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Aug 12 2018

chumley

Guides 94
Routes 840
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Triplogs 1,993

52 male

Joined Sep 18 2002
Tempe, AZ

Mission Trails loop, CA

Hiking		Aug 12 2018
		chumley • Triplogs 1,993

Hiking	8.73 Miles	1,979 AEG

Hiking	8.73 Miles	2 Hrs 49 Mns	3.12 mph
	1,979 ft AEG	1 Min Break

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South Fortuna Mountain Trail

North Fortuna Mountain Trail

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Called on to puppysit, I had to mix it up with some offset to the lazy, eating, drinking weekend that was otherwise pretty perfect!

Having done Cowles before I opted to explore some more of Mission Trails. I prefer the singletrack over the old roads.

Visitor Center Loop

San Diego River Crossing Trail

Rim Trail

Shepherd Ridge Trail

North Fortuna Trail

South Fortuna Trail

Suycott Valley Trail

SD River Xing

Visitor Center Loop

The Shepherd and North Fortuna were nicest. The Fortuna Saddle area is meh, and the South Fortuna trail is great, but super steep. Climbing it would be solid! I had considered a loop with Father Junipero Serra but when I realized it's just a 2.5 mile paved road walk, I wisely voted against it. (It was a nice drive on my way out of the park! Much better that way!)

I'd like to do the climbers loop sometime for quick elevation gain and to check out some of the routes up there. It kept drawing my eye as it could be seen from many other spots on my hike. It's only a mile and I'd considered doing it after my big loop but the sun had burned off the clouds and the humidity was now turning into a hot I didn't want to deal with away from the beach! So I called it a day.

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Red Diamond Rattlesnake

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Historical Marker

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Cowles Mountain Fortuna Mountain Pacific Beach Park San Diego River

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I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies.

Dec 11 2013

azbackpackr

Guides 27
Routes 518
Photos 5,861
Triplogs 883

72 female

Joined Jan 21 2006
Eagar AZ

North Fortuna Mountain Trail

San Diego, CA

North Fortuna Mountain Trail

San Diego, CA

Hiking		Dec 11 2013
		azbackpackr • Triplogs 883

Hiking	6.64 Miles	1,583 AEG

Hiking	6.64 Miles	4 Hrs 5 Mns	2.21 mph
	1,583 ft AEG	1 Hour 5 Mns Break

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South Fortuna Mountain Trail

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raywing

This was a bit of a journey, as well as a hike, since it was with my old pal, Ray. I'm out of shape, and he's not. So it took forever, and we chatted the whole time. Had a great time! I am getting back in shape, but after 6 months of nearly no exercise, it seems to be taking a while. He recommended Vitamin C, so I took some as soon as I got home.

This is in the Mission Trails Regional Park, city of San Diego. We started with the South Fortuna loop and then down to a saddle and then up to North Fortuna. They are listed as separate hikes, but seemed to me to be all one hike, although there are many options for looping.

We could see the usual--ocean, islands in Mexico, lots of peaks and trails, and miles and miles of cityscape. But there are always the mountains, and Ray agrees with me, it's WAY less smoggy there than it used to be.

This was also the first time since moving back here that I had ventured south to the city of San Diego. I sure would not want to live down there. Way too busy for me. I had to take Interstate 15 to get there which was at least 7 lanes wide at some points. Sheesh. I had fun but was glad to get back to Valley Center. Nice and quiet up here in the avocado groves.

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Cowles Mountain Mission Gorge

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