notes on Twin Peaks in Poway July 9, 2009 Silverset Park [in Poway] N 32 58.855 W 117 3.081 we enter the trail [at 9:15 AM 58-855-3-081] 874-68 880-43 924-20 a little confusing here, off to the L is a path that apparently follows the power lines 931-24-A power line path to the L 960-997 964-979 we turn L on to a well-beaten path 970-960 984-958 12-930 41-912 59-51-2-892 T intersection, we turn L 58-896 65-891 72-886 trail appears to be petering out, breaking up into small subtrails, we veer R 67-872! trail apparently doesn't go anywhere, end of this part, I turn around back at the place where I turned R [72-886], I take the other fork 80-896 94-886 the path here is well-beaten and we're obviously going toward the Twin Peaks 113-839 124-818 131-818 137-794 149-781 151-765 large, flat rock, rock nearby with a spray-painted slogan "enter if you dare", it's very faded 159-764 path appears to peter out, and I don't want to do any bushwhacking we do not turn around, we pass through an overgrown area and find a well-beaten path on the other side 163-771 168-775-B we encounter a much wider trail, apparently we were on it and strayed off it 178-775 180-767-C smiley face painted on the rock at that last call 186-753 184-735 190-727 193-710-D L another flat rock and an excellent view point 199-700 203-694 211-676 another flat rock and a fairly good view point 215-661 226-649 232-643 236-635 235-622 we are near the summit 245-617 59-251-2-622! summit of the higher peak, end of this part, we take the apuse that refreshes we head for the other twin 254-609 the trails here are rather vague, obviously the hikers here have been crawling all over this area 242-585 238-571 224-571 215-573 204-550 197-539 59-188-2-536! little Twin Peak end of this part [I look for an alternate route back down, but I cannot find any] having failed to find an alternate route, we go back the way we came 59--149--2--780 is the place where we made a wrong turn on the way up 59--49--2--888 [change to 59-51-2-892 to match previous reading] T intersection where we turned L, I take the other branch of the T to look for an alternate route 35-878 59-9-2-872-E T intersection with a dirt road, I turn R 5-892 983-909 957-921 this is signed as the trail 946-936 954-947 58--962--2--978 previously surveyed junction [change to 964-979! to match previous reading] end of this part, I go back to Silverset Park by the route we followed on the way out we return to the parking area about 11:02 AM total mileage 2.37 I do some surveying in the GPS, first waypoint is in the parking lot second is at Shadowline and Silverset L on Twin Peaks Rd R on Community Rd R on Poway Rd R on Pomerado Rd R on Ted Williams Pkwy R on Twin Peaks Rd I turn around at Silverset St [actually, I turn left and go up to the park, take a picture of the entrance sign, and turn around there] I start recording again at Ted Williams Pkwy [but I stay on Twin Peaks Rd] I end the Survey at Pomerado Rd 24 58-845-03-064 25 58-860-03-082 26 58-832-03-091 27 58-680-03-097 28 58-676-03-000 29 58-652-02-927 30 58-583-02-749 31 58-517-02-628 32 58-477-02-549 33 58-475-02-458 34 58-493-02-401 35 58-411-02-439 36 58-202-02-437 37 57-413-02-450 38 57-404-03-132 39 57-400-03-200 40 57-365-03-289 41 57-176-03-549 42 57-141-03-596 43 57-120-03-648 44 57-111-03-745 45 57-704-03-744 46 58-489-03-741 47 58-705-03-734 48 58-772-03-738 49 58-723-03-619 50 58-808-03-505 51 58-796-03-512 52 58-766-03-469 53 58-736-03-421 54 58-704-03-359 55 58-678-03-103 56 58-807-03-506 57 58-940-03-625 58 58-979-03-659 59 59-010-03-701!