Alpha Trail & COVID Monument Trail via Sky Line Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 947 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Alpha Trail & COVID Monument Trail via Sky Line Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Sky Valley, CA. It climbs 947 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Alpha Trail & COVID Monument Trail via Sky Line Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 947 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 1,089–1,983 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.90882, -116.37534
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 95°F / low 76° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Henry Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Sky Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Alpha Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto COVID Monument Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Alpha Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Alpha Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sky Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Henry Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~76 min). Leave by 5:11 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Pickleball Pond–Roadrunner Pond, 5 lakes 6 mi · ▲ 325 ft
- Smoke Tree Pond & Henry Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Sky Line Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Main Gate Pond & 20th Avenue 1.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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