hot springs mountain

First two miles are steep at tomes but then it's a nice rolling walk to the summit. The flies attack and sting so use some

Once you get to the top the views are magnificent. Unfortunately, the moment was tarnished by the army of biting flies.

Wow! This hike is gorgeous! It's hard to believe this is in the San Diego area. When I posted pictures from the hike to Instagram,

By far the coolest hike I’ve ever done! Perfect amount of challenge with the distance and rope pulley to get to the summit. Fire tower

Perfect day to do this mostly exposed, steep hike! It was a high of 66 today and I went through exactly 2 liters of water.

Gray cloudy morning with strong chilly winds started at about 9am.   It was pretty hard pushing up those first two miles with strong winds