This Week in San Diego Hiking – March 9 2015

20141116CuyamacaPeakDSC_4514Happy Daylight Savings everyone! We all know what this means: more time to hike! Sunset will be around 7:00 pm for the rest of the month so this means more opportunity to get some trail time in after work! Where will you be going first?

Next Saturday join the San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers as they hike Mount Gower County Open Space Preserve. This is an intermediate 4 mile hike with elevation change up to 500 feet. Chaparral and oak woodland provide corridors for diverse wildlife. We hope to see woolly blue curls and canchalaguas along the trail. This walk involves a moderate climb to a viewpoint. Directions: (Ramona) From Hwy. 67, go east on Mapleview St. 0.5 miles to Ashwood St. Turn north (left) on Ashwood St. (it changes to Wildcat Canyon Rd.) and continue 12.3 miles to San Vicente Rd. Go east (right) on San Vicente Rd. 1.6 miles to Gunn Stage Rd. Go north (left) on Gunn Stage Rd. for 1.8 miles to the entrance of the Preserve and park in the staging area. Facilities. Visit the Canyoneers web page for more information, or check out our Events Page to find even more upcoming hikes and activities.

The Forest Service has recently announced they are planning some changes at the Three Sisters Falls trail. The current route to the falls is a rather challenging user created trail where numerous injuries and rescues have occurred over the years. The Forest Service is proposing to build a safer and more sustainable trail to the falls, close and restore the existing use trails, and establish a formal parking area. Comments can be made by following the instructions here.

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Have a good week!

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2 thoughts on “This Week in San Diego Hiking – March 9 2015”

  1. I still remember how news about injuries, vandalism, emergencies have skyrocketed AFTER the (expensive) improvements to the Cedar Creek Falls trail from Ramona, which eventually led to the tight restrictions and permit system that is in effect there now… I wonder how the Forest Service wants to avoid the same thing happening at Three Sisters if they improve the trail there…

  2. I think part of the problem is that a lot of the riff-raff started going to 3 Sisters after the permit system at Cedar Falls went into effect. I’m pretty sure that permits will be coming to 3 Sisters before long.

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