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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Concrete Pipe Road–East Peak Fire Trail, 10 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 3,351 ft · 6 hr 45 min

Concrete Pipe Road–East Peak Fire Trail, 10 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Manor, CA. It climbs 3,351 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 2,316 ft · steepest grade: 30%15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Meadow Club Road 37.97359, -122.61854
Nearest town Manor, CA
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Concrete Pipe Road–East Peak Fire Trail, 10 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 3,351 ft · 6 hr 45 min

Elevation 199–2,315 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Meadow Club Road · 37.97359, -122.61854

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:18 PM

  1. Start on Bullfrog Fire Road, heading E.
  2. 1 miTurn right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading E.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Elliot Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading S.
  12. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading E.
  14. 100 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  16. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Filter Plant Road, heading SE.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  18. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pilot Knob Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading NW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto East Peak Fire Trail, heading W.
  22. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Northside Trail, heading SE.
  23. 1 miBear left onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miReach Meadow Club Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Northside Trail, heading S.
  26. 1 miContinue straight onto East Peak Fire Trail, heading NE.
  27. 1.1 miTurn right onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading NW.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pilot Knob Trail, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading E.
  31. 1.3 miTurn right onto Filter Plant Road, heading N.
  32. 150 ftContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading NW.
  33. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  34. 0.4 miBear right onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  35. 100 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
  36. 0.4 miBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading W.
  37. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
  38. 0.1 miSharp left onto Elliot Trail, heading NE.
  39. 0.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
  40. 0.2 miSharp right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SW.
  41. 100 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading S.
  43. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
  44. 50 ftBear right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading W.
  45. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  46. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/concrete-pipe-road-east-peak-fire-trail-out-back-10-sights

Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:18 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.2 mi in (~211 min). Leave by 4:27 PM for the 8:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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