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Pacifico Mountain has always been special to celebrate our anniversary, but our return to celebrate year six will mix it up with more for everyone.
We’re tightening up our route shorter than our regular with two options with the longer offering some new gravel.
The first fourteen miles will mirror our previous riding seven miles of pavement on Angeles Forest Highway before hitting dirt taking us to 7,100 ft up Pacifico Mountain.
While there are similarities, please read the notes as there are additional challenges with this location being more remote:
- The climbing is HARD with 5.8K feet of climbing over 31 miles for the long and 4k & 28mi for the short. These are not rides for beginners or those working their way back.
- You will need to buy a $5 Adventure Pass to park in the Angeles National Forest. They are available at the Shell station at the bottom of Hwy 2, the 7-11 at Little Tujunga or check here for other locations. The first rule is that this is an unsupported ride and everyone rolls at their own risk.
- Parking is available off the side of Angeles Forest Highway on the turnouts just north of the Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road. The ride will start promptly at 8:30am at the intersection.
- Cellphone reception is limited / non-existent over most of the region.
- There will be a number of regroups, but once everyone’s back, we roll!
- Make sure to bring your own tubes and a couple of water bottles. We’ll be stopping at two spots (mile 7 & 18) along the way for refills.
- Riding tires 40mm and above will do the trick for most, as the climbs are steep and there’s some soft patches on the dirt descents, as well as loose pavement on the road.
- This will not be race pace. At the same time, you have to be in the good to great shape range to do this ride even in the Party Pace group. If you’re just getting back into riding, I suggest you read Rule #1 again.
Once we peak, we will return back down Pacifico Mountain Rd and the short route will descend back down Angeles Forest Highway.
For the long, we will branch out south paralleling ANF on 4N18 that’s mainly playful downhill, but a couple of pitches to keep you honest.
The loop finishes off taking Upper Big Tujunga back to the start completing nearly 32 miles.
Afterwards, everyone is encouraged to bring their own foodstuffs and beverages to hang out for the post-ride.
We’re looking forward to a new take on our favorite LA adventure and hope you can make it out May 18th!