Santiago Peak

We parked three miles before the official trail head to give us a bit more of a challenge. There's one curve in the road where

Nice hike full day hike, too many biker/ cars and motorcycle on top then hikers, thought to have lunch at summit but bugs were annoying,

The trail conditions were great. No obstacles. The road up to the trailhead is only meant for high clearance vehicles and takes about 45 minutes

Took the dirt road through Trabuco Canyon to Holy Jim TH. There is a closed ranger gate 2 miles from the proper trailhead due to

What a long, amazing day! We did 20 miles, 4,500’ gain. We were on the mountain for 10 hours. At times, it was hot as

So heading up the mountain to the beginning of the trail was rough on the road. Took about 45mins to get to the trail from