When Sunday, October 5, 2008. Meet at 8:15am for an 8:30am start. Carpool will leave at 7:45am from the Park & Ride Lot at Page Mill Road and Highway 280.

Where Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve, Skyline Blvd., Palo Alto, CA. There is no parking fee. More park info can be found here.

How to get there Go west on Page Mill Road to Skyline Boulevard. Turn left onto Skyline Boulevard and drive approximately 1 mile south to the entrance of Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve parking lot, which will be on the right side of Skyline Boulevard. The drive time from the Park & Ride is estimated to be 24 minutes by Google Maps.

What A long (about 10.9 miles) and a short run (about 6.6 miles).

This is a remote trail run and each runner must carry at least one water bottle. To avoid having to search for lost runners we ask every runner to find other runners of approximately the same running ability to form a group. The runners in each group must be able to account for their partners to make sure nobody is lost.

As usual, there will be a potluck after the run, so please bring food or drink to share.

Why Skyline Ridge offers a remarkably varied landscape that includes ridge vistas from the Valley to the Ocean, with mostly wide smooth trails and many expansive meadows.

More Info Contact or .

The first and last part of the run are in Skyline Ridge OSP. Most of the run is held in Russian Ridge OSP. We will have a copy of the maps available for the run. All distances are approximate.

Short Run: 6.6 miles
SEGMENT	MILES	TOTAL
Bay Area Ridge Trail to Alpine Pond	1.4	1.4
Through Tunnel across Russian Ridge Parking Lot	0.2	1.6
Continue on Ridge Trail to Borel Hill	0.7	2.3
Continue on Ridge Trail	0.5	2.8
L on connector to Alder Spring / Mindengo Trail *	0.3	3.1
L on Mindengo Trail	0.3	3.4
L on Ancient Oaks Trail	0.8	4.2
L on ? Trail (just before Alpine Road)	0.3	4.5
R on Bay Area Ridge Trail	0.5	4.9
Across Russian Ridge Parking Lot through Tunnel	0.2	5.2
Ridge Trail from Alpine Pond to Skyline Parking	1.4	6.6
*long and short runs split here
Long Run: 10.9 miles
SEGMENT	MILES	TOTAL
Bay Area Ridge Trail to Alpine Pond	1.4	1.4
Through Tunnel across Russian Ridge Parking Lot	0.2	1.6
Continue on Ridge Trail to Borel Hill	0.7	2.3
Continue on Ridge Trail	1.1	3.4
Ridge trail continues right @ Hawk Trail	1.4	4.8
R on Rapley Ranch Rd to Skyline Blvd.	0.1	4.9
Turnaround at Skyline Blvd	0.1	4.9
L on to Ridge Trail, back to Hawk Trail	1.4	6.4
Straight on to Hawk Trail	0.6	6.9
Continue on Alder Spring Trail	0.4	7.4
Continue on Mindengo Trail	0.3	7.7
L on Ancient Oaks Trail	0.8	8.5
L on ? Trail (just before Alpine Road)	0.3	8.8
R on Bay Area Ridge Trail	0.5	9.3
Across Russian Ridge Parking Lot through Tunnel	0.2	9.5
Ridge Trail from Alpine Pond to Skyline Parking	1.4	10.9


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