Saturday, July 23, 2011

Lake Poway to Mt. Woodson


7.5 Miles Round Trip- Lake Poway Loop Trail to Mt Woodson Out and back
Started hike at 9:00AM
Summited at 10:30AM
Sunny and hot with some breezes further up
Rattlesnake encounter near the start of the Woodson trail where it turns to single track.
Some history:  
According to Jerry Schad, the local Indians called this the Mountain of Moonlit Rocks, and later pioneers called it Cobbleback Peak. It was mapped as Woodson Mountain in honor of a prominent homesteader who moved here in 1895, confederate dentist Dr. Marshall Clay Woodson, and now it's best known as Mount Woodson.




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