AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve

Pond Trail & Quarry Trail via Skyline Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Pond Trail & Quarry Trail via Skyline Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve near Montclair, CA. It climbs 622 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,056 – 1,394 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skyline Trail 37.84786, -122.19884
Nearest town Montclair, CA
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Pond Trail & Quarry Trail via Skyline Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 1,055–1,394 ft

Out & Back · Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve

Trailhead: Skyline Trail · 37.84786, -122.19884

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Quarry Trail, heading NW.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Quarry Road, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftBear left onto Pond Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miReach Quarry Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto Quarry Road, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Quarry Trail, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pond-trail-quarry-trail-out-back-3-sights-3-km

Trail surface

78% dirt2% paved20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:55 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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