California hiking trails - Butano Ridge Loop Trail, Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County

   
  There are plenty of backcountry trails in California; each one of them is worth backcountry hiking. You'll have got to go far from Santa Cruz-Watsonville to get to Butano Ridge Loop Trail, but when you hike it you're always having a tremendous time. Gotta get out of the town man, and Butano Ridge Loop Trail in San Mateo County, California is just what you need. Here in California backcountry hiking is a perfect idea. This is a vicinity covered with lots of great outdoors trails. With its 4.2 miles of walking distance it's a mid length backcountry walk.
    From a rain point of view Butano Ridge Loop Trail is a reasonably common place; January is the month that gets the most rain; July on the other hand is the driest. This trail is not that long but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. This
trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. The backcountry hiking trails of the Santa Cruz Mountains are a splendid way to explore these mountaintops. As long as you like the outdoors you will like California. This is a one trailhead backcountry trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry walk it normally. There are backcountry trails all over California; Butano Ridge Loop Trail in San Mateo County is one of them. Summer at Butano Ridge Loop Trail  
comes with high temperatures in the 60's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. All through the winter this place gets highs in the 50's, and night lows in the 40's for Butano Ridge Loop Trail. This backcountry trail has a total elevation difference of 1,656 feet, and that is about average. This backcountry hike shouldn't take more than 4 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. Butano Ridge Loop Trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the hiking and backpacking trail. This backcountry hiking trail is a normal length backcountry hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a perfect great outdoors trail for the average person looking for a perfect adventure.

Briefly about the general area:
Why not camp at Wastahi Campground while you're here at Butano Ridge Loop Trail, and since you're here, you could have a look at Fall Creek. This place, the Santa Cruz Mountains, has so much outdoors fun things. Peters Creek flows through this area, and whitewater paddling is magnificent on Pescadero Creek.
This is a popular place for people from Santa Cruz-Watsonville, and if you came for an overnight stay Huckleberry Campground is a fine place to camp. Nearby Dark Gulch is a splendid site to go if you're at Butano Ridge Loop Trail.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 37.2516, Longitude -122.226
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Total in and out hiking length = 4.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.9 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1656 feet


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 Trails Near Butano Ridge Loop Trail:
Sequoia Nature Trail, San Mateo County , 1 miles away,  .4 hiking miles, 32 feet elevation difference
Coyote Ridge Trail, San Mateo County , 1 miles away, 1.2 hiking miles, 549 feet elevation difference
Summit Trail, San Mateo County , 1 miles away,  3 hiking miles, 506 feet elevation difference
Trappers Trail, San Mateo County , 7 miles away, 2.3 hiking miles, 1148 feet elevation difference
Ano Nuevo Trail, San Mateo County , 8 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 1082 feet elevation difference
Alambique Trail, San Mateo County , 9 miles away,  6.4 hiking miles, 818 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Butano Ridge Loop Trail:
Wastahi Campground, Santa Cruz County, 4 miles away
Huckleberry Campground, Santa Cruz County, 4 miles away
Big Basin Tent Cabins, Boulder Creek, 4 miles away
Blooms Creek Campground, Santa Cruz County, 4 miles away
Sempervirens Campground, Santa Cruz County, 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near Butano Ridge Loop Trail:
Pescadero Creek, San Mateo County County , 2 miles away, Class II - 9 miles long (Portola State Park to Memorial County Park)
 National Parks Near Butano Ridge Loop Trail:
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail, San Francisco - CA , 25 miles away
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco - CA , 34 miles away
Presidio National Park, San Francisco - CA , 34 miles away
 Hotels Near Butano Ridge Loop Trail:
Pescadero Creek Inn, Pescadero , 9 miles away
Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park , 10 miles away
Costanoa, Pescadero , 10 miles away
Stanford Terrace Inn, Palo Alto , 11 miles away
Super 8 Motel - Palo Alto/Stanford Area, CA, Palo Alto , 12 miles away
 Lakes Near Butano Ridge Loop Trail
Sempervirens Reservoir, Santa Cruz County , 3 miles away
Knuedler Lake, San Mateo County , 3 miles away

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