Mount Woodson, Poway CA
Weekly Update

This Week in San Diego Hiking – April 3, 2017

Mount Woodson, Poway CAPhoto: Mount Woodson via Lake Poway

Hello Hikers!

I hope everyone was able to take advantage of the beautiful spring weather and hit the trails.

It’s starting to warm up out there, so make sure you take that into account when planning your hikes. Fox 5 reports there was a heat-related rescue at 3 Sisters this weekend. According to the article, the rescue occurred around 12:30 in the afternoon; if you are aiming to do a strenuous hike, plan on heading out early so you can be done before it gets hot.

San Dieguito River Park staging areas are now open until 7:30 p.m.

Poway Mayor Steve Vaus pulled a fantastic April Fool’s joke when he announced that Potato Chip rock had broken off and fell into Lake Poway, and would be repaired by “world renowned adhesive expert Dr. Lirpa Sloof, Chairman Emeritus, School of Viscoelastics, University of Eastern Finland.” That’s some quality humor!

Don’t forget this Wednesday, April 5th, Adventure 16 San Diego is hosting a book-signing and presentation with Scott Turner, co-author of the new 5th Edition of Afoot and Afield: San Diego County. The event begins at 6:30 p.m.

KPBS reports that The San Diego National Wildlife Refuge is seeing some success from their recent efforts to help the endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly reestablish itself on the slopes of Mount San Miguel in the south bay.

California State Parks will have a new and improved online reservation system for camping and tour reservations beginning August 1. The new system, ReserveCalifornia, will provide a more user-friendly interface and include more campsites available for online reservations and interactive campsite maps with more detailed views of campsites.

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Have a good week!

Photo: La Cima Trail/Soapstone Loop