After the 2 peak bagging of Cowles-Pyles, I tried my luck with another adventure to visit 2 peaks in the same hike. Lawson and Gaskill Peaks are in Cleveland National Forest, and considered a moderate hike.
The trail is not well maintained compared to the usual trails in San Diego county. We saw tyre marks throughout the path, which I presume is used by ATVs. The trailhead does not have any signs, except for a geographical co-ordinate. No designated parking either.
After a mile or so, the trail looks as above. It is green and has beautiful lookout throughout the hike.
After a while, you can see both the peaks at once- Lawson to your left and Gaskill to your right.
The trail to Lawson ends at about 0.5 mile before the summit. It is rock scrambling, bush-whacking from here on.
The peak has a chimney which is very steep. This place is used by rock climbers and luckily a samaritan had left a rope for others to climb.
After the chimney climb, we enter a cave which opens up to a beautiful lookout.
Once done with Lawson, Gaskill seems easy as there is a trail that goes all the way to the summit.
The trail might be difficult to find after a point and we just have to head in the general direction of the peak.
They have fancy rock formations like the one to the right that looks like an alien!
The view from the both the summits are worthwhile!
This hike is around 7 miles roundtrip with elevation gain of 2000 ft.
Things needed- Hiking poles, long pants and shirts (for rock climbing and bush-whacking) and 2L of water
Happy Trails! :)
The trail is not well maintained compared to the usual trails in San Diego county. We saw tyre marks throughout the path, which I presume is used by ATVs. The trailhead does not have any signs, except for a geographical co-ordinate. No designated parking either.
After a mile or so, the trail looks as above. It is green and has beautiful lookout throughout the hike.
After a while, you can see both the peaks at once- Lawson to your left and Gaskill to your right.
The trail to Lawson ends at about 0.5 mile before the summit. It is rock scrambling, bush-whacking from here on.The peak has a chimney which is very steep. This place is used by rock climbers and luckily a samaritan had left a rope for others to climb.
After the chimney climb, we enter a cave which opens up to a beautiful lookout.
The trail might be difficult to find after a point and we just have to head in the general direction of the peak.
They have fancy rock formations like the one to the right that looks like an alien!
The view from the both the summits are worthwhile!
Things needed- Hiking poles, long pants and shirts (for rock climbing and bush-whacking) and 2L of water
Happy Trails! :)
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