Vail Peak–Corduroy Hills Trail, 4 sights is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. The route reaches Vail Peak. It climbs 3,325 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi381 – 1,900 ft · steepest grade: 36%11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ringtail Cat Trail 37.83679, -122.03249
Nearest town Alamo, CA
Directions
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Vail Peak–Corduroy Hills Trail, 4 sights
11.2 mi · ▲ 3,325 ft · 5 hr 24 min
Elevation 381–1,901 ft
Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: Ringtail Cat Trail · 37.83679, -122.03249
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ringtail Cat Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Madrone Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Corduroy Hills Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass Vail Peak.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Gru's Complaint, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Elderberry Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Ridge View Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Vail Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Gru's Complaint, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elderberry Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Corduroy Hills Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Madrone Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ringtail Cat Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
92% dirt6% gravel2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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