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Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail & Skyline Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve near Claremont, CA. It climbs 2,412 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,683 ft · steepest grade: 28%10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.87846, -122.22657
Nearest town Claremont, CA

Directions

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Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail & Skyline Trail

10.5 mi · ▲ 2,412 ft · 4 hr 42 min

Elevation 922–1,683 ft

Out & Back · Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve

Trailhead: 37.87846, -122.22657

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Transit-accessible: Redwood Valley Railway stop 386 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 1.5 miTurn right onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.9 miReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  15. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 3.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Redwood Valley Railway stop 386 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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