Metate Trail

Metate Trail, often just called Metate (Meh-tah-tee) is a trail that starts at the bridge by Wanish and wanders off into the hills until it reaches a prime rock-scrambling site and a site of some area history. Metate is called Metate because the Cahuilla tribes who lived in the area before Joe Scherman used the area to grind their food on rocks called metates (meh-tah-teys, unlike the name of the trail). These metates are still visible and usable in the rocks at Metate.



The rock-scrambling opportunities are a large boulder that cracked down the middle that campers can climb up and then down through. There is a small "cave" or "tunnel" a couple feet long and about five feet high to climb through on the way down.