Trail Facts

• Distance: 3.2

Waypoints

SPT001

Location: 33.0849189758301, -116.922096252441

Head S from Tim’s Canyon into gentle switch­backs dotted with coastal sage scrub

SPT002

Location: 33.0813407897949, -116.921798706055

L @ Y; reach small ridgeline overlook with impressive views E into the folds of Santa Ysabel Creek, then descend into ravine

SPT003

Location: 33.0793037414551, -116.920829772949

Cross seasonal dry creekbed and pick up rising trail along ridge through low pockets of green deerweed topped with yellow-to-red corolla blooms

SPT004

Location: 33.0770111083984, -116.91739654541

Last 300 ft. of climb gives vantages W to the patchwork farms of San Pasqual and jagged slopes of Clevenger Canyon

SPT005

Location: 33.0757827758789, -116.917015075684

Crest ridge: Take L @ T

SPT006

Location: 33.0764122009277, -116.913917541504

Travel rocky path around first unnamed high point (1,755 ft.); from boulders, it’s a clear view to Mt. Woodson and the uplifted plains of the Santa Maria Valley

SPT007

Location: 33.0780868530273, -116.909843444824

L @ Y, veering N along ridgeline where chaparral thins

SPT008

Location: 33.0822792053223, -116.907997131348

Trail dead-ends @ second unnamed summit with more views into nearby canyons. Retrace route to car

Looking back into the valley

Location: 33.0773010253906, -116.917495727539

©Rajeev Jain

From the second summit

Location: 33.0821838378906, -116.90803527832

The lush river bottom snakes through the foothills. ©Rajeev Jain

Canyons Abound

Location: 33.0790977478027, -116.909439086914

A knobby, canyon-filled landscape can be seen from the saddle between these two unnamed summits.©Rajeev Jain

A view of Mt Woodson looking SW

Location: 33.0764312744141, -116.911827087402

©Rajeev Jain