Resolution Loop, El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Walk north from the parking lot along the side of Skyline Boulevard.
0.1: Carefully cross Skyline Boulevard and enter the preserve through gate CM01. A paved road splits uphill to the left, but stay to the right on Tafoni Trail.
0.1: Junction. Bear right onto El Corte de Madera Creek Trail.
0.8: El Corte de Madera Creek Trail veers left and crosses a bridge.
1.8: Junction with Tafoni Trail. Stay to the right, continuing on El Corte de Madera Creek Trail.
2.7: Junction. Turn left onto Resolution Trail.
3.8: Resolution Trail ends at a T junction. Turn left onto Fir Trail.
3.9: Two paths on the left, a few feet apart, double back and head uphill to the vista point. Continue straight on Fir Trail.
4.1: Multi-trail junction at a flat. Make the first left onto Tafoni Trail.
4.2: Junction with an easy-to-miss path to the tafoni. Turn right onto the hiking-only path.
4.5: End of the path, at a tafoni viewing platform. Return to the previous junction.
4.8: Turn left onto Tafoni Trail.
4.9: Back at the multiple junction. Turn left, remaining on Tafoni Trail.
6.1: A previously encountered junction, with El Corte de Madera Creek Trail. Stay to the right on Tafoni Trail, and retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
6.2: Back at the parking lot.

Getting there:
From CA 92 in San Mateo County, turn south onto Skyline Boulevard (CA 35). Drive about 8.5 miles, past Skeggs Point, then find a safe place to turn around and drive back to the Skeggs Point parking lot (heading south a left turn into the lot is prohibited).

GPS Coordinates* for Trailhead:
Latitude 37°24'39.36"N
Longitude 122°18'21.07"W
(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)


Read about this hike in more detail and view photos at http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/ecdmsp.html

© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker