Santiago Peak

From Maple Springs trailhead we rode up a few miles until we found parking. Needed an AWD or 4×4 to do this. Road is narrow

My sixth on this relatively easy SPOP. I'll take it as the views were awesome and the company of Slothy SoCal Hikers was even better.

It was a fairly hot May day when we hiked Santiago and Modjeska Peaks from the Maple Springs trailhead. The road to this route is

I would not really recommend this route. It was the only one open near me since Holy Jim is closed.  Very tough hike but worth

It was a beautiful day to be out there. We did not use the fire road but instead we hike the natural trail which has

Weather was in the 60s with intermittent cloudiness. I have to say of all the peaks I've done so far, Santiago is my least favorite.