San Diego County Trail Tour

luna · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:09 am

So we have been trying to hit up a new area to ride every month, calling it the San Diego County Trail Tour.

So our next destination is Cowles Mtn or Iron Mtn, as these are the two new places we want to hit soon.

Anyone done either of the two & how did you like it?

danimal · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:10 am

iron mtn is the next stretch of the sea to sea that I need to do. so I will be down for that asap.

luna · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:15 am

I've seen the pictures of the chunk at Iron Mtn & it intrigues me.Love the techy stuff.

Looks like alot of fun, from what I hear it's best to do it on the weekday or super early on the weekend to avoid a bunch of hikers.

I'll post up when we are going there.

amor587 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:45 pm

Damn weekday morning rides! Can't do them, but I want to hit up Iron Mtn as well.
Hmmm, might want to think about a slacker ride day! :lol:

luna · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:26 pm

For sure Amor. We need to go riding together soon too.

Looks good for Thurs around 4:15 +or- 15 minutes at Cowles Mtn if anyone is up for what MTBill calls "Mini Noble".

luna · **Posted:** Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:16 pm

Ok we hit up Cowles MTn so within the next couple of weeks, Iron Mtn is probably where will go.

Place looks so fun with all that chunk. Most pics I've seen there is people on there DH bikes armored up & FF helmets, so should be interesting when we go there for the first time.

jonathan_sykes81 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:30 pm

Chunkity, chunk, chunk, chunk...http://www.mountainbikebill.com/IronMountain.htm

luna · **Posted:** Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:08 am

I forgot the 24HR Hurkey Creek race is this weekend, so no Iron Mtn this week.

Hopefully next week, I will be able to post it up on the calendar. It will either be Tues or Thurs around 4:30pm

luna · **Posted:** Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:52 am

Going to be hitting up 1000 trails in Descanso this weekend, my friend says there's good riding out of the campground, so I'll bring a camera & take some shots if we hit any good stuff.

Kimba · **Posted:** Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:12 pm

Please do. I suspect there are several nice routes from there to Oakzanita Peak, a sentimental favorite o mine.

luna · **Posted:** Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:51 pm

I'll bring the camera & try & break again like the last when I broke the LCD screen.

luna · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:53 pm

Ok I think next week is either Iron. Mtn or TW, as I try to get a little practice in for Vail. Never been to either & would like to go soon.

jonathan_sykes81 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:57 pm

T to the W is my vote.

Brian · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:48 pm

I've only hiked Iron Mountain, but am guessing TW would be much better training for Vail. I've also heard comparsions of Vail to Daley.

BTW, when does the tour come to north county?

GP_pilot · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:18 pm

I hiked Iron Mtn about 6 weeks ago on a Sat and saw 1 bike track from the day prior. I looked at most of the lines and you could do it with a 4-6" bike, but you'll definitely want armor. Expect the hike up to be 1.5 hrs. Like others, I'd highly suggest hitting it on a weekday, either as early as you could or even mid-day. Some point this winter I've got a Poway Tour de Chunk loop in mind that combines Iron Mtn, Mt Woodsen, and TW.

TW has some good routes (aside from DH) for those looking to get some cardio (read Climbs) for Vail Lake races. You can easily add this to the trail system on the south side of Poway for some real mileage (and climbing gain) over to Sycamore Rd, and from there on if you wish.

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