Trail Report: Santiago Peak / OC, Ca.

[SmkSignals]

Went out yesterday for a solo run with my daughter. This was my first time going from Silverado Canyon to Santiago Peak. Fun little fire road to the top.

Here are some pix. I dont have any real wheeling pics. But we did take some cool photos above the clouds.

[Roger]

Your trip to Santiago Peak sure brings back memories! I used to run up there in my brand new 1974 Bronco! This was when I lived in the old village in Trabuco Canyon.

Is the trail still open all the way to the radio towers?

From the top we would continue down the other side to Hwy 74. Can that still be done?

I would like to make that run sometime. I always loved it. One time I saw a bobcat running across the trail.

[karstic]

Your trip to Santiago Peak sure brings back memories! I used to run up there in my brand new 1974 Bronco! This was when I lived in the old village in Trabuco Canyon.

Is the trail still open all the way to the radio towers?

From the top we would continue down the other side to Hwy 74. Can that still be done?

I would like to make that run sometime. I always loved it. One time I saw a bobcat running across the trail.

Yup you can still get to the tower farm on Santiago Peak. There's a couple of ways to get down on the Riverside side of the mountains.

[dirtman13]

Your trip to Santiago Peak sure brings back memories! I used to run up there in my brand new 1974 Bronco! This was when I lived in the old village in Trabuco Canyon.

Is the trail still open all the way to the radio towers?

From the top we would continue down the other side to Hwy 74. Can that still be done?

I would like to make that run sometime. I always loved it. One time I saw a bobcat running across the trail.

Roger, you ever come down our way to run Santiago you better let me know. I used to go up there quite a bite on my Dual Sport. Indian Truck Trail is a pretty popular way of coming down the back side. I think it have something to do with Glen Ivy nudist camp.

SmkSignals, Did you guys go all the way over the mountain? I'm curious what gates are open.

[Mitch]

Kurt,

Nice write up. It's cool to be on top of a peak, just above the cloud layer like that. Thanks for sharing.

Mitch

[sebastian22]

Cool pictures man. Too bad you're a Ducks fan.

[ECHO]

i would like to make that run sometime.

we need to set up a run. I live 10 mins from the north main divide road entrance off of hwy 74. I ran into a couple of guys in land cruisers the other night at the in-n-out in corona and they said you can actually start in san diego county and run it all the way to corona. Ive been up there several times late at night to recover vehicles that have gone over the side.

SORRY ABOUT THE THREAD HIJACK SMKSIGNALS. NICE PICS. ITS FUN BEING ABOVE THE CLOUDS.

[Roger]

Roger, you ever come down our way to run Santiago you better let me know. I used to go up there quite a bite on my Dual Sport. Indian Truck Trail is a pretty popular way of coming down the back side. I think it have something to do with Glen Ivy nudist camp.

SmkSignals, Did you guys go all the way over the mountain? I'm curious what gates are open.

I will let you know!

[SmkSignals]

Thanks for the comments !!

We took Silverado Canyon Rd (5S04) to the Main Divide Rd (3S04), and continued on to the radio towers. I originally was gonna continue on to the Ortega Hwy (74) but it was getting later in the day, so we went back the way we came.

I called the Trabuco Ranger District earlier in the week (951-736-1811) to find out what gates were open. The ranger said everything was open on the Main Divide Rd in between the Ortega Hwy and Corona, except for Harding Rd (5S08) and Indian Rd (5S01).

I agree, it was very cool being right above the cloud level. All in all, the girl and I had a great day tooling around the Santa Ana Mountains !! Hope to see ya out there soon.

- Kurt

P.S. - I love my Anaheim Ducks !!!!:haha::haha::haha:

[OU812]

If you guys do a run here post it up. I would love to go. I’ve been meaning to head out there. I’m in Oceanside so I'm not too far from this.

[jkcrazyjim2]

I love doing these trails at night since they're close to me. They're great when you need a dirt fix and haven't been able to get out much. Skyline out of Corona side all the way through to the 74 is fun.

[ECHO]

Anybody interested in running from silverado cyn to corona or maybe even to the ortega hwy after the jk summerfest at irvine lake this saturday? It would be a fun night run