PV Walks

Walk, Connect, Explore: A group of Portola Valley residents created this group to help new and established residents connect while enjoying our beautiful trails and natural surroundings. Recent and prospective residents welcome! These walks have become an inclusive outdoor forum for residents to learn from each other while getting some exercise and enjoying nature.

We walk the first Wednesday of each month at 10am. We also offer walks for intermediate/faster walkers the third Thursday afternoon of each month! Please RSVP here if you would like to join our next walk. If you would like to try some of our past walks on your own, feel free to peruse our directory of past walks. To see who has joined in the past or who has RSVP'd for the same walk as you have, please check our member directory. See a video of one of our walks here.

Third Thursday Walk: July 17, 5:30 pm

Please RSVP via: http://pp.events/bZGmvRLg

We will walk the Meadowlark and Woodland Star Trails in Arastradero Preserve. Total length will be 3.4 miles and elevation gain 530 ft. This walk is more for intermediate and faster walkers.
We will meet near the end of Creek Park Drive towards Alpine Hills Tennis & Swim Club. You can park along Creek Park Drive, but please spread out and don't block any driveways.
The trail starts in the shade flat along Los Trancos Creek and behind Alpine Inn. After some elevation gain (also in the shade), we will be rewarded with several sweeping views. Then we will experience some more trails in the shade and finish the walk at Alpine Inn between 7:15 and 7:30pm. Usually at least half the group grabs dinner at Alpine Inn afterwards.
To keep the group together and accommodate different walking speeds, the faster walkers wait at the three points marked on the map to the left in yellow along the trail, so the slower walkers can catch up.
Participation is at your own risk. Particpants confirm during RSVP that they accept all liability when signing up for the walk. We encourage members to organize walks with dogs, but this is not walk with dogs or other pets (except certified service animals).

First Wednesday Walk: August 6th, 10 am

Please RSVP via: pp.events/b2PbKaLX

Join us for a mostly shady 3 mile hike with about 750 feet elevation gain. There will be two significant hills and a mix of trails, gravel and pavement. We will go up Old Spanish Trail in Coal Mine Ridge Reserve (500 feet), and enter into PV Ranch and take a water and cookie break at a lovely bench in a redwood grove. Then, we return via Sweet Springs Trail back to the cars.
We will see a Heron and a Rooster.
If the weather is too hot, we will shorten the trip.
Excessive heat cancels.
Meet at the intersection of Willowbrook and Alpine roads at the Alpine Road Trailhead. 4860 Alpine Road.
Participation is at your own risk. Participants confirm during RSVP that they accept all liability when signing up for the walk.

Third Thursday Walk: August 21, 5:00 pm

Please RSVP via: https://pp.events/b2aAA4yb

We will walk the Meadowlark and Woodland Star Trails in Arastradero Preserve. Total length will be 3.4 miles and elevation gain 530 ft. This walk is more for intermediate and faster walkers.
We will meet near the end of Creek Park Drive towards Alpine Hills Tennis & Swim Club. You can park along Creek Park Drive, but please spread out and don't block any driveways.
The trail starts in the shade flat along Los Trancos Creek and behind Alpine Inn. After some elevation gain (also in the shade), we will be rewarded with several sweeping views. Then we will experience some more trails in the shade and finish the walk at Alpine Inn between 6:45 and 7:00pm. Usually at least half the group grabs dinner at Alpine Inn afterwards.
To keep the group together and accommodate different walking speeds, the faster walkers wait at the three points marked on the map to the left in yellow along the trail, so the slower walkers can catch up.
Participation is at your own risk. Particpants confirm during RSVP that they accept all liability when signing up for the walk. We encourage members to organize walks with dogs, but this is not walk with dogs or other pets (except certified service animals).

First Wednesday Walk: September 3, 10:00 am

Please RSVP via: https://pp.events/bzXr8Q6A

This 4.1 mile route is mostly shady, but has a few unshaded sections. The elevation gain is 800 feet, which is more than any other walk we have done. This walk is more for intermediate/advanced hikers since steep in places. Poles are highly recommended since some of the steeper sections also have a lot of leaves and can be slippery.
We will meet 880 Westridge. Parking is best on Goya or Pinion, but if you want to try parking on a construction site, you can see if there are any open spots at 880.
The RSVP link also shows up who has already signed up, and our member directory helps you put a face to most names.
To keep the group together and accommodate different walking speeds, the faster walkers wait at the three locations indicated by yellow circles.
Participation is at your own risk. Particpants confirm during RSVP that they accept all liability when signing up for the walk. We encourage members to organize walks with dogs, but this is not walk with dogs or other pets (except certified service animals).

Please join our Google Group: We send out cancellations due to weather and collect feedback through our Google Group. To join, please click on this link, then on the name of the Google Group "Recent/new/prospective PV Residents" and finally on the button "Ask to Join". If you are not signed into Google, you will need to first sign into your Google acount.

Alternatively, you can send an email from any email account to rnpwalks+subscribe@googlegroups.com. When you receive an automatic response, click on the button that says "Join This Group".

To help make it easier to put a name to a face before or after the walk, feel free to check out our member directory. Our members range in age from 2 to 94, so you will likely fit right in ;)