Go over the gate or to the left and move around the fence.
This is the upper part of the closed Mason Valley Truck road.
Follow the dirt road up to a view of an unnamed pond, a flat rock with many morteros.
Head towards the chimney of the old Golden Queen homestead.
Now head south picking up a very faint old road, that will be nearly impossible to find without a GPS.
A couple of short stretches of scrubs.
The road / route follows a drainage, with open areas and more dense vegetation.
Head west on an old fire break that eventually leads to a more open area with drainages leading into lake Cuyamaca.
Now the terrain is easy except for dense grass and uneven terrain underneath.
Cross the S1.