week so far around 5am. These are from this morning. It's a great hike close to home.
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by jgorm » Fri May 07, 2010 8:22 am

I would recommend the side trail instead of the main trail. At least on the first and last 60% of the hike you won't have 100s of people to deal with. Great job on hiking it every day!

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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by OLLIE » Fri May 07, 2010 12:02 pm

So that's why I haven't been seeing you at 4:00 last night? I was going to give you a call to see if you were bailing on us. :) Glad to see you are getting a daily dose of it.
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by BorregoWrangler » Fri May 07, 2010 4:43 pm

jgorm wrote:I would recommend the side trail instead of the main trail. At least on the first and last 60% of the hike you won't have 100s of people to deal with. Great job on hiking it every day!
True indeed. The south approach there can get really crowded.
OLLIE wrote:So that's why I haven't been seeing you at 4:00 last night? I was going to give you a call to see if you were bailing on us. :) Glad to see you are getting a daily dose of it.
Sorry about that. :lol: A few things popped up in the way, but I should start to make it out there again on those evenings.
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by BorregoWrangler » Sat May 08, 2010 7:11 am

Sunrise. 8-)
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by OLLIE » Sat May 08, 2010 11:32 am

I love that when you can get higher than the cloud/marine layer. The mountain tops look like a bunch of islands.
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by BorregoWrangler » Mon May 10, 2010 10:05 am

Ollie, if you want we could try the most difficult (and beautiful) approach to Cowls from the northeast. It starts at Big Rock Park in Santee at the corner of Mesa Road and Prospect Ave. It totals almost 5 miles and meets up with the service road we usually take.
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by OLLIE » Mon May 10, 2010 1:06 pm

BorregoWrangler wrote:Ollie, if you want we could try the most difficult (and beautiful) approach to Cowls from the northeast. It starts at Big Rock Park in Santee at the corner of Mesa Road and Prospect Ave. It totals almost 5 miles and meets up with the service road we usually take.
Is that 5 miles round trip or one way?
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by OLLIE » Mon May 10, 2010 1:24 pm

OLLIE wrote:
BorregoWrangler wrote:Ollie, if you want we could try the most difficult (and beautiful) approach to Cowls from the northeast. It starts at Big Rock Park in Santee at the corner of Mesa Road and Prospect Ave. It totals almost 5 miles and meets up with the service road we usually take.
Is that 5 miles round trip or one way?
I just looked it up... It's round trip. Have you tried this route already? I'm game.
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Re: Cowles Mountain

Post by OLLIE » Mon May 10, 2010 3:11 pm

Can you meet at the trailhead at 3:30pm on Thursday?
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