Sawmill Mountain

This hike can be easy or difficult, depending on how far you go. Lots of large pines provide a lovely setting for a picnic or just a quiet walk. You can go quite far up this trail until the steepness gets to be too much or until the vehicle trail fades into the trees. You can also detour off one of the trails that connect from this one. Detour on a trail to the right, and you wind up in Mil Potrero Park. Detour to the left, and you wind up heading back toward PMC.

Go west on Mil Potrero Highway, just about 1/4 mile past the sign marking the end of Pine Mountain Club. Just before the wire fence begins on the left side of the road, a trail enters a large meadow and quickly merges with an old, unused vehicle trail. Follow the two ruts up into the forest. The best way out is the way you went in.