Name: Long Ridge OSP to Slate Creek, 11 miles, 2400'
Start: 2024-11-19T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-19T14:00:00-08:00

Forecast: 59 Degrees, partly cloudy. It's a great day for a hike!

**Hwy9 is closed between Sanborn Road and Redwood Gulch. Alternatives are Stevens Creek Road and Page Mill Road. Plan your commute time accordingly.**

Carpooling is always recommended. PM me if you want to carpool from Cupertino.

Pace: 2.5 mph-ish.

Bathrooms: None on this hike. The nearest bathrooms are at Skyline Ridge OSP, Castle Rock, and Sempervirens Point

Please be parked, bathroomed, equipped, and ready by the start time. We start on time, even if people are missing.

Mileage and elevation are estimates. This is not a particularly steep hike until the descent to Slate Creek. This is an intermediate+ hike due to the steep ascent from Slate Creek.

This is a relatively long out-and-back hike that is all down to start, and then a long uphill to finish. The hike offers a very nice mixture of scenery, starting with oak forest, then open views, then redwood forests. We will be starting at Long Ridge OSP Parking and heading south along Long Ridge. We will end up on the Slate Creek trail in Portola Redwoods State Park. Our turnaround point will be the Slate Creek crossing, where we will have snacks. Bonus 1.5 miles if we want to go to the site of Page Mill, and also check out some pretty sweet bathrooms.

Start/Parking: Long Ridge OSP along the road, and additional parking across the street at Upper Stevens Creek Park. Parking is free. Google **Peters** **Creek** **Trailhead**, La Honda, CA Approx. 3.6 miles north of Hwy 9, and 3.3 miles south of Page Mill Road, on Skyline Blvd.

Exposure will be mixed. Expect several miles of full sun, so please bring layers. Peters Creek will be shaded. Portions of Long Ridge have full exposure, and Slate Creek may have Redwood Forests. Sun protection is advised.

Bring: Layered clothing; water (lots); lunch & snacks; sun protection (hat, sunglasses, sunscreen); sturdy hiking shoes/boots; hiking poles (optional).

Lunch/snacks: Lunch at the Slate Creek Crossing.

Dogs: No dogs please

Detailed trail list.
Peters Creek Trail --> Long Ridge Trail --> Ward Trail -->Ward Truck Trail --> Slate Creek --> Ward Truck Trail --> Ward Road Trail --> Peters Creek Trail (Zen Lake).

Attendance: Hikers with a no-show history or record of late cancellation without good reason may be moved down to the waitlist or bumped off the hike. To avoid getting a bad attendance record, change your RSVP to "No" as soon as you realize you will not attend (even if on the waitlist).

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