Mount Woodson — Attraction in Poway

Great hike which I approached from Poway Lake. I'm 50, overweight, but an avid hiker. Some tips for those over 40 and maybe not world class athletes: Bring 2 liters of water per person. Extremly miniscule amount of shade on the trail. I saw a number of people headed up on my way down with their small single plastic water bottles. I assume that they died shortly thereafter as it was 88 degrees and a 2000ft elevation gain. Hit the trail by 9am unless it's quite cool outside. Though there may be more of a breeze on other days, today was a windless pressure cooker. Be nice to others on the trail with the whole social distancing thing. We went about 50/50 on masks today but with the giant ball of fire in the sky emitting plenty of UV radiation, it made life a little safer. Move off of the trail when others pass and don't stop for a break where others cannot pass without safe distancing. Yes, people line up for pictures on Potato Chip Rock. I felt it adequate to photograph whoever was on the rock when I arrived simply to illustrate the point. I'm not a great wait in line person. I assume that hiking this trail on a Tue made for a lesser crowd. I think that this would be almost unpleasant with hordes of...

Awesome views. Take a lot of water. The"short"way is much more steep and took almost two hours to get up to the top (with a five year old and a for month old puppy) so we stopped a lot. Probably less time for just a group of adults. I can't stress enough. TAKE PLENTY OF WATER. We took snacks too. Please keep this place clean. A lot of private property there. They leave plenty of places at the base of the mountain to throw your trash away. 2800 feet to the top! If my five year old can do it anyone can! (Of course he's been hiking since he was...

I know it was an awesome adventure Atwood some Park I think she I'm going to come mount woodson. I will song empress tour way the trail so clean and so steep so next time I go I'll take my skin poles or my hiking poles for support on those steep trail road so let me tight like it because I'm returning. It was me and my wife and three kids older 15 and my middle and 10 and my youngest two that almost made it to the top but quit a quarter of a mile before we got there. Everyone's is still happy and it was a good day's exercise now...