Alpine Pond & Butano View Trail via Ipiwa Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve near Vista Verde, CA. The route reaches Alpine Pond. It climbs 925 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,179 – 2,494 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Audrey's Way 37.30733, -122.19825
Nearest town Vista Verde, CA
Directions
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Alpine Pond & Butano View Trail via Ipiwa Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 925 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 2,179–2,494 ft
Out & Back · Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Audrey's Way · 37.30733, -122.19825
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Audrey's Way, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto New Ancient Oaks Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Alpine Pond.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Ipiwa Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sunny Jim Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Ipiwa Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Butano View Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Alpine Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ipiwa Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Sunny Jim Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ipiwa Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto New Ancient Oaks Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Audrey's Way, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
42% dirt1% gravel57% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:50 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Audrey's Way Trailhead
- Borel Hill–Ridge Viewpoint, 4 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 967 ft
- Ipiwa Viewpoint–Horseshoe Viewpoint, 6 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,483 ft
- Charquin Trail–Council Circle Trail, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 665 ft
- Ipiwa Viewpoint–Alpine Pond, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 743 ft
- New Ancient Oaks Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 472 ft
- New Ancient Oaks Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 508 ft
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