Lawson Mountain

This batch of photos is from a couple of excursions that I made up Lawson Mountain, east of San Diego. One excursion was on foot and the second, a few weeks later was in the Dodge. The trail was pretty rough on foot and really rough in the truck, with few turnouts. The climb was about 1600 feet.

The photo to the left shows Lawson peak as a back drop to some local wildflowers at the beginning of the trail. The photo to the right was taken about half way up the trail.

The next photo was taken looking back at the trail, which was cut out of the side of the mountains. As you approach on the highway in the valley below, it appears as a diagonal line across the face of the mountain. This is somewhat of an illusion because it snakes in and out of the contours as it steadily rises to the crest of the range.

The next photo Is of the first peak in the range. The trail ahead runs across the top of the large rock outcrop in the center of the photo.

The final photo shows the Dodge at the base of the first peak.