Los Angeles Running Route: Westridge Trail

If you’d like a super humbling trail running experience complete with a gorgeous backdrop of most of Los Angeles County, then you *have* to try this trail…

Westridge Trail is located in Pacific Palisades and is part of the Santa Monica Mountains. There are two paths that you can take from the trailhead: the fireroad (a wide and gradual uphill) and the not so beaten path (super steep and hilly). The trail starts at about 1,300 ft elevation and peaks at about 2,003 ft. You can take either path to San Vicente Mountain Park + an old and historic Nike Missile Station for an out and back route of 7.8 miles. Here’s the elevation map:

Interested in a sneak peak of the views? Awesome… I brought my flip with me on my last run just for that very reason:

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This entry was posted by JT on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 AM. It is filed under Running in L.A. and has these tags: , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Los Angeles Running Route: Westridge Trail”

  1. [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by JT, ConejoJoe. ConejoJoe said: Very nice! Vid w/be better w/o music IMO RT @anotorias Los Angeles Running Route: Westridge Trail http://bit.ly/87SHlo [...]

  2. Awesome! How do you get to the trailhead? Need directions, please!

  3. Hey Michael – sorry I posted a link to the trail head (forgot to include it).

  4. Looks like you’re never too far from some great trail running in the LA area. Great video too :-)

  5. [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by JT. JT said: @jeerar wanna go? http://bit.ly/9gQq8d [...]

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