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"I had the plan this day to hike to Gordon Point and Morgan Hill to the NW of Palomar Mtn State Park by following the dirt road from Doane Valley from near the campground and school camp up and down a nice ridge and met up with Palomar Divide Road, and headed WNW awhile until I ran into a gate blocked off by private property. I was super bummed!! I saw a house and old truck up the hill, and did not wish to trespass just to summit some peaks, so I had to abandon the idea. I wonder how those on Peakbagger are getting up to the peaks! One member on the site took the route I was attempting, so I wonder if he trespassed! So I had to go slog back up the dirt road, which was a steep climb, up and over the ridge and re-evaluate my options. On the ridge, I tried 2 cross-country descents to see if I could find another route to the peaks with no success, so twice I had to regain the ridge in defeat! Looking to the southwest I saw that the ridge lead to a peak off further to the southeast, which I suspected may be Peak 5696. I thought that it might be due to its relatively clos proximity to the observatory area. Regardless if it were 5696 or any random peak, I did not care, I was going t..." — brianpowell • Dec 9, 2018