Alpine Pond Loop, Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Begin at the Russian Ridge parking lot, and follow the signs for Skyline Ridge and Alpine Pond.
0.1: Junction. Continue straight on Pond Loop Trail.
0.2: Past the Daniel's Nature Center, the trail splits. Stay to the right.
0.3: Junction. Stay to the right on Pond Loop Trail.
0.3: Junction: Continue to the right.
0.4: Junction, again. Turn left and retrace your tracks back to the trailhead.
0.5: Back at the parking lot.

Getting there:
From Interstate 280 in San Mateo County, exit CA 84/Woodside Road (exit #20). Drive west about 6 miles to the junction with CA 35 (Skyline Boulevard), and turn south (left) onto Skyline Boulevard. Drive about 7.5 miles to the junction with Alpine Road/Page Mill Road. Turn right onto Alpine Road, and almost immediately, turn right into the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve parking lot.


Read about this hike in more detail and view photos at http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/skylinealpine.html

© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker.