Backbone Trail - Hondo Canyon Trail
A long, mostly runnable climb above Topanga in California. The hardest 500 metres average 12.8% and start 2.6 km in, in the middle of the climb, so pace the first part. Northeast-facing: morning sun, then shade for the rest of the day. Most runners need 43 to 71 minutes. At 2.6 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. Mostly on trail.
- TEP
- 2.6
- Climb
- +478 m
- Distance
- 5.8 km
- Average grade
- 8.2%
- Time
- 43 to 71 min
Climbs nearby
- Saddle Peak Trail, 1.8 km at 12.0%, Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains (4.8 km away)
- Wire Break, 1.0 km at 25.2% (5 km away)
- Temescal Canyon Trail, 2.0 km at 13.1% (8.2 km away)
- Josepho Spur Trail, 937 m at 20.6%, Los Angeles (8.8 km away)
- Mesa Peak Motorway, 3.8 km at 10.4%, Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains (8.8 km away)
- Coastal Slope Trail, 4.5 km at 9.8%, Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains (12.1 km away)
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