Santiago Peak

Started early as usual. High clearance vehicle required if you're hiking up Maple Springs – it's 7 miles of rough road. Lots of bugs. Bring

Started at 4am under a blanket of stars and with a symphony of crickets.  Topped out at sunrise to enjoy my husband’s fresh baked banana

I was honestly expecting the worst of this trail… we had another heatwave this weekend, plus the many stories of people having issues with the

What a hike!!!! I was not able to make it up to the trail head so I had to park my low clearance car 5

this was a cool hike because you can see saddleback from so many peaks in the area.

Drove through the gates at the visitor center around 6:45. The road up is dusty and heavily used by OHV and dirtbikes. Definitely recommend high