BorregoHiking.com: Along the S1-2 North

South of the scissors crossing we divided the area along the S2 in 3 parts North, Middle and South.
Almost parallel west runs the S1, hikes east of the S1 are included in this area.

This is the northern part, that includes:
Banner, Blair Valley, Box Canyon, Chariot Mountain, Cool Canyon, Cottonwood Canyon, Fages, Felden deposit, Ghost Mountain, Golden Queen Mine, Granite mountain, Green Valley, Hawi Vallecito, Hornblende Canyon, Kwaaymi Point, Lucky Strike Mine, Morteros, North Pinyon Mountain, Oriflamme Canyon, Pinyon Mine Wash, Rainbow Canyon, Rodriguez Canyon, Salt Creek, Scissors Crossing, Smuggler Canyon, Storm Canyon, The Potrero and Whale peak.

Blair Valley Granite Mountain Loop 4.1 mile 3 hour, 15 minutes Easy/Moderate 2020
Blair Valley Mason Valley overlook loop 3.3 mile 2 hour Easy/Moderate 2019
Box Canyon OK 5.8 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2006
Chariot Mountain loop 6.8 mile 4 hour Moderate 2016
Chariot Mountain PCT loop 4x4 3.9 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2017
PCT Chariot Mountain Loop 4x4 10.8 mile 4 hour 30 minutes Easy 2018
Cool Canyon loop 4 mile 3 hour Moderate 2014
Cool Canyon loop 2 3.5 mile 2 hour 50 minutes Moderate 2015
Cool Canyon loop 3 2.5 mile 2 hour 20 minutes Moderate 2020
Cottonwood Canyon Salt Creek loop 8.8 mile 4 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2018
Fages monument Lake loop 5.9 mile 4 hour 15 minutes Moderate 2020
Fages monument to Banner 11.8 mile 6 hour Easy-Moderate 2016
Fages monument - CRHT - PCT - Loop OK 6.9 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Easy 2017
Golden Queen mine lake loop OK 5.6 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2018
PCT Fages to Kwaaymi Point 11.2 mile 5 hour Easy 2017
Felden Deposit - Rainbow Canyon OK 2.4 mile 1 hour Easy 2014
Granite Mountain Peak 9.6 mile 6 hour 45 minutes Moderate/Hard 2014
Granite Mountain Peak (Rodriguez) 4x4 7.7 mile 5 hour 45 minutes Moderate 2016
Hawi Vallecito loop 3.6 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2019
Hawi Vallecito - Lower Storm Canyon 6.1 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2015
Hawi Vallecito - Lower Storm Canyon Loop 8 mile 5 hour Easy/Moderate 2016
Hawi Vallecito - Storm Canyon Mountain loop 9.6 mile 6 hour 40 minutes Moderate 2019
Hornblende Canyon Morteros OK 4.4 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy 2012
Hornblende Canyon up to the end 8.4 mile 5 hour Moderate 2014
Hornblende Canyon - Cool Canyon OK 5.7 mile 3 hour 40 minutes Moderate 2017
Hornblende canyon - Granite mountain gold mine loop 7.1 mile 4 hour 35 minutes Moderate 2012
Kwaaymii Point West 3 mile 2 hour 45 minutes Easy/Moderate 2020
Little Blair Valley Loop 8.7 mile 4 hour 35 minutes Moderate 2015
Lucky Strike Mine 2.6 mile 2 hour 15 minutes Easy/Moderate 2021
Marshal South - Ghost Mountain 2.5 mile 1 hour Easy 2014
Mason Valley Salt Creek Loop 6.7 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2020
Mine wash loop 5.2 mile 2 hour 45 minutes Moderate 2009
Morteros Canyon 3.8 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2016
Morteros - Ghost mountain loop 7 mile 4 hour 30 minutes Moderate/Difficult 2014
Morteros Wash Loop 5.1 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Easy / Moderate 2022
North Pinyon Mountain Loop 6.3 mile 4 hour Moderate 2020
Oriflamme Canyon (lower) 4x4 3.1 mile 2 hour 25 minutes Easy/Moderate 2009
Oriflamme Canyon loop 4x4 3.5 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2014
Oriflamme Canyon (upper) loop 4x4 6.7 mile 3 hour Easy 2018
Pinyon Mine Wash 4x4 4.5 mile 2 hour 20 minutes Moderate 2009
Pinyon Mountain loop 4x4 4.8 mile 2 hour 45 minutes Moderate 2010
Pinyon Mountain Nolina loop 4x4 2.3 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2018
PCT from Scissors Crossing to Rodriguez rd 7.8 mile 4 hour Easy 2019
Lower Rainbow Canyon Wash 3.2 mile 2 hour 10 minutes Easy/Moderate 2025
The Potrero loop 8.6 mile 3 hour 40 minutes Moderate 2016
The Potrero hill loop 6.9 mile 4 hour Easy/Moderate 2020
The Potrero west loop 8.2 mile 4 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2019
Rainbow Canyon OK 8.5 mile 3 hour 40 minutes Moderate 2009
Salt Creek 7.9 mile 4 hour 15 minutes Easy/Moderate 2018
Salt Creek North West Loop 6.6 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2024
Smuggler Canyon 2.7 mile 2 hour Easy 2013
Smuggler Canyon loop (upper) 5.5 mile 4 hour 15 minutes Moderate (boulders) 2017
Vallecito Creek below Campbell Grade 3.9 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy / Moderate 2022
Whale Peak north 4.4 mile 4 hour Moderate 2015
Whale Peak south 7.7 mile 5 hour 30 minutes Moderate/Hard 2014
Whale Squeeze loop 6.2 mile 4 hour 30 minutes. Moderate 2016
Whale West Loop 4.8 mile 3 hour. Easy/Moderate 2020

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