Comments on: Hot Springs Mountain – Peak #21 – San Diego’s Highest Peak http://www.100peaks.com/2009/11/08/hot-springs-mountain-peak-21-san-diegos-highest-peak/ Hiking 100 Peaks in San Diego and Santa Barbara County Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.100peaks.com/2009/11/08/hot-springs-mountain-peak-21-san-diegos-highest-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-334 admin Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:11:46 +0000 http://www.100peaks.com/?p=404#comment-334 Thanks for the comment! If you want to make it more challenging, you can park at the campground at the intersection of Sukat Road and Camino San Ignacio and hike all the way up to the top and back, a total trip between 9-10 miles with ~2000' of gain/loss. Just watch out for occasional autos coming up the road. If you really want a challenge that is still not technical, try a day hike to Villager Peak (See my peak list). It is around 13 miles round trip with nearly 5000' of gain and loss. Start before dawn and bring a lot of water! Thanks for the comment!

If you want to make it more challenging, you can park at the campground at the intersection of Sukat Road and Camino San Ignacio and hike all the way up to the top and back, a total trip between 9-10 miles with ~2000′ of gain/loss. Just watch out for occasional autos coming up the road.

If you really want a challenge that is still not technical, try a day hike to Villager Peak (See my peak list). It is around 13 miles round trip with nearly 5000′ of gain and loss. Start before dawn and bring a lot of water!

]]> By: Randy Stone http://www.100peaks.com/2009/11/08/hot-springs-mountain-peak-21-san-diegos-highest-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Randy Stone Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:19:28 +0000 http://www.100peaks.com/?p=404#comment-333 Enjoyed your page - been wanting to get back into climbing and thought I'd start with the highest peak in SD county and move on to in Southern Cal, California, Continental US, US on my way to doing Kilimanjaro. K2 I think will have to wait until my next life. LOL I'm in my 50's now. Thanks for documenting this. Doesn't seem all that exhilirating though - Just need to do it as the step in the program for my own edification. Enjoyed your page – been wanting to get back into climbing and thought I’d start with the highest peak in SD county and move on to in Southern Cal, California, Continental US, US on my way to doing Kilimanjaro. K2 I think will have to wait until my next life. LOL I’m in my 50′s now.
Thanks for documenting this. Doesn’t seem all that exhilirating though – Just need to do it as the step in the program for my own edification.

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