Sugarloaf Open Space

Ridge Top Trail & Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 49 min

Ridge Top Trail & Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Open Space near Walnut Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 238 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi269 – 469 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail 37.87544, -122.02813
Nearest town Walnut Heights, CA

Directions

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Ridge Top Trail & Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 49 min

Elevation 268–470 ft

Out & Back · Sugarloaf Open Space

Trailhead: Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail · 37.87544, -122.02813

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Top Trail, heading E.
  4. 150 ftReach Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 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

66% paved34% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead