Alpine Pond & Butano View Trail via Ipiwa Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve near Vista Verde, CA. The route reaches Alpine Pond. It climbs 822 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,179 – 2,569 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.31479, -122.19782
Nearest town Vista Verde, CA
Directions
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Alpine Pond & Butano View Trail via Ipiwa Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 822 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 2,179–2,569 ft
Out & Back · Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: 37.31479, -122.19782
Weather Sep 20: Fog, high 68°F / low 46° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Alpine Pond.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ipiwa Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sunny Jim Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Ipiwa Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Butano View Trail, heading S.
- 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 NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
19% dirt81% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 68°F46°
Precip2%Wind8 mphUV6Humidity99%
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:56 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:10 PM
Mon
59°50°
Tue
68°45°
Wed
85°46°
Thu
73°48°
Fri
75°46°
Sat
73°43°
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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Ipiwa Viewpoint–Horseshoe Viewpoint, 6 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 970 ft
- Borel Hill–Ridge Viewpoint, 4 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 635 ft
- Charquin Trail–Council Circle Trail, 3 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,174 ft
- New Ancient Oaks Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 497 ft
- New Ancient Oaks Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 514 ft
- Ipiwa Viewpoint–Alpine Pond, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 637 ft
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