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Cowles Mountain
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:20 am
by BorregoWrangler
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:22 am
by jgorm
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!
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 12:02 pm
by OLLIE
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.
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 4:43 pm
by BorregoWrangler
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.
A few things popped up in the way, but I should start to make it out there again on those evenings.
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 7:11 am
by BorregoWrangler
Sunrise.
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 11:32 am
by OLLIE
I love that when you can get higher than the cloud/marine layer. The mountain tops look like a bunch of islands.
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:05 am
by BorregoWrangler
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.
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:06 pm
by OLLIE
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?
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:24 pm
by OLLIE
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.
Re: Cowles Mountain
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:11 pm
by OLLIE
Can you meet at the trailhead at 3:30pm on Thursday?