Volcan Mountain

Beautiful, sunny day. Started about 9:30, and it was not too hot (70 degrees at the top). The porta potties at the trailhead were very

Steady incline. We took the Five Oaks Trail diversion on the way up — increases distance by about .4 miles, but it’s a steadier ascent

After completing Cuyamaca I headed over to solo hike volcan Mountain. It was about noon and there were still lots of folks on the trail.

Trail is well maintained, looks like they took a snowplow to the dirt. Steep with not a lot of flat spots, I definitely underestimated it.

Hike was a little more unforgiving than I expected. Pretty steep the entire way up. Maybe I was just sore, who knows. Great hike, trail

Camped at the foot of Cuyamaca and drove the short distance over to the trailhead. Went up Five Oaks this time which was more enjoyable;