Dragonhawk
Sat 6/3/06, 8:40PM
Is it possible to do a 125 mile ride without leaving the Santa Monica Mountains and almost never repeating a road?
I found a way ...
After the long ride up north to Ojai, it got me thinking about making a long route on the traditional Mulholland rides we've done. So, I plotted the "Ultimate Mulholland Route" which goes over almost every inch of Mulholland (and almost ever other great road in the Santa Monica Mountains).
Here is a map. Click on it to see a bigger version. It's a heck of an amazing ride...
http://www.socalsvriders.org/albums/albur35/AllOfSantaMonica.thumb.gif (http://www.socalsvriders.org/albums/albur35/AllOfSantaMonica.gif)
This route would start at 9:00am at the old starting-point from our original "M" rides in Studio City, here:
Starbucks
10965 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA
(818) 762-9121
(http://snipurl.com/rb8k)
The ride would end here:
Neptune's Net Seafood
42505 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA
(310) 457-3095
(http://snipurl.com/rb8i)
From looking over the busy streets of Hollywood, out to the far reaches of the coast, along the infamous Mulholland Drive, Sunset Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway ... This is the ultimate "we're definitely in Los Angeles" ride. From main streets to the most deserted mountain routes ... all on the same ride. I mapped it out and it literally would be 125 miles from start to finish. No exaggeration.
(And no need to worry about finding gas stations!)
Anybody game for the idea of this one? ...
This is the full route: Ventura Boulevard south to Mulholland Drive (You can get gas at the 76 Station at the corner of Vineland and Ventura.)
Right on Mulholland Drive to Skirball Center Drive
Left on Skirball Center Drive to Sepulveda Boulevard
Left on Sepulveda Boulevard to North Church Lane
Right on North Church Lane to Sunset Boulevard
Right on Sunset Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway (You can get gas here at the Chevron on the corner if you forgot to gas-up at the start of the ride.)
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Topanga Canyon Boulevard
Right on Topanga Canyon Boulevard to Old Topanga Canyon
Left on Old Topanga Canyon to Mulholland Highway
Left on Mulholland Highway to Stunt Road
Left on Stunt Road to Saddle Peak Road
Left on Saddle Peak Road to Tuna Canyon Road
Right on Tuna Canyon Road to Pacific Coast Highway
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Las Flores Canyon
Right on Las Flores Canyon to Rambla Pacifico Street (Piuma)
Right on Rambla Pacifico Street (Piuma) to Cold Canyon Road
Right on Cold Canyon Road to Mulholland Highway
Left on Mulholland Highway to Kanan Dume
Left on Kanan Dume to Latigo Canyon
Left on Latigo Canyon to Pacific Coast Highway
DO A 180 DEGREE U-TURN AT PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND TAKE LATIGO CANYON BACK THE WAY YOU CAME (If you need more gas at this point, you can make a left on Pacific Coast Highway and go down a mile or two to the 76 Station on your lefthand side.)
Latigo Canyon to Kanan Dume
Right on Kanan Dume to Mulholland Highway
Left on Mulholland Highway to Decker Canyon Road
Right on Decker Canyon Road to East Potrero Road
DO A 180 DEGREE U-TURN AT EAST POTRERO ROAD AND TAKE DECKER CANYON BACK THE WAY YOU CAME
Decker Canyon to Pacific Coast Highway
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Mulholland Highway
Right on Mulholland Highway to Little Sycamore Canyon Road (Yerba Buena)
Left on Little Sycamore Canyon Road (Yerba Buena) to Pacific Coast Highway
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Neptune's Net
(I keep routes that like in my head, and then I wonder why people get lost...) :D
If you want to print all of that, I suggest you go here:
Click here for a map and directions (http://www.californiabikenights.com/pdf/24June2006.pdf) you can download as a .PDF of the route...
I found a way ...
After the long ride up north to Ojai, it got me thinking about making a long route on the traditional Mulholland rides we've done. So, I plotted the "Ultimate Mulholland Route" which goes over almost every inch of Mulholland (and almost ever other great road in the Santa Monica Mountains).
Here is a map. Click on it to see a bigger version. It's a heck of an amazing ride...
http://www.socalsvriders.org/albums/albur35/AllOfSantaMonica.thumb.gif (http://www.socalsvriders.org/albums/albur35/AllOfSantaMonica.gif)
This route would start at 9:00am at the old starting-point from our original "M" rides in Studio City, here:
Starbucks
10965 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA
(818) 762-9121
(http://snipurl.com/rb8k)
The ride would end here:
Neptune's Net Seafood
42505 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA
(310) 457-3095
(http://snipurl.com/rb8i)
From looking over the busy streets of Hollywood, out to the far reaches of the coast, along the infamous Mulholland Drive, Sunset Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway ... This is the ultimate "we're definitely in Los Angeles" ride. From main streets to the most deserted mountain routes ... all on the same ride. I mapped it out and it literally would be 125 miles from start to finish. No exaggeration.
(And no need to worry about finding gas stations!)
Anybody game for the idea of this one? ...
This is the full route: Ventura Boulevard south to Mulholland Drive (You can get gas at the 76 Station at the corner of Vineland and Ventura.)
Right on Mulholland Drive to Skirball Center Drive
Left on Skirball Center Drive to Sepulveda Boulevard
Left on Sepulveda Boulevard to North Church Lane
Right on North Church Lane to Sunset Boulevard
Right on Sunset Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway (You can get gas here at the Chevron on the corner if you forgot to gas-up at the start of the ride.)
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Topanga Canyon Boulevard
Right on Topanga Canyon Boulevard to Old Topanga Canyon
Left on Old Topanga Canyon to Mulholland Highway
Left on Mulholland Highway to Stunt Road
Left on Stunt Road to Saddle Peak Road
Left on Saddle Peak Road to Tuna Canyon Road
Right on Tuna Canyon Road to Pacific Coast Highway
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Las Flores Canyon
Right on Las Flores Canyon to Rambla Pacifico Street (Piuma)
Right on Rambla Pacifico Street (Piuma) to Cold Canyon Road
Right on Cold Canyon Road to Mulholland Highway
Left on Mulholland Highway to Kanan Dume
Left on Kanan Dume to Latigo Canyon
Left on Latigo Canyon to Pacific Coast Highway
DO A 180 DEGREE U-TURN AT PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND TAKE LATIGO CANYON BACK THE WAY YOU CAME (If you need more gas at this point, you can make a left on Pacific Coast Highway and go down a mile or two to the 76 Station on your lefthand side.)
Latigo Canyon to Kanan Dume
Right on Kanan Dume to Mulholland Highway
Left on Mulholland Highway to Decker Canyon Road
Right on Decker Canyon Road to East Potrero Road
DO A 180 DEGREE U-TURN AT EAST POTRERO ROAD AND TAKE DECKER CANYON BACK THE WAY YOU CAME
Decker Canyon to Pacific Coast Highway
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Mulholland Highway
Right on Mulholland Highway to Little Sycamore Canyon Road (Yerba Buena)
Left on Little Sycamore Canyon Road (Yerba Buena) to Pacific Coast Highway
Right on Pacific Coast Highway to Neptune's Net
(I keep routes that like in my head, and then I wonder why people get lost...) :D
If you want to print all of that, I suggest you go here:
Click here for a map and directions (http://www.californiabikenights.com/pdf/24June2006.pdf) you can download as a .PDF of the route...