7 miles
Distance
1,558 ft
Climb
-5,070 ft
Descent
1 miles
High Point

This route starts at the Mt Wilson observatory and goes via the Winter Creek trail down to Sierra Madre.

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  • Riding area
    Altadena
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond
  • Route Type
    Shuttled
  • Bike type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
More Stats for Winter Creek mountain bike route
  • Altitude change
    -3,512 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,150 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,662 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,150 ft
  • Grade
    -9.901%
  • Grade max
    -67.771%
  • Grade min
    82.353%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    5 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,369 ft
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      Nov 25, 2018
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      Recent Trail Reports Along Route

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      Lower Winter Creek
      Jun 26, 2020 @ 3:19pm
      Jun 26, 2020
      		Dry. There's some minor washed out spots. Fun still.
      Mt Wilson Trail (Skyline)
      Jun 26, 2020 @ 3:17pm
      Jun 26, 2020
      		Dry and overgrown. Otherwise same stuff.
      Upper Upper Winter Creek
      Jun 26, 2020 @ 3:14pm
      Jun 26, 2020
      		Drier than usual. Couple sections are pretty washed out. There's 4+ trees down. And there's overgrowth. Probably better options down the mountain for now.
      Mt. Wilson Road
      Jan 18, 2020 @ 8:43am
      Jan 18, 2020
      		in the first 5 miles going from the observatory you will find at least 15 down trees. you just have to go over or under. other than that is a fun trail.the last 3 miles is very clean.
      Mt Wilson Trail (The Bench Trail)
      Nov 24, 2019 @ 6:52am
      Nov 24, 2019
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