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EPIC TRAINING SYSTEMS
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Epic Rides
Mt. Baldy 51 miles 6500 ft of gain From San Dimas Avenue you can get 7 mile warm-up before heading up Mt Baldy Rd. THIS IS A MUST DO CLIMB. It starts off fairly easy and lulls you until it pitches up. There are sections that avg 9% and more for miles at a time. The last couple of miles are well over 10-15% with really tight switchbacks. You have to swing wide because if you take the inside line you will suffer. It is a very fast descent with switchbacks at the top and then wide no brake turns. As you come down Baldy make a right turn onto Glendora Mountain Ridge Road. This puts you on a ridge road with fantastic views and solitude. As you look down into the valley you can see the blacktop ribbon that is the road you ascended. It is rides like this that make climbing worth it and reassures you that "yeah I love to ride my bike, where else would I rather be?" Mt Baldy Elevation Chart Tour de Baldy Mt Baldy and Alp d'Huez Comparison Encanto Park, GMR and then Mt Baldy to the ski lifts 49 miles one way The Mount Baldy climb is one of the most difficult in the LA Area with 4600 feet of climbing in 13 miles. The last five miles are extremely steep with an average of over 8% and some 15% sections. Start: Mills Road and Mt. Baldy Rd. in Claremont. This climb can be described in two sections - like Palomar Mountain. The first section is eight miles to the intersection with Glendora Mountain Road with a 6% average. The harder part starts here with 4.6 miles of climbing at an average of 8.6%. The road surface on the top part is very poor with very tight switchbacks. Total Climb 12.63 mi. 4615' ascent 7% Part 1 8.0 mi. 2505' ascent 6% Part 2 4.63 mi. 2110' ascent 8.6% Alpe d'Huez Comparison: If you start at mile 3.83 (near the intersection with Mountain Ave at the top of the reservoir), the climb is 8.8 miles with an average grade of 7.6%. Alpe d'huez is 8.8 miles with a 7.9% average. This is about the closest thing in Southern California that you can compare in length and steepness to Alpe d'Huez. However, if you start at mile 5 near the first tunnel, the climb is 7.6 miles with an 8.2% average. The last few miles of this climb are more dificult than most of Alpe d'huez. Source SoCalvelo Website WEATHER AT THE BASE OF THE CLIMB AT GLENDORA, CA WEATHER AT THE SUMMIT OF THE CIIMB ON MOUNT BALDY MORE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON MOUNT BALDY |
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