Route 01

The Scenic Summit Drive

Relax • Explore • Enjoy the Journey

The Scenic Summit Drive — a City to Summit rally route

Best for

Cars, SUVs, Jeeps, motorcycles and first-time rally participants

Surface

95% paved highways with scenic mountain roads

Difficulty

⭐ 1/5 (Easy)

Distance

Approximately 85 miles

Vehicle

Cars, SUVs, Jeeps and motorcycles

Relax, explore and enjoy the journey on a welcoming route designed for families and first-time rally participants. Follow scenic highways and backroads from Chula Vista through Ramona and Santa Ysabel to Hideout Mountain Lodge.

Perfect For

  • Cars
  • SUVs
  • Jeeps
  • Motorcycles
  • First-time rally participants

Route Directions

  1. Start at Mossy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram – Chula Vista
  2. Take CA-125 North
  3. Merge onto CA-52 East
  4. Continue to Highway 67 North
  5. Drive through Ramona
  6. Continue on Highway 78 East
  7. Turn onto Mesa Grande Road
  8. Follow the scenic backroads to Hideout Mountain Lodge

Terrain

  • 95% paved highways
  • Scenic mountain roads
  • Short maintained dirt section near the finish
  • No technical obstacles

Highlights

  • Ramona wineries
  • Rolling ranch country
  • Santa Ysabel mountain views
  • Beautiful oak forests
  • Perfect family drive
  1. Stop 1Start

    Mossy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram – Chula Vista

    Begin your Scenic Summit Drive in Chula Vista before heading north toward Ramona and the mountains.

  2. Stop 2Finish

    Hideout Mountain Lodge

    27413 Highway 76, Santa Ysabel

    Complete the scenic backroad journey at Hideout Mountain Lodge.

Route

Mossy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram – Chula Vista → Hideout Mountain Lodge

Final checkpoints and turn-by-turn directions are provided to registered teams.