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| kolbi2112 | El Cajon Trail  Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| 4 hours from the car to the summit and back. Blistering hot and ran out of water with 1 mile left to go. Great day hike and great workout! | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2009 5:24 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Leonids (5.9) Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2009 | |
| What do you say when you finally make it out to a "local" crag that boasts world class climbing, beautiful spring weather, a beautiful partner and a mountain ALL TO YOURSELF!......amazing!! Took Miguel Forjan's advice to check out 'Leonids' (5.9) and was not disappointed! Definintely deserves the 4-stars that Dave Kennedy's San Diego climbing guide gives it. All the pitches present beautiful 5.9 face climbing on excellent rock. Nice work to those folks who developed El Cajon Mtn and the trail work too. Approach time only took us 1hr and 10min. Also got on the following: Buffalo Brothers (5.8), Snakes In The Grass (.10a), Meteor (.10a), plus a few other moderates that I can't recall. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 10:37 am | ||
| Deb | Leonids Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2009 | |
| Beautiful day in SoCal for a climb on great rock - loved the scenery as well. Dave and I had a good time on Leonids with an interesting rappel. Even from Temecula, we were home in time for dinner. Nice rock! | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 10:10 am | ||
| Iron Hiker | South Arete Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2009 | |
| Outstanding scramble! It was fun, and I never felt in any real danger the whole way. Definitely some class 3 spots, with one 100-foot section near the top bordering on lowend class 4 (exposure). Left the car just before 3:30pm and returned after 7:30pm.....took 1 1/2 hrs to reach the top of the arete but only 35-40 min down :) It's amazing that this route is nontechnical, since from a distance it looks unclimbable without climbing equipment. Made it to the true summit of El Cajon - views were decent, although a bit hazy. Nice cool and windy day with temps in the 60's - perfect for this kind of scramble! | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2009 2:11 am | ||
| oso1212 | South Arete Date Climbed: Mar 8, 2009 | |
| 2nd time. Fun scramble. | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2009 1:11 pm | ||
| timtread | Good hike, bad scene Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2009 | |
| This was my first hike since moving back to California a few weeks ago and it was a great route to get me back into it. I had a nice cool day with clear skies. My dog Grace and I reached the summit in just under three hours. All and all a great day, that is until I returned to the trail head to find my drivers side window broken. Mine was one of three cars broken into that day, so heed the signs and don't leave anything valuable in your vehicle. All they got from me was a spring suit and an iPod charger, but having to replace the window is a real bummer. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2009 1:22 pm | ||
| SOCALHUSKER | Long Day Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2009 | |
| Climbed via a southern route. From the trailhead took off up the right side of El Capitan. Very good scrambling and some tough climbing, had to retrace several times and try a different route. When I summited the southeast ridge had a hard time finding the peak summit, was super cloudy. No views, but and excellent climb. Can't wait to do it again when it's not cloudy!! Route down was good scrambling in a gully between the climbing wall and the east face of El Cap. Photos of My El Cajon/El Capitan Mtn Climb | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2009 7:38 pm | ||
| PrestonRhea | South Arete Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008 | |
| Fun and easy climb up the South Arete on a very cloudy day. At the top of the ridge it was sunny and bright with a lovely view of an ocean of clouds beneath. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2008 11:38 pm | ||
| lidijagrazulis | El Cajon Mt. Trail | |
| Hiked this several times in the late 90's/early 00's, before the Cedar Fire. Great views from the top and always a great workout with all of the ups and downs on the trail! | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2008 12:27 pm | ||
| mnatureson | Great hike! Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2007 | |
| I can't believe how hard it was to descend. | |
| Posted May 4, 2008 1:40 am | ||
| Bombchaser | South Approach Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2007 | |
| Gained summit via a southern appraoch. I started a few miles below the damn and traveled a steep, bouldery ridgeline to the summit. Lots of rock scambling and climbing involved. Weather was hot and sunny. Lost all the rest of climb details on my previous hard drive. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2008 2:02 pm | ||
| jmc | Long hike | |
| Long hike for a small peak, but worth it | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2007 8:53 pm | ||
| Bill562 | Trail hike Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2007 | |
