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Orchard Loop Trail & Zinfandel Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve near Monta Vista, CA. It climbs 810 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi571 – 925 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Orchard Loop Trail 37.29531, -122.08582
Nearest town Monta Vista, CA

Directions

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Orchard Loop Trail & Zinfandel Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 570–924 ft

Out & Back · Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Orchard Loop Trail · 37.29531, -122.08582

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Orchard Loop Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bear Meadow Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Orchard Loop Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Zinfandel Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.5 miReach Orchard Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.5 miTurn right onto Orchard Loop Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Bear Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Orchard Loop Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 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

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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