Turns

This is the first turn on the mountain. The turn yields photos like this: January 11, 2014

This turn is at the 3000' elevation mark. I like the turn because it has multiple spots that can produce some great shots. Be careful, coming uphill, there is a slight turn that is not forgiving if you come in hot. Riders call the spot the black hole. It's easy to get sucked in, but a pain to get out. The turn yields photos like this: August 9, 2009

The next turn on the mountain is this one. I don't shoot much on this turn any more as it has a patch in the downhill lane that is extremely bumpy.

I call this the "Call Box Turn" I call it that because, well, it has a call box in the turn out. Its one of the first turns I started shooting at since I started coming up the mountain. I like it because I has a little bit of a view after the guard rail. Be carefull when riding, the turn has a wicked line and some bumps through out it going up. Most riders seem to like the down hill side of it. The turn yeilds Photos like this: September 5, 2009

I call this turn the Cattle Crossing. I call it that because at the beginning of the turn if you are going up hill, there is a cattle sign. This is one of my more frequented turns because I like the angles it provides. It does have shadows in the morning that I have to work with so I shoot from one spot during the early hours, but the shadow progressively get better during the day. This turn is one below the two turnouts corner, and the first shootable turn above the call box turn. The turn yields photos like this: June 20, 2009

This is the last turn I shoot regularly on Palomar. It's just below the halfway point and has two big turn outs just before it. The turn yields photos like this: September 6, 2009

This is the Big Turn Out, Look Out, Half Way Point. Whatever you want to call it. It's got a few names, more I'm sure I haven't heard of. This is the half way point, with a big turn out, as the names imply. Most riders use this spot as a place to turn around. I usually don't shoot higher than this spot because of this reason. After this point, the road slowly starts to get rougher and rougher. There are a lot of patches and tar snakes after this point because of the snow fall and plows in the winter. **NOTE** When using this as a turn around point, be very cautious as people are still coming down and it is a blind turn. There have been numerous accidents here from people cutting in front of on coming traffic to enter the turn out. Use one of the lower turnouts instead. The turn yields photos like this: January 11, 2009

I only include this because I like the sign before the turn. "Unlawful to throw snowball at vehicles or occupants"