Volcan Mountain

No bugs, but 61 scat piles on the trail! Got an early start to try to beat the heat given all the exposure.

We planned to hike Friday but a heat wave is coming in so we hiked a couple days early. Perfect weather. Started at 8am. Took

My favorite spot in the world to sit and be present is sitting in the shaded grassy area looking out to Anza Borrego atop Volcan

Beautiful morning, blue bird day with cool breeze to start.  I’ve climbed Volcan in the fall and winter and this would be my first early

Very hot and only ones on trail. Bugs were bad and not shaded much

I started really early so I had the trail to myself the whole way up. And it is basically up the whole way to the