HIKING & NATURE EXPLORATION

AIAP Hiking & Nature Exploration Club in and out of  San Diego County
For more information, please contact:
Hike Coordinator at aiaphike@gmail.com

Iron Mountain in Poway
Sunday Jan 20, 2008
7:45 AM

 

AIAP January Hike will be at Iron Mountain-Poway on January 20, 2008. Iron Mountain looking east from Highway 67. The mountain was blackened by the enormous Cedar Fire. The mountain core is composed of batholithic, granodioritic rock. Some of the boulders are reddish from iron deposits and possibly from the formerly-overlying red Bedford Canyon formation. Soils on the mountain include decomposed granodiorite and iron rich soils derived from iron deposits in the fractures and perhaps remnants of the Bedford Canyon Formation. Curiously enough, Iron Mountain contains some of the same endemic plants that are found on gabbro soils. This is a moderate day hike. It is well marked and maintained way. The views from the peak are well worth the effort. This hike is about 6 miles round trip and take about 3.5 hours. Please bring water and hiking boot. For any questions regarding hiking please contact Ali Bafandeh at aiaphike@gmail.com

Date: Sunday January 20, 2008
Time: 7:45 AM
Place to Meet: Intersection of HWY 67 & Poway Road 
Direction: Take I-15, Exit Poway Road and go all the way to the east, turn right on HWY 67 and park your car on the shoulder of the road.