Backbone Trail - Saddle Peak Trail

This run-hike climb rises above Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains in California. Expect 15 to 25 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 15.3% and start 1.2 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Northwest-facing, so it stays cool until late in the day. The nearest named summit, Saddle Peak at 851 m, is 574 m away. At 2.1 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. Mostly on trail.

TEP: 2.1
Climb: +213 m
Distance: 1.8 km
Average grade: 12.0%
Time: 15 to 25 min

Climbs nearby

Mesa Peak Motorway, 3.8 km at 10.4%, Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains (4 km away)
Hondo Canyon Trail, 5.8 km at 8.2%, Topanga (4.8 km away)
Coastal Slope Trail, 4.5 km at 9.8%, Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains (7.7 km away)
Wire Break, 1.0 km at 25.2% (9.2 km away)
Bulldog Motorway, 3.6 km at 10.7% (9.6 km away)
Temescal Canyon Trail, 2.0 km at 13.1% (12.4 km away)