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.
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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 Aug 3: Mostly clear, high 101°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Top Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 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.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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