survey of Cold Spring/Soapstone Grade loop

9:15 AM June 25, 2005

N 32 56.424 W 116 33.955 S end of West Mesa Parking area on C-79 in Cuyamaca
Rancho State Park

I'm going to do the Cold Spring/Soapstone loop

[56-424-33-955]

421-946

56-418-33-940 T intersection with Cold Stream Trail, I turn L

451-940
477-942

the trail may have been rerouted a little bit here

496-961
525-971
545-988 this is apparently the end of the area that is or will be rerouted

56-555-33-989 junction, to L is Cold Stream Trail, to R is Cold Spring Trail,
I keep R

there is a little water trough here, but it is signed as non-potable

602-992 trail SA is closed and blocked, I go sharp R to a well-trodden trail

586-985
562-946
571-932
583-903
609-887
641-861
683-801
708-810
748-801

this part of the trail has been recently maintained, brush near the trail has
been cut back [other parts were somewhat overgrown]

805-765
833-764
826-750
836-717
858-725
910-681
900-707
914-717
950-691
935-690
967-658
985-617
7-609
997-635
36-609
99-601
108-583
139-577 stream crossing [probably Stonewall Creek]
146-566

57-120-33-549! junction with Stonewall Creek FR, I turn L

construction equipment here, apparently they're re-grading this road

mileage here is 1.47

since this road has been previously surveyed, I stop calling lat/lon unless I
notice a change

58-83-33-387 Vern Whitaker Trail to the L

I continue on this road

mileage there was about 2.75

junction with Soapstone Grade FR 2.87 miles 58-153-33-376

I turn R

195-315
182-234
71-153
114-105
114-51
105-964
125-980
189-946
194-883
214-852
176-784
155-751
170-733

58-170-32-710! California Riding and Hiking Trail to the L

mileage here 3.83, I continue on Soapstone Grade FR

a little turnaround to my R, it seems that this is the limit of what the
rangers drive, ahead is a trail, not a road

I saw quite a few tire marks before that junction, and only a few after that
junction

I stop calling lat/lon

no automobile tire marks here

this part should be shown as a trail, not as a road

junction with Upper Green Valley FR at 58-123-32-293

mileage 4.55

Upper Green Valley FR here is also a trail, not a road

I turn R and start calling lat/lon

80-301
994-306
974-322
904-332
877-342
797-346
763-337
691-352
632-374
577-399 I see a deer ahead on the trail and photograph her
551-403-deer this is where the deer was when I photographed her
528-427
512-431
497-421

T intersection with a road that is obviously driven 57-472-32-426

I turn L

458-421! locked gate across the road, on the other side is the paved road
leading to La Cima Camp, no signs

I come to a sign telling me to stop, so I turn around

the road is paved as far as the T intersection

T intersection [57-472-32-426], I continue on the Upper Green Valley FR

this part is obviously driven quite frequently

377-478
329-518
245-538

I stop here to eat my lunch

223-569
180-595
142-589
57-622
25-657
956-666
895-686
873-702
870-742
839-784
758-866
700-923
593-960
491-30

56-462-33-65 unmarked fire road or trail to my L, I turn L just so that it can
be shown accurately on the map, and to check for signs

462-46

a fork in the road at 446-13! lots of tire marks, I don't have time to explore
this today, end of this part, I turn around

mileage as I turn around is 6.94

back on the main road [56-462-33-65], mileage 6.99

431-130
435-162
434-180

56-413-33-186-FR Stonewall Creek FR to the R

mileage 7.17

Harvey Moore Trail to L at 56-389-33-183

I continue on the road

to my L is a bench, not right next to the road, it's out in a field, it has a
back and armrests

I'm getting a few drops of rain

216-245
186-285
144-343
125-371

56-89-33-389-junction F12 Connector to my R, an unsigned trail to my L,
probably a social trail

no horses past this point [on the main road]

I turn R

90-411
70-439
55-445
68-466
87-471
109-483
111-508

it starts to rain, I take refuge under a tree

after about two minutes, the rain lets up, and I continue on a still-dusty
path

128-530
94-542
64-562

56-47-33-581-junction T intersection with Cold Stream Trail, I turn R

mileage here is 8.03

93-568
122-563
159-577
189-588
224-612
245-657
250-689
259-718
262-739
279-752
280-777

300-797 unsigned junction, I take the L fork

311-810! this path ends at a small waterfall, end of this part, I turn around

the junction actually has the remains of a sign, which was apparently
destroyed by fire

back at the junction [300-797] I take the other fork

313-791
329-780
343-760

the path just made a very sharp, and very senseless, turn, which could easily
be cut

344-794
348-829
351-835 view of stream and road from here
355-829
364-842
370-850
372-873
402-902
415-917

previously encountered junction with West Mesa Parking connector
[56-418-33-940!], end of this part, I go directly back to the truck

back at the parking area 8.80 miles

I have a reading at the S end of the parking area [56-424-33-955], I get one
at the N end

it is 444-972
the middle is 435-957

connect this to the S end [56-424-33-955] to delineate the parking area

the connector trail begins at the S end

it's 1:07 PM, end of this part