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 Sep 20: Fog, high 69°F / low 51° · precip 2% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 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 1.1 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Canyon Trail–Grizzly Flat Trail South, 4 sights 14.9 mi · ▲ 2,407 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 395 ft
- San Andreas Fault Trail via Page Mill Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 543 ft
- Page Mill Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 115 ft
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