NOTES:
1) Mileage is cumulative, not distance between turns.
2) From start to Mile 1 is Almaden Valley neighborhood warm-up.
Mile 2-3 is single track trail, uphill rollers.
Mile 3-6 is wide fire trail, uphill.
Mile 6-9 is single track again, mostly downhill.
Total elevation gain is about 1,350 ft.
-Park at Williams Elementary School
-Start your GPS watch at the Stop sign on the corner and begin warm-up pace up Glenview Drive
-At .55 miles turn right on Echo Valley Drive
-At .91 miles turn left on Web Canyon Drive, the trail entrance gate is about 100 yards up. It’s paved for about another 200 yards past the gate, then turn right onto the Web Canyon Trail.
-At mile 1.37 turn right onto the well-marked New Almaden Trail.
-At mile 2.10 stay right to continue on the New Almaden Trail.
-At mile 3.05 intersection starts the wider fire trail: Turn hard left, a U-turn, onto the Mine Hill trail. All the trail intersections have good signage.
-At mile 4 intersection, stay right on the Mine Hill Trail.
-At mile 4.3 continue left up the Mine Hill Trail.
-At mile 4.48 turn left in the Randol Trail.
-At mile 6 is the top, turn left on the Prospect #3 Trail.
It’s ‘mostly’ downhill from here.
-At mile 6.2 turn left onto the New Almaden Trail.
-Stay on the trail, don’t turn unless you see a sign. There are lots of little ‘animal trails’ that branch off.
-At mile 7.47 intersection continue straight, you’re now back on the Web Canyon trail.
-At mile 8 you’re back at the gate.
It’s about a mile cool-down back to the car.
Have a Fit Day, y’all!
Aloha!
-Dave
