Skyline College to Sweeney Ridge: 6.3mi Moderate Hike

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CARPOOL REQUEST COMMENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE GROUP. Please read below about how to carpool.

Distance: 6.8 Miles

Hiking Time: 3.5 Hours

Elevation Change: 1516 Feet

Difficulty: Moderate

Parking fee: none

Sleep Late and Hike Dog Policy: No Dogs, due large group size safety.
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Shade: Don't forget your sunhat for your own personal shade. Shade does not matter if you have your sunhat. I never leave home without it.
Please read our tutorial for hiking in the sun
https://www.sleeplateandhike.com/tutorials-how-to-hike-in-the-sun/

Facilities: NONE

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GO BEFORE YOU ARRIVE SO WE CAN START ON TIME.

Recommended Map:

https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/upload/Sweeney-Ridge-trail-map-2016-2.pdf

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

• Please use the Google Maps link above to familiarize yourself with the trip and explore various route options from your home. Zoom in all the way.

• Strongly suggest you plan your route the night before when you are not rushed for time.

• The GPS locations below and the map link above are accurate enough to find us by looking around when you get there.

(Most Cars) GPS Degrees Minutes Seconds Format:
37°37'42.2"N 122°27'54.1"W

(Google Maps) GPS Degrees Decimal Format:
37.628389, -122.465028

Nearest Street Address / Meeting Place:
Lot C,
3300 College Dr, San Bruno, CA 94066

If you have the Waze app installed on your phone, click this URL:

http://waze.to/?ll=37.628389,-122.465028&navigate=yes

Just click it. It will open Waze and start navigating to the trail head.

• As always, it is good practice to confirm the night before that any app you use takes you to where you expect by comparing the destination with what is posted above on your PC/Mac.

• Most street addresses provided are approximate, and may be up to a couple of miles from the hike location. Use GPS coordinates when driving, if possible.

PARKING DIRECTIONS:

PARKING:

Parking Lot C at trail head.

CARPOOLING: We will use this link for carpooling:
https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/f7d68q

Please sign up here.

CARPOOLING MANNERS:

Please refrain from trying to negotiate your carpool in the comments, as it is equivalent to sending multiple "Reply All" emails to everyone.

Please start your carpool quest, by first adding yourself to the carpool link above.

Then, use the contact info provided by the driver or rider in the link above to contact them directly and privately.

Thank you for understanding.

HIKING DIRECTIONS

From the College, Parking Lot C, take Notch Trail ( 1 Miles) ->>
on your left to enter Sweeney Ridge Trail ( 1.1 Miles) ->>
Take Sweeney Ridge Trail passing the junction with Sneath Ln on your left and the restrooms on your right ( 1.0 Miles) ->>

360 DEGREES VISTA POINT:
Continue on Sweeney Ridge Trail and take the left branch up to the Vista Point on your right followed ( 328 ft) ->>
Walk up to the Vista Point to see 360 panoramic view (197 ft) ->>

Continue down to a junction with Sweeney Ridge Trail and Baquiano Trail, turning left onto Sweeney Ridge Trail ( 158 ft) ->>
Continue on Sweeney Ridge Trail to narrow Sweeney Meadows Trail on your right ( 1.0 Miles) ->>

NOTE: If find yourself at the gate, turn back and look for the narrow trail in the shrub on your left. ( 0.2 Miles) ->>

Follow Sweeney Meadows Trail clockwise to pass Sweeney Horse Trail on your left ( 0.5 Miles) ->>
Continue on Sweeney Meadows Trail to re-join Sweeney Ridge Trail ( 0.3 Miles) ->>

We are now on the previously traveled return path back to your starting point.

Take Sweeney Ridge Trail passing the junction with Baquiano Trail on your left ( 0.5 Miles) ->>
Take Sweeney Ridge Trail passing the junction with Sneath Ln on your right and the restrooms on your left ( 382 feet) ->>
Turn left and hike down taking Notch Trail on your right to enter Notch Trail back to the college ( 1.0 Miles)

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