Chantry Flats with a road bike
Overview
This is one of the most popular and most accessible rides from campus. 30 miles round trip for ~2 hours on the bike.
Go east on Del Mar until you get to Sierra Madre Ave. Go left and continue all the way to Santa Anita Ave where you take a left and begin climbing. This road is several miles long (~4 miles) at a moderate grade. When you get to the top, you will be at Chantry Flats Ranger Station. There's a little road to the left on which you can climb a tiny bit more to the helipad, but you'll eventually end up on unpaved paths.
Some riders take Colorado East all the way to Santa Anita ave... that's another option.
Distance: 10 miles each way.
GPS info
The following data was acquired with a Garmin GPS with the West Topo map. Screenshots from Garmin Mapsource software for the map and elevation graph and GoogleEarth for the 3D view.
Download the Google Earth file: caltech-chantry.kmz
Zoom on the actual climb: (on Santa Anita ave from Grandview to the top)
Last updated May 14, 2006.
