March 23, 2013 Saturday
9:00am - 4:00pm
Hike begins at 9:15AM
CARPOOL 8:00 AM
Carpool Leaves at 8:15am
Strenuous
Distance: 11 miles (Round trip)
Hiking Time 6 1/2 hours approximately
Not suitable for dogs and kids
Weather: Hike will be cancel if it rains.
Hike Leader: Rebecca Wong (619) 549-8699
What to bring?
-Good tennis/running/hiking shoes
-Comfortable clothing
-Sunscreen/Sunglasses
-1 or 2 Liters of water or Vitamin water
-Snacks/Food
-Cellphone
DIRECTIONS:
To reach the trailhead from Lakeside, turn east on Mapleview Street where the freeway portion of Highway 67 ends. After 0.3mile on Mapleview, turn left (north) on Ashwood Street. Ashwood will become Wildcat Canyon Road ahead. From the beginning of Ashwood, proceed 4.2 miles (mile 4.2 according to the roadside mile markers) to the El Capitan Open Space Preserve staging area on the right (east) side of the road. The 2800 acre preserve was pieced together out of former Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands adjacent to the Cleveland National Forest.
Carpool meeting location: Navy Federal Credit Union. 8660 Rio San Diego Dr. San Diego, CA 92108-5532