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Canyon Trail & Skid Road Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Monte Bello Open Space Preserve near Vista Verde, CA. It climbs 762 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,755 – 2,182 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skid Road Trail 37.31271, -122.17570
Nearest town Vista Verde, CA

Directions

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Canyon Trail & Skid Road Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 1,755–2,183 ft

Out & Back · Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Skid Road Trail · 37.31271, -122.17570

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Skid Road Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Stevens Creek Nature Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Canyon Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Franciscan Loop Trail, heading N.
  7. 150 ftReach Skid Road Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Stevens Creek Nature Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.9 miTurn right onto Skid Road Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 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

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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