Mt. Gower Open Space Preserve
Cappie’s Scoop: Ready for a great leg workout, this is it! My paws are spent after this hike but it’s also one of my favorites. It’s like a roller coaster, up and down both ways but there are some cool rocks to climb. One set…
Red Mountain Volcano
Cappie’s Scoop: The first time mom and I hiked this trail it started to snow on us! It was Memorial Day weekend in 2019 and we never thought we’d have snow. The good news was that we had the trail all to ourselves, but…
Morena Butte Loop
Cappie’s Scoop: It’s pronounced bhewwwt and there are three of them. Now these are the type of rocks I like! We hike for about 3 miles on the PCT and then we turn off to the right to start climbing up to the summit….
Hellhole Canyon Preserve
Cappie’s Scoop: Mom and I have been waiting to do this hike forever! It seems like whenever we planned to go, it was too hot. But finally we found the right day and got out there early. We decided to explore the entire area by…
Wooded Hill
Cappie’s Scoop: Tasty crunchy leaves or playing in the snow, I’ll take it! Fall and winter are my two favorite times to hike here. It was also a surprise when mom told me the trail goes to a summit of 6,223 ft and is the…
Hot Springs Mountain
Cappie’s Scoop: Did you know you can hike to San Diego’s highest peak! This is one of my favorite hikes. There are meadows, shady spots under black oak trees and sugar pines and even crunchy leaves in the fall. There is also a fire lookout…
Pine Mountain Loop
Cappie’s Scoop: We like to hike this trail in November because it’s usually fall in Mount Laguna and there are lots of yummy crunchy leaves at the trailhead. There is also a very interesting tree that mom likes to show our friends. I don’t…
Mt. Woodson via Fry Koegel Trail
Cappie’s Scoop: This is one of our favorite hikes to watch the sunset. Sometimes the sun is out and sometimes it hides behind the white fluffy stuff. At the beginning of the trail, we pass a lot of bird houses and one day we…
Ruby Lake
Cappie’s Scoop: It’s so cool to have an alpine lake all to yourself and go swimming in it! A lot of hoomans and dogs were hiking towards Gem Lakes but this time mom and I took a right turn at the junction and headed…
Lake Sabrina to Blue Lake
Cappie’s Scoop: This trail has a lot of big rocks that I can climb on to see a view of Lake Sabrina! I wanted to swim in the lake but mom said we’re hiking to another lake and I would be able to swim…