Page Mill Ranch

The Coyote Hill ride is about 1.7 miles and takes about 40 minutes at a walk.

Google Map (mouse over the red waypoints to see pictures)

The route described here goes through the gate, up on the little hill on the left next to Pagemill Road. At the end of the hill (there is a shrub) turn right and go down and cross the creek (Purissima Creek) next to Coyote Hill road. After that follow the trail to the top of Coyote Hill. There are several ways down, we picked the small trail on the ridge heading North, then circled around and took one of the many little trails on the west face of Coyote Hill back down. Instead of crossing Purissima Creek again we headed South and exited the Gelding Pasture through the wooden gate onto Deer Creek Road.

One of the most basic rides on the ranch: The Mare Pasture Ride. Up through the catchpen to the top of the hill, ok there are three peaks and back down through the valley.

Profile of the Mare Pasture Ride (300 feet up and down)

View towards Portola Valley

Summary: about 2h, 7.5 miles, a lot of up then down, some nice running spots, see Google Map below for details

Altitude Profile (600ft up and down)

2h ride from Pagemill pastures up on Elena and Natoma Rd to the Altamont Rd (West Wind). Down on Taaffe to Elena and Purissima, taking a right at Conception Rd to West Fremont and back to Arastradero and the Ranch.

Check this out, not everyday is somebody from the Page Mill Ranch in Times Magazine

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Photo of 4 bucks that I took early last Sunday morning while riding in the Geldings pasture.  Aren't they beautiful!

Susan Wood

 My 13-year-old daughter would like to find a horse to help care for, or a half lease. She has had several lessons, and loves it very much. (What's new, right?). 

She wants to be a vet when she grows up, and wants to spend lots of time with a horse, feeding, grooming, etc. I will get her a horse of her own someday, but I prefer not to do that quite yet, until she's had more experience and is sure she will stick with this.

Marianne is adult size (5'8" and ~130lbs) so she would not need a small horse or pony.  We live only a few miles away, so she can get there frequently.

Thank you, amya54

My daughter, Ivana, and I (Sharon Doubek) were introduced to Cody in April 2004 by Denise O.  My daughter was having some difficulty at school at the time and needed a way to channel her engery in a positive way. She had been taking riding lessons at Fremont Hills for several years but wanted a horse she could call her own. Denise knew Cody was a rescue horse who needed TLC and thought he would be a good match for Ivana. We leased Cody for a few months then purchased him in January 2005. He and Ivana spent many hours teaching each other to trust and to not be afraid to try new things. Ivana trained Cody to go over jumps and to behave properly on trail rides with other horses. It was a labor of love for both of them.

Sue Winslow is leasing two horses at PageMill Pastures.  I like Western trail riding and have been having a great time with the wonderful people at PageMill.  I love riding in the Ranch pastures, riding the trails adjacent to the Ranch and trailering the horses to local parks and the beach.

I have owned "The Blonde One", Mineral's Flaxen Athena, or "Blondie" as she is known to most people at the ranch now for several years.  I'd never owned a gaited morgan before I got her, and it has been one of the most interesting odysseys I have ever embarked on in all my years of owning horses.  I'd never owned a gaited horse, let alone knew how to ask them for gait or if I even wanted a gaited horse.  She sort of "fell into my lap" and I've never looked back although in the early days I often wondered what the heck I was doing (especially when training her to turn her gait "on/off" on command).  She is an absolute joy to own, and the most athletic, opinionated, intelligent, and versatile horse I've ever ridden but sometimes