If parking here, an Adventure Pass must be displayed. Park here and look to your right(east)for the unmarked beginnings of the use trail leading up the brushy western slope of Viejas Mountain. If it is closed, you'll have to park just short of the gate and continue on foot 0.3 mile uphill to the trailhead.)If the gate is open, follow the road 0.3 miles to where it becomes level and a small turnout appears on the left-hand side of the road. Turn right and continue northeast 0.5 mile to a large water tank and gate (which could be closed, blocking motor traffic.

Proceed 1.1 miles north to Anderson Road. After 1.5 miles, turn left (north) on East Victoria Drive, passing under I-8. To reach the start of the use trail, exit Interstate 8 at Tavern Road, go south 0.1 mile, then east on Alpine Boulevard through the community of Alpine. To the northeast lies the Cuyamaca Peaks, the southeast: the Viejas Casino, to the south: Mexico, to the west the endless stretches of the Pacific Ocean and to the northwest the large granite outcropping of El Cajon Mountain and it's sheer southern face, El Capitan. With excellent views from the summit in all directions, this climb is well worth the 1.75 miles jaunt to the top. The trek up this pathway is definitely tedious and unrewarding during hot or hazy weather, but it's well worth it on a cool, crystal-clear, late fall or winter day. Located near the southern end of the Cleveland National Forest, just north of Interstate 8, this triangular shaped mass clearly stands out to those traveling both east and west on the interstate.Ī rocky, partially overgrown use trail leading up the west slope offers the only straightforward passage to the summit. Reaching a height of 4,187 feet, Viejas Mountain rises above the surrounding hills in San Diego County and looms in the north over the small town of Alpine, CA.

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