We had six hikers. The weather was warm and sunny, but not hot. It was a pretty good day for hiking. We started up the Lookout Fire Road, and then turned left on Fern Flat Fire Road. Fern Flat Fire Road is a good mountain biking route, except for a fallen tree hear and there. We turned right on the little C11 Connector, and then right again on the West Mesa Trail, an old fire road that obviously hasn't been driven in a long time. Along the way, we saw a beautiful display of autumn leaves -- on a poison oak bush! I'd never seen poison oak leaves such a bright shade of red. We turned right on the Burnt Pine Trail, and the going got tough. This trail is an old fire road, probably the only way to drive to the summit of Cuyamaca Peak before Lookout Fire Road was completed. Not only was the ascent unrelenting, but we had to go over, under or around numerous burnt trees that had fallen across the trail. I almost bonked at one point, probably from lack of fuel. I was OK after we stopped for lunch along the part of Burnt Pine Trail that is relatively straight and level. We encountered the side trail that appears on the official Cuyamaca Rancho State Park map as the southern part of Conejos Trail. It is not signed at its junction with Burnt Pine Trail; signs at this junction refer only to Burnt Pine Trail. At the junction with Lookout Fire Road, roughly opposite the real Conejos Trail, it is signed merely as the Burnt Pine Trail Connector. We followed Burnt Pine Trail to its junction with Lookout Fire Road near the summit. This part is well maintained; all fallen trees have been removed. Five hikers followed Lookout Fire Road to the summit. I turned around and went back down Burnt Pine Fire Road to the connector. I hiked the connector and surveyed it. It is a little overgrown in some places, but there are no fallen trees blocking the trail. I waited a few minutes for the other hikers at the junction of the connector with Lookout Fire Road. Then we all plodded down Lookout Fire Road to the starting point near Paso Picacho Campground. The total distance was a little more than 10 miles, and we finished about 2:45 PM. It was quite an exhausting day for me, but worth the effort. The posted topographic map has been updated with my surveys of Burnt Pine Trail and its connector. -- Philip Erdelsky