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Purisima Creek Trail

Intermediate Intermediate
 4.0 (10)
  1. Areas
  2. CA
  3. …Bay Area
  4. …Woodside
  5. Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space
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“An "easy" exit from Purisima Creek. ”

Mikael Palner
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4.2

Miles

6.7

KM
Doubletrack

2,006' 611 m

High

442' 135 m

Low

1,613' 492 m

Up

48' 15 m

Down

8%

Avg Grade (4°)

18%

Max Grade (10°)

Dogs No Dogs

E-Bikes Not Allowed

Description

Purisima Creek Trail is your "easy" exit to the parking lot. The trail boasts a steady fire road climb, surrounded by massive redwoods. This climb gains around a 1200 feet in 2.8 miles, and has an average incline of 8.8%. However, the last part will have sections of 10%+ incline, so save your strength.

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Land Manager: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space

Shared By:

Mikael Palner with improvements by Anatoly Kats
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Trail Ratings

  4.0 from 10 votes

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in Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space

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Trail Rankings

#2

in Purisima Creek Redwood…

#645

in California

#10,310

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Weather

Today
78°F · 51°F 26°C · 11°C
Wed
61°F · 51°F 16°C · 11°C
Thu
56°F · 49°F 13°C · 9°C
Fri
55°F · 45°F 13°C · 7°C
Sat
55°F · 46°F 13°C · 8°C
Sun
54°F · 48°F 12°C · 9°C

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Check-Ins

Sep 24, 2022
Sam L
Exiting the park via this route is a long and hard climb. Just fire roads nothing technical. Great for fitness and endurance training.
May 31, 2022
Jenny Snapp
Small sapling down across trail. Small marked washout.
Jun 18, 2021
Pietro Binetti
7mi — 1h 30m
Dec 21, 2020
Edmund Tesoro
9mi — 1h 31m
Jul 22, 2020
Miles Kent
Awesome to descend, horrible to ascend
Aug 23, 2018
Luis Aponte
Very steep and demanding finish. 8.3mi
Feb 11, 2018
Charles James
Short ride there and back 4.2mi
Sep 3, 2017
Jane H

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