Photo: Dust Devil Nature Trail

Hello Hikers!

Looks like things are cooling down this week! If you’re headed for the desert or mountains it looks like its going to be pretty windy. We might even get a bit of rain on Thursday!

Remember that next Saturday, April 21st, is the beginning of National Park Week. You can get free admission to all National Parks on that day!

We’ve seen some reports on Facebook that a section of the Perimeter Trail between North Fortuna and Oak Canyon in Mission Trails Regional Park will be closed from April 16th through August for utility road repairs by SDG&E. This appears to include the very northern part of the Oak Canyon Trail.

Loma Beat has a wonderful, thorough article detailing the improvements being made at Sunset Cliffs Natural Park in Point Loma. The major work should be finished by the end of the summer.

The San Diego Union Tribune has a good article detailing the efforts of local Ramona community groups to get the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to open access to a plot of land adjacent to Barnett Ranch, which would allow a connection between Barnett Ranch trails and Luelf Pond County Preserve.

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Have a good week!

Photo: Otay Valley Delta