Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve (closed area)
Diablo Way via Old Page Mill Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 3,278 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Diablo Way via Old Page Mill Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve (closed area) near Vista Verde, CA. It climbs 3,278 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Directions
Diablo Way via Old Page Mill Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 3,278 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Elevation 785–2,046 ft
Out & Back · Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve (closed area)
Trailhead: 37.30312, -122.19778
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Old Page Mill Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Long Ridge Road, heading E.
- 2 miSharp left onto Diablo Way, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach Diablo Way, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Long Ridge Road, heading SW.
- 2 miBear right onto Old Page Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~118 min). Leave by 4:51 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Bear Creek Trail & Old Page Mill Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,619 ft
- Turtle Rock–Wallace Stegner Bench, 4 summits 14.5 mi · ▲ 3,586 ft
- Long Ridge Road 11.3 mi · ▲ 2,921 ft
- Grizzly Flat Trail North–Grizzly Flat Trail South, 5 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 3,882 ft
- Old Page Mill Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 2,503 ft
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