El Cajon Mountain

Ohhhhh this was a doozy. All the hike reports said “it’s uphill both ways” and indeed it was. There was some nice sun and views

This was a tough hike. Not only were there lots of ups and downs, but it rained and hailed on us when we got to

Started around 8:00 am and finished around 1:00 pm. It was supposed to rain today, although it never did. It was cold and very cloudy

Muddy in some areas, hiked on the 26 which the wx apps said had a limited window of no rain till the evening.  Lots of

Such a beautiful hike. Definitely challenging at many points. Bit of a rock scramble to get to the top.

Came to 11.9 miles, + 3701 ft, added El Capitan to it for a 0.2 mile addition each way.  My final hike of the challenges