Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
Pony Tracks Fire Road
3 mi · ▲ 503 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Pony Tracks Fire Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Los Trancos Open Space Preserve near Vista Verde, CA. It climbs 503 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Pony Tracks Fire Road
3 mi · ▲ 503 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,406–1,879 ft
Out & Back · Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: 37.34149, -122.17637
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 68° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Page Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Pony Tracks Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Pony Tracks Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Page Mill Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:51 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 11 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Page Mill Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- Lost Creek Loop Trail via Page Mill Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 286 ft
- Page Mill Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 282 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 366 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 395 ft
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