Little Tujunga Canyon
Overview
A little out of Pasadena, very nice ride through the mountains to the 14 freeway.
It starts in Sunland (if you drive there, go north on the 210 and exit Osborne.
If you want to ride there, I would suggest you follow the same road as for the Mt Wilson ride until you get to Foothill boulevard where you go left (North-West) for about 13 miles. Turn right on Osborne. Osborne turns into Little Tujunga Canyon which becomes Sand Canyon when you descend towards the 14. There's an In-n-Out there if you need to refuel. (I find an order or fries does wonders before climbing back!)
There are two passes to climb and since it's an out-and-back route, there are two passes to get back. They are quite steep but not too long and the downhills are rewarding and quite easy.
Distance: 17 miles each way.
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: littlet.kmz
Last updated May 20, 2006.
