Santiago Peak

The trail was over grown and in bad shape.  Lots of poison ivy.  Wear long sleeve shirt and pants.

Not my favorite hike. The drive up is about 3 miles of “paved” road with potholes to get to 4miles of dirt road with sharp

17 miles from parking lot and back. First half of ascent is really nice, second half is pretty steep with long sections of no tree

This trail is what it claims to be, a truck trail.  I drove my SUV the six miles from the Maple Springs sign to the

This is a rocky trail up to the peak. Not as steep as some of the others. Feet were killing us with all the rocks

Perfect day to hike to Santiago Peak!! Gorgeous pano views with mild Santa Ana winds that kept us cool while hiking up to the peak