Spring Ridge/Hamms Gulch Loop, Windy Hill Open Space Preserve

Featured hike:
Mile:
0.0: Start at the information signboard and follow the sign "to Windy Hill OSP Trails."
0.1: Junction. Turn left onto Spring Ridge Trail.
0.5: Junction. Continue straight, toward Alpine Road.
0.6: Junction near private driveway. Bear right, then straight, onto Hamms Gulch Trail.
1.0: Junction with Eagle Trail. Continue straight on Hamms Gulch Trail.
3.4: Hamms Gulch Trail ends at a signed junction. Turn right onto Lost Trail.
4.0: Lost Trail ends near a picnic area at the Skyline Boulevard trailhead. Continue straight, now on Anniversary Trail.
4.0: Stay to the right, as a path for equestrians and cyclists veers left.
4.4: Anniversary Trail ends at a signed junction with Spring Ridge Trail. Turn right.
6.4: Signed junction with Betsy Crowder Trail. Turn left.
7.1: Junction, again, with Spring Ridge Trail and the path back to the trailhead. Turn left.
7.2: Back at the trailhead.

Getting there:
From Highway 280 in San Mateo County, exit Alpine Road (exit 22). Drive west about 3 miles, and turn right at the first stop sign, onto Portola. Drive about 0.8 mile, and turn left into the parking lot.


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

© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker.