Point of No Return–Ringtail Cat Trail, 3 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. It climbs 1,159 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi381 – 814 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ringtail Cat Trail 37.83679, -122.03249
Nearest town Alamo, CA
Directions
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Point of No Return–Ringtail Cat Trail, 3 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,159 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 381–814 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 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Point of No Return, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Madrone Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Virgil Williams Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Ringtail Cat Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Madrone Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Point of No Return, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ringtail Cat Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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