Backbone Trail Section 1: WRSHP to Trippet Ranch Trailhead
Trail Running Difficult
This is a popular trail running route which is generally considered to be difficult. It's not remote, it features medium exposure and is typically done all year round. From a low point of 148 m to the maximum altitude of 630 m, the route covers 17 km, 681 vertical metres of ascent and 467 vertical metres of descent.
It starts at Will Rogers State Historic Park on a wide fire road popular with mountain bike riders and ends at Trippet Ranch and meanders through pretty meadows and woodlands that lead to the spectacular Eagle Rock formation.
Difficult
The trail contains some obstacles such as outcroppings and rock which could cause injury.
Close to help in case of emergency.
112 m away
A complete traverse of the Santa Monica Mountains outside of Los Angeles along the Backbone Trail with terminuses at Will Rogers State Park and Ray Miller Trailhead
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