| Not a bad conditioning hike with the ups and downs. South Arette next time... | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2007 12:52 am | ||
| lasvegaswraith | Freakin hot | |
| Hiked Cajon several times. The elevation gain/loss on this 3600' is unbelievable. Don't hike this bad boy in the summer. I drank more than 3L of water and still ran out 4 mi. out. Not fun!?! | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2007 1:40 am | ||
| NavySeabee | Early Bird gets the WARNING Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007 | |
| Muggy and uneventful day or so I thought. Noting the normal parking lot was used as a staging area for Wildcat Canyon Road construction I drove up the hill to the TH. I admired the new TH facilities and how far this place has come in a short time and set out towards the summit. After the 4+ hour MUGGY jaunt, I noticed 2 SD Parks Officers in the TH area where I parked as I was descending the last part of the trail. As soon as I saw them they were gone. As I returned to my car, I noticed the note they left me telling me I was not allowed to park at the TH (not posted), but needed to park at the bottom apparently with all the staged excavators, dump trucks and other behemoth construction equipment where, consequently, there is NO PLACE TO PARK!! I was also informed in the note that El Capitan Open Preserve was closed for the whole month of August (also not posted). Gotta love government's oxymoronic nature and lack of organization! Laughable events to end my hike to be sure. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2007 12:20 pm | ||
| chudder | El Cajon Mt. Trail, South Arete Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2007 | |
| It's hard to find elevation gain like this elsewhere in the San Diego area, unless you're willing to drive much further. Nobody else on the trail. Car to car 7am-12:30pm, will start earlier next time. Went through 3 liters. South Arete 12.27.07 | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2007 7:34 pm | ||
| Jerry S | Route Climbed: El Cajon Mt. Trail Date Climbed: May 12, 2007 | |
| Finally stuck it out and made it to the top. Went through 4L of water. It was a pretty nice day for mid May - not too hot. Took about 5.5 hours round trip, but the descent took about an hour longer than it could have due to some really tired folks in our group; they just weren't prepared for an 11mi round tripper. 4Mar2007 First time on this mountain. I had a 55# pack for training and ran out of gas about a mile from the summit. The nice thing about this hike was that I had about 1000ft of ascension on the way back. It was nice on this day, about 65 degrees and I only saw 6 people on the route. I gave a gallon of water to a group of three out of my training weight. They were discussing their water situation on their way down when I was passing them... I would suggest at least 3 liters for this hike and a hot day could call for another one on top of that. I totally recommend this hike for a San Diego county hike. It is by far the best one I have been on in the county. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2007 4:40 am | ||
| benjamingray | South Arete Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006 | |
| We turned back the previous weekend due to rain and low visibility, not realizing that we were 200 ft from the top of the ridge. So we came back and finished the job in the heat. We started at 6:30 a.m. attempting to avoid the heat but it caught up to us on the way down. Expect a 40 minute hike to reach the actual summit once you top out on the ridge. May 4, 2008 - Did a few sport climbs here, my first multipitch (on rock) experience, great fun at a great place! | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2006 5:05 am | ||
| NavySeabee | Route Climbed: El Cajon Mt. Trail Date Climbed: May 20, 2006 Date Climbed: May 20, 2006 | |
| It was a busy day on the trail for the re-opening of El Capitan Open Space Preserve (closed since Oct 2003). Ran into a group of 4 on the summit and 3 others who were on their way. Summit register can needs to be replaced. Was simply awestruck when I simultaneously rounded the southwest face of the ridge and popped out of the clouds/fog. The view of the mountain 'islands' above the clouds was magnificent! Overall a great day. Looking forward to climbing the South Arete some day. | |
| Posted May 22, 2006 5:14 pm | ||
| crag | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: October 1997 | |
| I live just a few miles from this one, so I hike it frequently. it's unusual to meet anyone else on the trail. Lots of up and down, good training hike with good views. All things considered, I would call it the second best hiking peak in San Diego county. Definitely best from mid-October until early June. There will occassionally be snow on the summit after a big winter storm. The entire mountain was burned over in the 2003 cedar fire. Frequent rains in the 2004/2005 season produced a very spectacular spring 2005 bloom. An early start to the 2005/2006 rainy season holds the promise of another green winter, and another incredible spring bloom in the coastal sage scrub. The vegetation of the early successional stages of wildfire recovery attract mule deer, which in turn attract mountain lions. | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2005 1:02 pm | ||
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