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Old 01-03-09, 01:40 PM
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jan nikolajsen 
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Not today but New Years Day. Glendora Mountain Road to Baldy Village and back the same way,
including weaving through suburbia to and fro. 55 miles round trip, 5000' of gain and loss.
Up to 8% grade but mostly sustained at a moderate 5%.

Some locals call this one of finest road rides in Southern California, and one most concur that
it is excellent indeed. If you like climbing, that is. The route traverses ranges and ridges high above
the San Gabriel burbs, and more than half of the ride is on a smoothly paved yet seasonally
closed road. No traffic in SoCal!



In and out of gullies and defiles the road traverses, open, empty and up, up, up.


The balloon, from a New Years party, held up for the entire ride, even the 40mph descent!


On the way back. The turnaround point, Baldy Village, is below the snowy peaks in the background.
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