Laguna Mountain - Full Tour Of The Mountain

Red Tail Roost Loop Trail

 I strung together an 18 mile loop hike for an entire tour of the mountain starting and ending at the Red Tail Roost Volunteer center. I took part of the red tail roost loop trail to the big laguna trail to the sunset trail to a spur trail to the noble canyon trail to the pacific crest trail back to the Red Tail Roost.

Red Tail Roost Loop Trail

Red Tail Roost Loop Trail ( Incense Cedar )

Red Tail Roost Loop Trail 

Red Tail Roost Loop Trail

Red Tail Roost Loop Trail ( Turkey Vulture )

Red Tail Roost Loop Trail 

Big Laguna Trail

Big Laguna Trail

Big Laguna Trail

Big Laguna Trail

Big Laguna Trail ( Mountain Garter Snake )

Big Laguna Trail

Big Laguna Trail ( Water Of The Woods )

Sunset Trail

Sunset Trail

Sunset Trail

Sunset Trail 

Spur Trail To Noble Canyon Trail

Pacific Crest Trail

PCT ( View Of Anza Borrego Desert )

PCT ( Miles Of Manzanita )

PCT

PCT

Laguna Mountain - Triple Peak Day

On the way to Monument Peak

 I base camped at Burnt Rancheria Campground and did three hikes that day. These were all new trails and peaks for me that I had never hiked before. Monument Peak - Garnet Peak - Red Tailed Roost Loop which reaches more like a high rolling ridge through the forest. It was a magical day of solo hiking. After the hike I was treated to a rare and chance invitation to go to the observatory here on the mountain and view the heavens through a 22 inch lens telescope.

Utilizing the pacific crest trail through the pine forest on the  way to Monument  Peak.

Manzanita

Starting to gain elevation on the way to Monument Peak

Mountain Mohagany

Vast fields of Manzanita - Monument Peak Trail

View from near the top of Monument Peak

Near the top of Monument Peak

View from the top of Monument Peak. You can see Garnet Peak in the middle left section of the picture -  The next mountain ascended on this day

On Monument Peak with the Anza Borrego Desert in the background

On Monument Peak with the Anza Borrego Desert in the background

Starting on my way to garnet Peak

A view of Monument Peak (hiked earlier today) taken on my way up to Garnet Peak

On Garnet Peak

On Garnet Peak

On Garnet Peak

On Garnet Peak

Gaining the ridge on the Red Tail Roost Loop

Incense Cedar on the Red Tail Roost Trail