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Lone Pine Canyon - Blue Ridge Summit Bike Climb - PJAMM Cycling

7.3
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15.8 mi
DISTANCE
4,443 ft
GAINED
4.9 %
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This climb begins on the eastern side of the San Gabriel Mountains (Angeles National Forest) and travels 10 miles to the very quaint alpine town of Wrightwood (which can be used as base camp for some epic Southern California climbs – more on that below).

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Difficulty: Challenging
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San Gabriel Mountains
United States (CA)
38 ROUTES
43 POIs
ROUTE STATS (TOTAL)
677.5
mi
DISTANCE
80,483
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Jul 18, 2021
difficulty: Challenging
scenery: 4
traffic: 5
road: 4
Jul 18, 2021
scenery: 4
traffic: 5
road: 4
Great climb. The first 7 miles are perfect roads (especially fun on the way back down). Pavement a touch rough between wrightwood and mountain high but not terrible. First 7 miles are the toughest IMO. Long steady climb and the higher percentages...plus you can see the climb in front of you forever! View on top of blue ridge summit is worth it all! Stunning
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This climb begins on the eastern side of the San Gabriel Mountains (Angeles National Forest)  and travels 10 miles to the very quaint alpine town of Wrightwood (which can be used as base camp for some epic Southern California climbs – more on that below).  

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We ride through Lone Pine Canyon for miles 2-7 then another 3 miles to Wrightwood - along this portion of the route we have some great views of  rock formations  and at around mile 1.5 to the southwest down Swarthout Canyon towards San Bernardino.   We reach alpine level at mile 7 and turn left onto Hwy 2 (Angeles Crest Hwy) at mile 10 and begin our trek past Wrightwood and Mountain High Ski/Board Resort to our junction with Table Mountain (Table Mountain Climb) and Hwy 2 (left to head up to Blue Ridge Summit) at mile 14.   This junction is the connector to  several other Top U.S. and Southern California climbs (Dawson Saddle, N4-Table Mountain, Mt. Wilson)

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After passing through Wrightwood we continue on Hwy 2 for 3 miles, past the lower Mountain High Ski/Board Resort area and soon come upon the junction of Hwy 2/Big Pines Hwy (Route N4) and Table Mountain Road.  

The  Blue Ridge Summit climb shares all but its last 2 miles with Lone Pine Canyon / Table Mountain Climb and is the more scenic of the 2 final segments to the Lone Pine Canyon climb.  At the Hwy 2/N4/Table Mountain junction, go far left and travel the next 2 very scenic miles to the Blue Ridge Summit sign at the location where the Pacific Coast Trail passes through.  As is seen from the slide show below, there are some fairly epic views along this short stretch and the quarter mile past Blue Ridge Summit.  Last portion is 1.9 miles / 515’ / 5.2%

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                                                                                             Climb ends at PCT


Roadway surface and traffic:  The roadway is in good condition throughout the ride, particularly the 6 miles after turning onto Hwy 2 (Angeles Crest Hwy).  Traffic is moderate as this is an alternate to the much more travelled Hwy 2 eastern approach to Wrightwood from Hwy 138.

Steepest ¼ mile begins at mile 7 (10.8%)