Mt. Lowe Trail Run Course review and map

10/9/2011 - Review and course map Mt. Lowe - Angeles Forest, CA

This trail run took place in Angeles Forest starting at the north edge of Altadina to run up to Mount Lowe. Strenuous 6-7 miles climb of about 4,000ft rewarded me with spectacular views of Los Angeles, the valley and the pacific ocean.

Course map and details are below.

Views from Inspiration Point

Trail from Inspiration Point to Mt. Lowe

Top of Mt. Lowe

Views from Mt. Lowe

Views from Mt. Lowe

Distance: 12.9 miles

Course: Start the run at the corner of Lake Ave and East Loma Alta Dr. run through the gate east on a single track trail knoen as Sam Merrill trail. The run is a climb of about 5 miles to Inspiration Point. Continue to run on Mt. Lowe East trail, for additional 2 miles of climb all the way to the top of Mt. Lowe. Run back down on the same trail and head down on the western Sam Merrill trail all the way down to the start

Crowd: Recreational hikers

The easy part: I started around 7am and most of the trail was shaded at that time of the day. This was nice.

The challenging part:It is a long run uphill with total elevation gain of more than 4,000 ft. Not for the faint of heart

Price: N/A

Pacers: No

Timing:N/A

Qualifying: None

Official website: N/A

My 2 cents: Go steady and strong, may be helpful to train running uphill 1-2 weeks before running up to Mt. Lowe

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