Type of Hike
Day hike
We decided for the hike because it's short and the elevation gain is not too much for our two children, 5 and 3,5 years old. Driving on FR 9070 was easy with our Toyota Highlander most of the way except two places where the gravel was washed away (this was after long dry summer). And at the trail head we saw a car with low profile. After about 5.4 miles from the freeway (and about 1.9 miles from the Cold Creek trail head) the road got much worse (no gravel) and shortly before that we saw two cars parked at some trail head, so we decided that must be Mt Catherine trail head. And the guess was correct. We started about at 3 pm. The trail head looks more like a narrow stony road but shortly changes into a nice path. At that place there is a old wooden sign on a tree Mt. Catherine 1348. The trail goes in switchbacks about 3/4 a mile then flattens somehow and becomes switchbacks again at the end when you reach the rocky top. The views were as on a typical cloudy day. It was an easy and pleasant hike for the kids and if it was on a sunny day, the view would have been beautiful. It took us about 2,5 hours round trip. This was Sunday and at this late afternoon we met one couple going down and shortly after us two full cars came (about ten people), so we were not abandoned at all but I imagine on a weekday you would be totally on you own there.
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