Name: West Ridge Trail
Rating: 3.9

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Land Manager: East Bay Regional Park District (CA)

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3.9 from 9 votes

#5

in Redwood Regional Park

#11302

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3.9 from 9 votes

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Redwood Bowl. Water Fountain straight ahead.

Jun 20, 2015 near Piedmont, CA

Taking Baccharis after running up West Ridge. Almost to Dunn Trail.

Jun 20, 2015 near Moraga, CA

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Dec 27, 2020

Tianlong Yun

Dec 25, 2020

Kendyl Condon

2mi

Oct 18, 2018

Valerie Norton

Longish excursion for Redwood Peak: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2018/10/redwood-peak-and-ridge-trails.html

Jul 8, 2018

Madhav S

Jan 13, 2018

Jacquelyn Prescott

Apr 9, 2017

Jes Labampa

1mi

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West Ridge Trail

“Multi-use ridge trail popular among hikers and mountain bikes. ”

4.4

7.1

Point to Point

1,519' 463 m

566' 173 m

281' 86 m

982' 299 m

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