Backbone Trail
A power-hike climb above Old Malibu in California. The gradient is steady, with no stretch much steeper than the 13.1% average. Southeast-facing, so it warms up early in the day. Most runners need 14 to 23 minutes. At 2.3 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. Mostly on trail. The nearest named summit, Sandstone Peak at 948 m, is 582 m away.
- TEP
- 2.3
- Climb
- +203 m
- Distance
- 1.6 km
- Average grade
- 13.1%
- Time
- 14 to 23 min
Climbs nearby
- Malibu Springs South Trail, 3.0 km at 12.3%, Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains (3.6 km away)
- Fossil Trail, 1.4 km at 17.1% (4.9 km away)
- Old Boney Trail, 2.8 km at 10.2% (5.1 km away)
- Chamberlain Trail, 4.2 km at 11.3% (5.4 km away)
- Nicholas Flat Trail, 2.3 km at 14.5% (7 km away)
- Old Boney Trail, 1.7 km at 13.3% (7.4 km away)
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