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| sauers | 23 degrees and sleet  Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2012 | |
| Did the hike to High Point from the Oak Grove Fire Station. Nice climb, but we encountered sleet, 40 mph winds and 23 degrees with the wind chill at the tower. | ||
| Posted Mar 14, 2013 3:22 pm | ||
| mcmurdosound | Great view Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2005 | |
| I live in VC with an incredible view of Palomar Mountain. Been to the top many times! | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2013 3:33 am | ||
| kevinsa | Palomar Mountain Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2008 | |
| Had some time to kill in San Diego - this made a nice side trip. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2012 3:12 pm | ||
| crag | high point from Palomar Divide Road Date Climbed: Dec 21, 2008 | |
| Knocked around a lot on Palomar, including the short hike to the high point from the Palomar Divide Rd. | |
| Posted May 20, 2012 1:02 pm | ||
| wmolland | Sequoias! Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2012 | |
| A nice long hike from the Fire Station at the base. There are Giant Sequoias on top, how awesome is that?!?! | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2012 5:11 pm | ||
| kavak | Palomar Divide Road Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2011 | |
| My wife and I drove to the gated service road just beneath the summit. There was one other car at this location and we hiked with them 200 vertical feet to the summit tower. The road was muddy in spots and would be problematic for a 2wd when wet as it is mostly wide enough for one car. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2011 10:39 am | ||
| cab | High Point Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2011 | |
| After climbing Eagle Crag in the morning. Long drive up and back on the dirt road. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2011 10:35 am | ||
| Sgonzalez | Palomar Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2011 | |
| Great hiking opportunities at the top. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2011 8:15 pm | ||
| Iron Hiker | Hiked up from Oak Grove Date Climbed: Feb 1, 2011 | |
| Climbed from Oak Grove up the trail to Oak Grove Rd, thence to the Divide Road, then followed to High Point. A coating of snow near the top was very nice to see. Saw nobody the entire day. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2011 4:03 am | ||
| benjamingray | High Point! Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2010 | |
| Part of an SDC peak roundup day - drove up Palomar at night after hiking Combs. Loooong dirt road, 2hrs RT driving time from the 79. Insane wind at the top scared me off the tower haha. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2010 6:23 pm | ||
| bechtt | High Point Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2010 | |
| Did the drive up to High Point on the Palomar Divide Truck Trail after hiking Rosa Pt earlier that day. Rough road made more interesting by doing it in the dark. Hiked up the remaining 200ft to great city light views. One of the tallest lookout towers I've seen -- easily visible from the peaks climbed the next day. | |
| Posted Jan 18, 2010 12:08 pm | ||
| Sigouin | Nice mountain Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2007 | |
| Nice mountain, great observatory on top. Nice hikes around. | ||
| Posted Dec 26, 2009 10:45 pm | ||
| Mark Doiron | With My Mom and Dad Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2009 | |
| Had planned on hiking up to the summit, but my mom and dad (both in their 80s) decided they wanted to go with, so limited the hiking to the permitted areas around the observatory. Nice day in and above the clouds. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2009 2:13 pm | ||
| gfaulkner | Beautiful Day Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2009 | |
| Spent a wonderful afternoon hiking. Did the Boucher hill/Scott's cabin loop. Still a good bit of fall color. Ran in to some mule deer (Not literally). I was not typically San Diego terrain (That's a Good thing). Lots of poison oak! Great hiking/great place! | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2009 9:23 am | ||
| Greatshaitan | Quick Drive Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2004 | |
| A drive to the summit and a visit of the observatory makes for a wonderful winter day trip. | |
| Posted May 7, 2009 1:51 pm | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Crappy road Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2008 | |
| Drove the crappy dirt road to the summit. 16 miles of about the worst road I've ever driven. | ||
| Posted Jan 28, 2009 12:53 am | ||
| surgent | Up Palomar Divide Road Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2008 | |
| The road from the north in Aguanga was closed as was the road from Oak Grove, so we drove up the Palomar Divide Road. It went well. Drive up took about an hour, then a hike of about 45 minutes, then a slow drive down. All in all, not too bad. But I got lucky: the next day my timing belt in my truck went out! I shudder to think the tow cost if it had blown while up on this narrow road. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2008 4:25 pm | ||
| Alex Wood | Fun Hike | |
| I have done this hike many times over the years. But I have kept it legal, not too interested in getting in trouble for hiking up a couple hundred more feet to the highpoint. Go in the fall, it is amazing! | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 2:36 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Highpoint Route Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2008 | |
| A long drive... A little cool on top with a stiff breeze. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2008 10:45 pm | ||
| theronmoon | Getting paid! Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2008 | |
| I love getting paid to hike and collect flowers. Finally made it to this very cool summit, much nicer then I had imagined. Then drove over to the Lagunas and hiked Monument for more flowers. Great long day. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2008 10:25 pm | ||
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