Angeles Crest Highway

Cat. 2: Mile 1 and 28

Cat. 3: Mile 12, 18, 41, 52, 61, and 70

Cat. 4: Mile 22, 36, 85, and 103

Angeles Crest Highway (Highway 2) is a scenic mountain-rural ride through the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest. This super century offers plenty of climbing, but always on moderate grades (around five percent).

The ride starts in La Cañada Flintridge, the beginning of the Angeles Crest Highway. The route follows Highway 2 for about 60 miles to Wrightwood, the turnaround point. On the way it passes Red Box (the turnoff to Mount Wilson), Newcomb's Ranch, Cloud Burst Summit, two tiny ski resorts (Mount Waterman and Kratka Ridge), two tunnels, Islip Saddle, Dawson Saddle (the highest point at 7,901 feet), Vincent Gulch Divide, Blue Ridge (Inspiration Point), and Big Pines. The way out requires over 9,000 feet of climbing, the way back over 4,000 feet.