Notes on Santa Ysabel West

October 25, 2010 about 9:18 AM

Santa Ysabel West Trailhead [on C-78], it's windy and rainy, so I'm not going
to hike

On the access road at the entrance

N 33 6.131 W 116 41.729  [6-131-41-729]

137-740
135-760
156-785-A the trailhead is to my L
169-793
177-789
181-759
158-734
138-738 back at the entrance, end of this part

[connect to 137-740!]

in the GPS, I am going to survey C-78 and C-79 as far as the trailhead
for Santas Ysabel East


132-733
197-634
247-539
278-488
294-442
304-383
308-292
316-248
381-20
459-750
516-555
552-439
703-492
861-557
960-594
31-615
124-637
316-671
470-697
7-616-40-719! trailhead for for Santas Ysabel East

I return to the Santa Ysabel West at 10:27 and it has apparently stopped
raining, I'm going to wait a while to see if I can hike the trails

at 10:44 it has stopped raining, and there's only a slight mist, so I enter
the trail

mileage 6.09

correction, it's started raining again, so I return to my truck

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Notes on Santa Ysabel West

November 8, 2010

I'm at Santa Ysabel West

I'm going to walk around the circle and measure it on the GPS

I start at 0.01 miles

back at the starting point 0.15 miles

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survey of Santa Ysabel West

November 15, 2010

parking area for Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve West on C-78

[Outdoors Club hike, usual "lollipop" route, with side trip on
shortcut trail]

we set out at 6-157-41-784 and 0.06 miles [about 9:10 AM]

170-809
132-901
106-984
80-41
70-150
89-221
105-244
117-265
115-279

120-319-A California Live Oak to our R

126-343
168-355
199-351
205-388
223-414
252-437

264-435-B Engelmann Oak to our R

333-409
362-392

6-403-42-390-C hitching post L and picnic table R

415-372
438-366
465-304
476-251
508-273
609-323

6-643-42-342-D we pass through a gap in a barbed-wire fence, mileage 1.44

668-358
682-350
712-339
734-339
747-352
767-359
786-385
790-466
770-526
775-538

at the stream crossing, the trail changes from Lower Creek Trail to Upper
Creek Trail

6-797-42-536-E stream crossing, mileage 1.81

811-556
823-606
842-650
864-664
892-654
930-645
957-644
968-639

6-979-42-621 we turn R on Ridge Trail, mileage 2.11

987-602
983-578
991-564
6-545
24-545
47-555
60-570
80-580
96-577

7-144-42-574 shortcut to the L

176-567
191-567
206-560
221-566
253-539
289-529

7-297-42-531-F picnic area to L, mileage 2.57

we take a potty break and I return to the road at 2.60

347-523

7-390-42-518-G this becomes the Coast to Crest Trail, mileage 2.69

370-575
358-616
355-674
363-775
364-804
372-845
395-888

7-399-42-919-H 3.09 miles, this becomes Upper Creek Trail

359-924
348-919
297-895

281-881-I we pass though a gap in a barbed-wire fence

251-847
213-822
175-800
151-771
113-738

7-55-42-701 I turn L on the shortcut, mileage 3.55

[I hike the shortcut trail alone, the others proceed back to the stream
crossing]

67-672
82-647
105-610
129-593

146--575 Ridge Trail, end of this part, I turn around, mileage 3.71
[change to 7-144-42-574! to match previous reading]

3.88 miles, L on Upper Creek Trail [7-55-42-701]

45-689
32-653
15-624
994-616

junction with Ridge Trail [6-979-42-621!] 4.01 miles, end of this part, I stop calling lat/lon and go back
the way I came

[I stop at the picnic area near the stream crossing to have lunch with the
other hikers]

we return to the starting area 6.02 miles 12:15 PM