El Cajon Mountain

Started 6am, 3 hours to summit, then 3 hours back to trailhead.  Trail very rough in many places; many slick downhill Stretches, hiking poles strongly

Trail condition are good and weather was sunny with cool breeze. Good hike

Set out a little after 7am…2 hrs. 20 min. up and 2 hrs. 40 min. down.  Quads hurt more coming down than up.  Do this

Tough hike and bring plenty of water and good shoes. The elevation gain is intense. Watch out for snakes, we saw 3 or 4.

This was definitely a bit harder of the six. Lots of flowers blooming. Quite a few little gnats but offset by lots of swallowtail butterflies.

Trail May have had ups and downs- but my spirit was all up. Well hydrated and just did my own pace and I felt fantastic.