The Garcia Trail is in the Glendora and begins at Sierra Madre and continues up to Azusa Peak.
Trail Stats
Mileage: 2.4
Trailhead: 840'
Ridge road: 1880'
El. gain: 1040'
Gain per mi: 866'
Above you will see some stats on this trail. As you can see its a 866 foot per mile elevation gain. It sure felt like it too. It was very steep. Our legs were burning almost immediately.
To put things in perspective, Mt. Whitney is approximately 788 feet per mile. So the trail we did today was a little steeper, but Whitney is 11 miles up, and the thinning air makes life difficult towards the top.
We finished this hike in about 1 hour round trip. Not to bad. It was dark by the time we were walking back to the car.
We think this might become out local training trail for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we will be able to run up the trail.
As for right now, I have to stretch these legs and hope they aren't to sore for tomorrow.
To put things in perspective, Mt. Whitney is approximately 788 feet per mile. So the trail we did today was a little steeper, but Whitney is 11 miles up, and the thinning air makes life difficult towards the top.
We finished this hike in about 1 hour round trip. Not to bad. It was dark by the time we were walking back to the car.
We think this might become out local training trail for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we will be able to run up the trail.
As for right now, I have to stretch these legs and hope they aren't to sore for tomorrow.
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