Glendora Mountain Road
Overview
Very popular road to ride on. It is usually closed to traffic which is extra nice. Hwy 39 on the way back often has quite a lot of traffic so some riders go down Glendora Mountain Road instead.
Getting there might seem like advanced navigation but it really isn't so bad...
This road starts out in the town of (surprise) Glendora. To get there, go east on Colorado until Madre St. Make a left, and then a right onto Foothill Blvd. In the town of Monrovia, make a right on Shamrock and then a left onto Huntington Blvd. This will eventually turn into Foothill Blvd again. When you get to the town of Azusa, make a left on Azusa Ave, and then a right onto Sierra Madre. Glendora Mtn Road will be on the left in a few miles. The two roads will eventually cross and you'll want to take a left.
It starts out with an 8-10 mile climb into the San Gabriels at a fairly easy grade. If you're feeling ambitious, near the top of this climb there will be a road veering off to the right. It will take you to Mt. Baldy. If you don't feel like climbing for 20 miles, stay to the left. The road is very remote and scenic. After descending for awhile, you'll start to go west again (you'll be on East Fork Rd.). Eventually you'll come to a T-intersection. Make a left. This is Hwy 39, and it'll eventually take you to Azusa Ave., back in the town of Azusa.
Distance: 33-mile loop.
GPS info
The following data was acquired with a Garmin GPS with the West Topo map. Screenshots from Garmin Mapsource software for the map and elevation graph and GoogleEarth for the 3D view.
Download the Google Earth file: gmr.kmz
Last updated May 14, 2006.
