Distance: 0.9 miles round trip on use trail and trail
Summit Elevation: 880', 850'
Elevation Gain: 331'
Elevation Gain (in Empire State Buildings): 0.3
Round trip time: 30 minutes
Recommended water: 0 oz.
Parking/Fees: Free on Camino Las Ramblas
Difficulty: Easy
Adam Walker was in town for a little while and we were able to meet up to bag some small but >300' prominance local hills. Peakbagging fast food, but big enough to log. The goal was Peak 880 with Peak 850 as a bonus. There were several trail options to get to 880. We picked a use trail going straight up. It was steepest this way, but not overly steep. We weren't counting on the weeds to not only have grown over our heads but in places completely obscured the use trail. We could still see the trail on the ground, but had to push through solid weeds and thistle in a few places. More adventure than we expected, ha! After pushing through to the top, we met two dirt bikers who had ridden up. There was a bench on top, but poor views due to the weeds and no other markers. We only spent a couple of minutes there, before descending a real trail to the north. We stopped at unofficial peak 850 to see what was there, then followed the trail back to the truck. Both of us discovered a tick on us later in the day and we think it came from here. The first of two short outings.
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