This hilly route climbs up around the beautiful Santa Cruz Mtns on Page Mill to Skyline Blvd. It drops down along CA-84 to La Honda for a climb on West Alpine back up to Skyline.
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Santa Cruz Mtns: Page Mill-Skyline-La Honda-West Alpine 38 Miles
This hilly route climbs up around the beautiful Santa Cruz Mtns on Page Mill to Skyline Blvd. It drops down along CA-84 to La Honda for a climb on West Alpine back up to Skyline.
This hilly route climbs up around the beautiful Santa Cruz Mtns on Page Mill to Skyline Blvd. It drops down along CA-84 to La Honda for a climb on West Alpine back up to Skyline.
38 Miles with ~4728 of elevation gain Start Location > Enid W Pearson Arastradero Preserve at 1530 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto. Free parking-water & restrooms are available Mile Turn Direction Next Turn 0.0 L Arastradero Rd 0.6 0.6 R Page Mill Rd > CLIMBS with two 8.3 descents in between 8.9 R CA-35/Skyline Blvd > rolling terrain 1.2 10.1 R STOP-VISTA POINT ENJOY THE VIEWS! Continue on CA-35/Skyline Blvd 4.6 > rolling terrain 14.7 L Old La Honda Rd-WATCH TRAFFIC! 2.5 > descend-CAUTION-twisty narrow road with many blind turns 17.2 L CA-84 W/La Honda Rd 3.4 BLIND CURVE-WATCH TRAFFIC! 20.6 R STOP-LA HONDA MARKET Food & water NO RESTROOMS Continue on CA-84/La Honda Rd 0.6 21.2 L Pescadero Rd-WATCH TRAFFIC! 1.1 22.3 S Alpine Rd > CLIMB 3.6 25.9 L Stay on Alpine Rd > CLIMB 3.0 28.9 S Alpine Rd > descend 0.8 29.7 L STOP-RUSSIAN RIDGE Pit toilet-NO WATER Continue on Alpine Rd 0.1 29.8 X Skyline Blvd 29.8 S Page Mill Rd > descend 8.3 > rolling terrain > CAUTION > descend narrow steep twisty road 38.1 L Arastradero Rd 0.6 38.7 R Enid W Pearson Arastradero Preserve FINISH!