Partial survey of Iron Mountain Peak Trail October 4, 2012 I'm at the corner of C-67 and Poway Rd, and I'm going to survey the trailhead parking lot and a portion of the trail not previously surveyed N 32 58.716 W 116 58.392 [58-716-58-392] NE corner of intersection and going roughly E around the edge of the parking area [clockwise] 721-367 711-354 713-348 721-324 715-320 706-343 58-698-58-355 trailhead, I continue around parking area 677-366 675-378 708-388 SE corner of intersection, connect to starting point to finish circuit, end of this part [58-716-58-392!] back at trailhead [58-698-58-355] I'm following the trail 688-343 653-364 junction of trail and road into preserve near C-67 I turn L and follow the trail trees planted on both sides of the trail here 651-304-A end of trees, beginning of chaparral 651-229 650-169-B road to my R merges with the trail 653-74 58-652-58-12-C four-way junction of trails, I turn R 635-2 596-979 588-962 574-950 555-919 541-909 531-896 535-880 526-863 523-845 Iron Mountain Peak Trail sign on R side of trail [0.5 mile mark, image 57070] 508-808 500-785 497-767 489-756 488-748 504-740 512-719 518-708 525-698 525-674 530-660 here I take a picture of what appears to be an old path up to the iron mine 528-649 529-634 526-621 523-609-D a dry stream crossing, I take a picture of it [image 57075] 536-590 558-583 58-583-57-567 trail junction, I turn L to return to the staging area 585-570 594-568 602-561 620-566 619-578 627-578 627-585-E dry stream crossing 634-586 near the bottom of that unused trail, and there are no obvious social trails to my R even that trail itself is invisible from here 641-603 641-671 645-686 648-726 649-751 660-761 652-786 652-851-F trail marker on L side [0.5 mile marker] 652-894 58--652--58--11 previously encountered four-way trail junction, end of this part [change to 58-652-58-12! to match previous reading] 11:15 AM back at the truck, end of this part of trip [I drive to Camino Ruiz Neighborhood Park, continued in next file] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey of Camino Ruiz Neighborhood Park and trail 10-04-2012 11:49 PM I park at Los Penasquitos Canyon Trail entrance in Camino Ruiz Neighborhood Park N 32 56.0 W 117 8.754 [56-0-8-754] [on access road next to trailhead] I'm going to hike the trail all the way down and back 999-760 I pass through and open gate 993-768 986-778 983-790 984-806 989-821 989-843 991-855 991-866 989-883 991-916 987-922 989-934 low branches over the trail 989-952 989-955 982-985 although this trail is among chaparral, it is fairly well shaded because it's on the S side of a canyon on a north-facing slope 986-7 984-13 987-47 992-53 56-5-9-67 small bridge over dry arroyo 34-90 47-99 71-124 90-140 109-151 sewage access hatch, I must be in the canyon 111-141 small bridge across dry arroyo 121-111 133-84 another sewer access hatch 135-82 56-153-9-91! junction with main trail through Pensaquitos Canyon, called the South Trail, end of this part mileage here 1.31, I turn around and go back the way I came back at the trail head 12:28 PM, 1.86 miles 55--997--8--759 I'm going to survey the periphery of the park [change to 56-0-8-754 to match previous reading] 23-766 41-776 47-790 36-806 32-827 47-853 42-872 antenna cellularis just to my R 46-959 55-970 71-923 78-894 73-877 77-860 93-842 107-827 95-799 91-789 93-762 102-752 94-752 74-723 59-716 50-725 29-721 2-735 connect to trailhead to complete circuit, end of this part [connect to 56-0-8-754!] I drive down Camino Ruiz, then E on Mira Mesa Blvd, and survey it in the GPS 56-3-8-750 55-971-8-745 55-949-8-718 55-927-8-694 55-844-8-652 54-775-8-638 54-757-8-629 54-762-8-450!