We started our hike yesteryear the coveted Candy Store (it's a MUST every fourth dimension nosotros hike), only off of Ortega Highway. We proceeded upwardly the Bear Canyon trail together with saw the beautiful trammel flowers that were aligning the trail, which is typical during the trammel inwards this area. Conditions on the hiking trail were only right. We had a skillful bargain of cloud embrace for the bulk of our hike, with the Sun playing peek-a-boo during most of the hike. It was also pretty breezy this twenty-four hours equally well, which is prissy equally y'all brand your means upwards on the trail. The breeze was prissy to maintain the bugs away. After almost three miles of straightaway hiking, Brian together with I arrived at Four Corners together with the decided to kept going to the summit with out our commons halt at the Four Corners area. I intend this hike was i of our faster records, for our fourth dimension to the overstep of Sitton Peak. We reached the summit inwards almost an sixty minutes together with a half. The hike is an out together with dorsum hike that is 10.3 miles with the loop together with has 2,200 feet of elevation gain.
I actually wanted to receive got a minute to pay tribute to the lives lost yesteryear our service members who lay downward their lives for the freedoms nosotros enjoy. I had a scarf that looks similar an American flag, together with then I brought that with me on the hike together with Brian took roughly photographs of the flag beingness raised to a higher house the hilltops of Southern California. After all, nosotros would non move hiking if it weren't for the men together with women who fought for us. We are forever grateful, together with maintain to move grateful for the men together with women who currently serve together with receive got served.
As Brian together with I finished our fourth dimension on the summit (which nosotros had all to ourselves) nosotros reflected on how many times nosotros receive got done this hike. Between the 2 of us, it's been over 20 times. I dearest the lizards, the hummingbirds, tarantulas, deer, turkey vultures, together with the wild flowers that we've seen spell doing this hike over the years. This hike is my favorite local hike close Orange County. The hike may move steep, going upwardly that final fiddling flake to the summit, but it's together with then worth it. If y'all larn the direct a opportunity to hike this peak on a foggy/cloudy day, produce it. When y'all are at the summit, it feels similar y'all are flight alongside the clouds. There is something cleansing to the person when the breeze comes over y'all afterward hiking uphill for an hour. Brian together with I receive got ever recommended this equally a skillful hike for those inwards Southern California to do!
