Originally Posted by
Koyote
Pittsburgh's
Dirty Dozen was a hard day of climbing: thirteen of the steepest hills in a city that is, by some measures, hillier than San Francisco.
Los Angeles has far steeper hills than San Francisco. I have biked up the hills in SF and will never even attempt them in LA.
For me the hardest climb is the final stretch to the Mt Baldy ski lifts
https://pjammcycling.com/climb/88.Mt-Baldy-Bike
Other notable climbs are Tuna Canyon, Corral Canyon and Decker. All are double digit inclines for miles.