Monday, February 23, 2009

Mt. Lowe MTB Ride

After a lengthy hiatus, I have some worthy material to share.

Rode the San Gabriels on Saturday with Brett and Miles before checking out the Tour of California finishing up at the Rose Bowl. The route went up Brown Mtn, up the Millard single-track, then up Mt. Lowe road. Going down, we hit the middle Sam Merrill Trail, then the Sunset Peak Trail.

Here's a MotionBased Map:

Map of Brown Mtn; Millard Trail; Mt Lowe Rd; Middle Merrill Trail; Sunset Peak Trail; Chaney Trail Rd

Here's an elevation graphic:



Here are pics from the ride. Heading up the Brown Mtn fire-road.



Hitting snow at about 3,750 feet. From this point on, there was a lot of walking.





At the drop-in of the middle Sam Merrill trail.





Looking out over Echo Mtn and the Mt. Lowe road.