About Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve: Skyline Ridge is a 2,143 acre open space preserve that offers beautiful landscapes that include ridge vistas, meadows, a beautiful pond and a scenic lake frequented by birds and wild animals. There are ten miles of trails, one encircling Alpine Pond and another Horsehoe Lake. There are fabulous views of the Lambert Creek watershed, Butano Ridge and Portola State Park.
Directions to Trail Head: The entrance to the preserve is located about one mile south of Skyline Blvd (Highway 35) and Page Mill Road/Alpine Road insersection. Take
85 exit Saratoga. Go through Saratoga and up Highway 9. Turn right on Skyline going toward SF and turn left into the parking lot and bear to the right where the restroom is. If coming from the other direction, it's 1.5 miles from the intersection of Skyline and Page Mill Road.
Hike Description: We will be hiking by two ponds (Horseshoe and Alpine), both with water, some woodlands and grasslands, and a view of the ocean along the way. The hike is a little less than 5 miles and should take us approximately 2.5 hours to complete. .
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Alpine Pond - View from Nature Center |
Horseshoe Lake |
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View from Bay Area Ridge Trail Lookout Point |
More views from Trail |
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Horseshoe Lake - Skyline Ridge |
Skyline Ridge Website
Map of Skyline Ridge (pdf format)
