–10 mile roundtrip hike. –Starts basically to the right side of the candy store right off the Ortega Hwy. –Park at the lot across the street, passes sold at the candy store I think. –May want to get a map from the candy store they are very helpful in directing you in the right direction, and yes we used the map at different forks on the trail. –Log in your name and name of trail before it starts. I’m guessing for safety reasons. We didn’t see one person on the trail, so best b safe and log in! –Hike took us 5 hours total, but we hung out and relaxed on top. –You will know when you reach the top you will see the seal on the rock(picture below) — VIEWONTOPISGORGEOUS! Probably the best hike in OC, we came on a clear Easter afternoon, and the mountains were movie-esque. Such a rewarding feeling when you finally get there. Got pretty emotional myself. –Elevation: 3273ft high –At the top look for a tin can where you can log in a message and your name of your accomplishment. When we went there were pens, 3 mini notebooks dated back till 2012. Reading some of them were pretty funny!(Pictures below) There was even a little bag of oatmeal in there just in case. — The trail is great I would say not too strenuous probably somewhere on an intermediate level. Definitely very memorable can’t wait to come back in the future.
