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. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bella Vista Trail, heading SE.
7. 0.8 miTurn right onto Monte Bello Road (Trail), heading NE.
8. 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
9. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
10. 450 ftTurn left onto Black Mountain Trail, heading S.
11. 0.9 miBear left onto Quarry Trail, heading NE.
12. 1.1 miPass Upper High Meadow Viewpoint.
13. 50 ftTurn right onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading SW.
14. 1.8 miSharp left onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading E.
15. 400 ftSharp right onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading SE.
16. 0.5 miReach Upper High Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.5 miSharp left onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading W.
18. 450 ftSharp right onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading W.
19. 1.8 miTurn left onto Quarry Trail, heading N.
20. 1.1 miBear right onto Black Mountain Trail, heading NW.
21. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
22. 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
23. 50 ftSharp right onto Monte Bello Road (Trail), heading SW.
24. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
25. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bella Vista Trail, heading NW.
26. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Canyon Trail, heading W.
27. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
29. 400 ftBear right onto Stevens Creek Nature Trail, heading NW.
30. 0.9 miTurn right onto Skid Road Trail, heading S.
31. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-high-meadow-viewpoint-out-back-18-km-ce24