Park	Santa Cruz Mtns Loop	Grade	Miles	Total	To Go
				0.0	0.0	36.0
1	Castle Rock SP	Head north on Skyline Trail to Saratoga Gap Vista Point (parking lot)	↔	3.1	3.1	32.9
2	Saratoga Gap OSP	Cross Hwy 9, continue north on Saratoga Gap Trail (aka Ridge Trail)	↔	1.7	4.8	31.2
3	Long Ridge OSP	At the intersection with Charcoal Road, go straight across	↔	0.3	5.1	30.9
4	Long Ridge OSP	Cross Skyline Blvd, enter gate LR01, take Hickory Oaks Trail	↓	1.6	6.7	29.3
5	Portola Redwoods SP	Go through gate LR08, take Ward Road	↓	0.9	7.6	28.4
6	Portola Redwoods SP	Bear right onto Slate Creek Trail	↓	0.8	8.4	27.6
7	Portola Redwoods SP	Bear right again onto Slate Creek Trail towards the trail camp	↓	0.8	9.2	26.8
8	Portola Redwoods SP	Cross Slate Creek, and head up towards the trail camp	↑	0.9	10.1	25.9
9	Portola Redwoods SP	From the trail camp, go left towards Summit Trail	↔	1.2	11.3	24.7
10	Portola Redwoods SP	From the summit, go left on Summit Trail towards Park HQ	↔	0.9	12.2	23.8
11	Portola Redwoods SP	About 1/2 mile before Park HQ,  go left on the service road	↔	0.2	12.4	23.6
12	Portola Redwoods SP	Take the service road past Iverson's Cabin up to Old Haul Road	↔	0.2	12.6	23.4
13	Pescadero Creek CP	Cross the Old Haul Road and take the Portola Trail	↑	1.4	14.0	22.0
14	Pescadero Creek CP	Continue up the hill on the Butano Ridge Trail	↑	1.7	15.7	20.3
15	Pescadero Creek CP	Take a left towards Big Basin, and enjoy the scenic overlook	↔	0.6	16.3	19.7
16	Pescadero Creek CP	Continue on past the overlook	↔	0.2	16.5	19.5
17	Private land (hiking OK)	Go left on the Basin Trail Easement	↔	0.5	17.0	19.0
18	Private land (hiking OK)	Cross the road and pick up the easement trail on the other side	↑	1.0	18.0	18.0
19	Big Basin SP	Cross China Grade Road into Big Basin SP	↓	0.1	18.1	17.9
20	Big Basin SP	Go left on Basin Trail	↔	3.1	21.2	14.8
21	Big Basin SP	Left on Skyline-to-the-Sea back to China Grade Road	↔	0.1	21.3	14.7
22	Big Basin SP	Cross the road, take Skyline-to-the-Sea down to Hwy 236	↓	0.5	21.8	14.2
23	Big Basin SP	Cross Hwy 236, and continue on Skyline-to-the-Sea	↔	0.9	22.7	13.3
24	Big Basin SP	Continue up Skyline-to-the-Sea towards Waterman Gap (Hwy 9 & 236)	↑	3.9	26.6	9.4
25	Castle Rock SP	Continue up Skyline-to-the-Sea past Waterman Gap Trail Camp	↑	2.6	29.2	6.8
26	Castle Rock SP	Right on Beekhius Road	↓	0.4	29.6	6.4
27	Castle Rock SP	Left on Saratoga Toll Road	↔	1.0	30.6	5.4
28	Castle Rock SP	Right on Travertine Springs Trail towards Castle Rock Trail Camp	↔	2.1	32.7	3.3
29	Castle Rock SP	Continue on the fire road to Castle Rock Trail Camp	↑	0.7	33.4	2.6
30	Castle Rock SP	Back to trailhead via Saratoga Gap Trail	↑	2.6	36.0	0.0
	Disclaimer:  All mileages are approximate; all grades are "best guess" -- total elevation is ~6000 feet