Point of No Return & Ringtail Cat Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. It climbs 965 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi390 – 814 ft · steepest grade: 30%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cheese Loop Trail 37.83905, -122.03654
Nearest town Alamo, CA
Directions
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Point of No Return & Ringtail Cat Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 965 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 390–814 ft
Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: Cheese Loop Trail · 37.83905, -122.03654
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start on Cheese Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ringtail Cat Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Point of No Return, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Ringtail Cat Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ringtail Cat Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Cheese Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 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
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