survey of Pine Ridge Trail in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park July 30, 2009 Green Valley Park in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park lower falls picnic area N 32 54.120 W 116 34.960 54--103--34--988 correction 54--92--34--991 center of upper parking area [GPS readings were a bit unstable] I go to campsites 37 and 38 to reach Pine Ridge Trail 54-218-35-94 I enter Pine Ridge Trail, mileage 0.44, it is between campsites 37 and 38 208-115 194-128 158-102 151-108 141-128 140-154 154-169 150-200 145-229 109-246 101-267 good view point, I can see at least one of the fire roads 131-295 137-335 an even better view point 172-331 192-348 to my R, I can view a little of Green Valley Park 236-354 260-374 291-387 314-396 337-414 338-430 maybe this part used to be a pine ridge, but now it's a charcoal ridge 331-469 333-486 357-502 376-531-A there are some unburned pines here 416-564 425-563 switchback to L 422-564 405-559 good views from here 370-557 347-563 342-587 trail switches back to the R at 4348 ft, this is probably at or near the highest point of the trail 352-578 414-601 I was wrong, the trail is still going up 441-591 463-609 478-616 476-621 little jog in the trail 488-631 at 4450 ft, this may be the highest point to my R I can see Arroyo Seco FR 507-676 I come to the overgrown part 516-698 502-726 463-738 454-743 I appear to have left the overgrown part and entered the rocky part 453-788 444-782 436-798 447-837 451-864 466-864 4550 ft at last call, another candidate for high point 486-880 517-886 another overgrown area 505-870 500-844 480-815 481-797 504-817 switchbacking and descending 495-799 504-785 511-798 535-815 529-801 543-806 550-819 584-834-B I have what to date is my closest encounter with a rattlesnake (zzzz in background) It was on the trail in the shade, coiled up, rattling and ready to strike. I backed up, jumped around and waited for it to move off the trail. Then I proceeded rapidly through the shaded area. No pictures! 612-834 634-835 646-808 655-803 700-832 721-848 54-733-35-851 2.49 miles, trail emerges on South Boundary FR, I turn R 731-826 737-811 753-793 54-799-35-768! junction with Arroyo Seco FR, mileage 2.63, end of this part, I turn around 2.76 miles, I pass Pine Ridge Trail [54-733-35-851] and continue on South Boundary FR 729-859 728-877 720-902 722-929 734-945 736-972 728-999 716-12 672-22 654-32 625-34 602-45 575-45 557-47 503-31 468-53 441-56 430-76 400-94 366-78 54-320-36-72-C 3.42 miles, side road to R as shown on Topo, it is obviously closed and abandoned it is signed as King Creek FR, 1.2 mi / 1.9 km to Park Boundary and locked gate apparently, hiking is permitted, but it doesn't have any footprints on it perhaps I can come back and check it out sometime [I continue on South Boundary FR] 312-67 288-94 266-83 255-100 203-108 186-102 148-128 121-126 121-105 80-111 64-85 54-30-36-56! 3.84 miles, California Riding & Hiking Trail to the R, I keep L to stay on the South Boundary FR and stop calling lat/lon because this part has already been surveyed 4.29 miles L onto Falls FR 54-3-35-111 bench on R side of road within sight of falls 54-73-35-80 Sweetwater Falls Trail to R, I turn R, mileage here 5.07 69-74 46-59 41-49 54-42-35-52 closest point on the trail to the lower falls 36-43 37-28 the trail is a little ambiguous here, but I think I'm following a well-trodden path US 30-987 44-982 trail splits here, but both parts seem to go the same place 52-969 58-949 56-938 54-73-34-913 junction, probably to upper and lower parking, I turn L towards what is called "small parking" on trail signs 76-929 76-941 54-80-34-985! trail emerges in upper day use parking area for falls, end of this part, I turn around back at the junction [54-73-34-913], I turn L and go toward the large parking area 97-931 116-935 I am now in the picnic area 54-138-34-955! back at the parking area, end of this part of trip, miles here 5.58