Bay Area Ridge Trail
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What to expect
The Bay Area Ridge Trail is a 862.0 km
looped trail that starts and ends in San Francisco,
San Francisco County, California.
Based on our data, the trail is graded as Medium.
For information on how we grade trails, please read measuring the difficulty of a hiking trail on hiiker.
Also, check our latest community posts for trail updates.
This trail can be completed in approx 49 days. Caution is advised on trail
times as this depends on multiple variables. For more info read about how we calculate hike time.
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Trail stats
Trail length
862.0 km
Time
~ 49 days
Total Elevation Gain
16428 m
Total Elevation Loss
16421 m
Avg Elevation per KM
19 m
Max Elevation
952 m
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