California hiking trails - Alambique Trail, Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County

   
  This part of California has a brilliant deal of available outdoors activities. Alambique Trail is not very close to San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont at all, but it is a wonderful escape from the town. Wilderness hiking trails are fine and plentiful in California, and among these are Alambique Trail in San Mateo County. All through the summer months, highs usually are in the 70's at Alambique Trail. Once the sun is down it descends down to the 50's. All through the winter this location gets highs in the 50's with temperatures at Alambique Trail dipping
    down into the 40's during winter nights. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. The trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole trail. Every hiking trail in
California is scenic in its own way. The time needed for this backcountry trek is roughly 5.5 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. This is a long great outdoors hiking trail, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and Alambique Trail in San Mateo County, California is nature at its best. This wilderness hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 818 feet, and that is lower than average. At parts of the year this neighborhood sees very little rain, so do check for current  
fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. The length of this great outdoors trail is about average with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this backpacking and hiking trail perfect for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Backcountry backpacking here in California is always a fun thing to do. This is a one trailhead wilderness hiking trail, so in and out is the way to hike it normally. The striking great outdoors trails of the Santa Cruz Mountains are a very wonderful way to see these mountaintops. Alambique Trail is 6.4 miles long it's a mid length backcountry walk. This is just one of a large number of backpacking and hiking trails in this region. Around Alambique Trail you don’t get a lot of rain; through the month of January you get the most rain around here, and July on the other hand is the driest.

Briefly about the general area:
A nice location to have a look at in the neighborhood of Alambique Trail is Bear Gulch, and Alambique Trail is splendid enough to spend more than a day at, Trailer Rancho is a splendid local campground. It's a pleasant idea to take a look at Martin Creek, it's close to Alambique Trail, and The Meadows is a great place to check out.
You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the amusing stuff in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That right there is plenty of entertaining things already but it goes on, the Santa Cruz Mountains has it all. Soar down the rapids of Pescadero Creek in a kayak; going to Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail is just something you need to do if you haven't yet. There's so much to do here at Alambique Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Trailer Villa is a good location for that, and a short journey to Summit Spring is always worthwhile.
Now, you may imagine that's heaps but there's even more cool stuff to do here at Alambique Trail. Don't forget to take a brilliant little spree to Alambique Creek, and since you're here you will meet lots of people from nearby San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 37.399, Longitude -122.293
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Total in and out hiking length = 6.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 2.8 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 818 feet


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These outdoors activities are available near Alambique Trail.
 Trails Near Alambique Trail:
Edgewood Trail, San Mateo County , 4 miles away, 1.2 hiking miles, 198 feet elevation difference
Trappers Trail, San Mateo County , 6 miles away, 2.3 hiking miles, 1148 feet elevation difference
Coyote Ridge Trail, San Mateo County , 9 miles away, 1.2 hiking miles, 549 feet elevation difference
Sequoia Nature Trail, San Mateo County , 9 miles away,  .4 hiking miles, 32 feet elevation difference
Butano Ridge Loop Trail, San Mateo County , 9 miles away,  4.2 hiking miles, 1656 feet elevation difference
Summit Trail, San Mateo County , 9 miles away,  3 hiking miles, 506 feet elevation difference
Ano Nuevo Trail, San Mateo County , 12 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 1082 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Alambique Trail:
Trailer Villa, Redwood City, 8 miles away
Trailer Rancho, Redwood City, 8 miles away
Portola Redwoods State Park, San Mateo, 11 miles away
Butano State Park, San Mateo, 11 miles away
Pelican Point RV Park, Half Moon Bay, 11 miles away
 Whitewater Near Alambique Trail:
Pescadero Creek, San Mateo County County , 8 miles away, Class II - 9 miles long (Portola State Park to Memorial County Park)
 National Parks Near Alambique Trail:
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail, San Francisco - CA , 17 miles away
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco - CA , 24 miles away
Presidio National Park, San Francisco - CA , 24 miles away
 Hotels Near Alambique Trail:
Americas Best Inns-Redwood City, Redwood City , 6 miles away
Sequoia Inn, Redwood City , 6 miles away
Best Western Inn, Redwood City , 6 miles away
Comfort Inn Redwood City, Redwood City , 6 miles away
Holiday Inn Express REDWOOD CITY-CENTRAL, Redwood City , 6 miles away
 Lakes Near Alambique Trail
Schilling Lake, San Mateo County , 1 miles away
Searsville Lake, San Mateo County , 3 miles away

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