Iron Mountain...

Hiked to Iron Mountain, last Sunday.. Its been a while, I have been for a hike.. so Iron mountain was refreshing..

Approx 20 mins drive from home, next to Poway, 5.6 miles round-trip and 2500 ft high (1000ft gain).. so it was an easy hike.. still we returned with some body achings :) !!

The long hill range on east indeed gives the feeling why wildfires can become so scary.. Small patches of burnt dark-colored land, next to our trail, are indeed reminiscences of witch creek fire from '07.

From top of the peak, the view is marvelous.. 360 deg panoramic view of SD county. With clear sky and sunny day, anything from Pt Loma on west, Tijuana on south, San Vincente reservoir on south-east to Ramona on east was visible. Also QC bldg AQ was an easy catch thru binocs. The never-ending pacific ocean on west was simply breath-taking.. I wondered how the skydiving view from 15000ft would be..

Back to pavellion within 3 hrs :) !!