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Skid Road Trail & Stevens Creek Nature Trail via Canyon Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Monte Bello Open Space Preserve near Vista Verde, CA. It climbs 1,239 ft. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,716 – 2,182 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skid Road Trail 37.31271, -122.17570
Nearest town Vista Verde, CA

Directions

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Skid Road Trail & Stevens Creek Nature Trail via Canyon Trail

6 mi · ▲ 1,239 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 1,715–2,183 ft

Out & Back · Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Skid Road Trail · 37.31271, -122.17570

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

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Skid Road Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Stevens Creek Nature Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Canyon Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.8 miBear right onto Stevens Creek Nature Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miReach Skid Road Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Stevens Creek Nature Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.9 miTurn right onto Skid Road Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.4 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

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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