Glendora Ridge descent to LA virtual cycling route
USA Glendora Ridge descent to LA
Distance: 34.79 km
Elevation Gain: 300 m
Elevation Loss: 1290 m
Difficulty: 269 (Easy)
FIETS Index: 0.21 FIETS
Avg Grade: -3.24 %
Max cat climb: 4
Min elevation: 306 m
Max elevation: 1380 m
Ride Category: Rollers

Nestled in the San Gabriel Mountains and offering 12 miles of well-maintained, low-traffic twisties, Glendora Ridge Road is definitely one of the best kept secrets in southern California. And itโ€™s not just 12 miles, but 12 miles and 234 curves through some of the most beautiful country imaginable. The striking thing about this road is its simultaneous desolation and nearness to civilization, as Glendora Ridge Road is only 45 minutes from downtown Los Angeles.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 alan schmidt Jul 23, 2023 00:44:54 394 W 3.91 w/kg 46.19 km/h
🥈 Tom Smeets Jan 13, 2022 00:47:51 279 W 3.82 w/kg 43.34 km/h
🥉 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen May 25, 2023 00:48:42 271 W 3.08 w/kg 42.58 km/h
4 Christopher Epo Feb 19, 2022 00:48:44 260 W 3.02 w/kg 42.55 km/h
5 D Speelman Nov 15, 2023 00:49:06 282 W 3.71 w/kg 42.24 km/h
6 Tigo Star Jan 27, 2022 00:49:48 260 W 3.47 w/kg 41.64 km/h
7 Tristan Kramers Jun 21, 2022 00:50:00 252 W 3.50 w/kg 41.48 km/h
8 Geir Skaugen May 26, 2023 00:50:58 261 W 3.07 w/kg 40.69 km/h
9 Jos Tusveld Jul 01, 2023 00:51:32 227 W 2.87 w/kg 40.24 km/h
10 Rainer Klee May 19, 2023 00:51:47 235 W 2.76 w/kg 40.05 km/h
11 Chris Ashley Mar 18, 2024 00:51:56 217 W 2.97 w/kg 39.93 km/h
12 Ron Bregman Jan 10, 2024 00:51:58 217 W 2.93 w/kg 39.91 km/h
13 Chris May 12, 2023 00:52:15 219 W 2.93 w/kg 39.69 km/h
14 Alan Gunner Mar 01, 2022 00:52:53 171 W 2.51 w/kg 39.21 km/h
15 Martin Budd Jan 14, 2022 00:53:02 211 W 2.94 w/kg 39.10 km/h
16 Sebastian Krajewski May 17, 2023 00:53:23 212 W 2.83 w/kg 38.85 km/h
17 J F May 26, 2023 00:53:29 193 W 2.19 w/kg 38.77 km/h
18 Marcel Aust Jan 18, 2024 00:53:53 200 W 2.78 w/kg 38.49 km/h
19 Nick Kaldenbach Feb 04, 2024 00:54:04 193 W 2.33 w/kg 38.36 km/h
20 Robert Rheault Jun 21, 2023 00:54:32 213 W 3.28 w/kg 38.03 km/h
21 Frank S Oct 10, 2023 00:55:22 191 W 2.12 w/kg 37.46 km/h
22 Indalecio Lekerika Jun 21, 2024 00:55:30 200 W 3.77 w/kg 37.37 km/h
23 Eric Green Sep 09, 2023 00:55:34 196 W 2.61 w/kg 37.32 km/h
24 Chris Beswick Mar 02, 2025 00:55:43 188 W 2.69 w/kg 37.22 km/h
25 Markus Geiger May 17, 2023 00:55:57 185 W 2.37 w/kg 37.06 km/h
26 Uwe Altmann Jun 01, 2023 00:56:20 174 W 2.32 w/kg 36.81 km/h
27 Markus Mayer Jul 25, 2023 00:56:26 196 W 2.58 w/kg 36.75 km/h
28 Lukasz Pilny Jan 05, 2025 00:56:33 194 W 2.55 w/kg 36.67 km/h
29 Igor Tatarinov May 20, 2023 00:56:45 206 W 2.45 w/kg 36.54 km/h
30 Stefan Baar Jan 26, 2024 00:56:45 169 W 1.97 w/kg 36.54 km/h
31 SandstormBRVR Feb 14, 2025 00:56:48 201 W 3.09 w/kg 36.51 km/h
32 Alain PERRIN May 11, 2023 00:56:53 207 W 1.93 w/kg 36.46 km/h
33 Petro Mol May 17, 2023 00:56:58 187 W 1.97 w/kg 36.40 km/h
34 Jan Theron Nov 18, 2023 00:57:12 178 W 2.54 w/kg 36.25 km/h
35 Rainer Ertl May 11, 2023 00:57:21 176 W 2.35 w/kg 36.16 km/h
36 Frederik Vanrietvelde May 18, 2023 00:57:24 181 W 2.59 w/kg 36.13 km/h
37 Damian Jackson Jan 10, 2026 00:57:41 191 W 2.30 w/kg 35.95 km/h
38 Richard Cowan May 19, 2023 00:57:43 185 W 2.34 w/kg 35.93 km/h
39 Carsten Juhler Mar 25, 2024 00:57:49 188 W 1.72 w/kg 35.87 km/h
40 Andreas Scheurell May 17, 2023 00:57:51 173 W 2.37 w/kg 35.85 km/h
41 Mike Jost Apr 29, 2024 00:58:01 183 W 2.51 w/kg 35.74 km/h
42 Andreas A. May 12, 2023 00:58:13 187 W 2.03 w/kg 35.62 km/h
43 Tim Oldham Jul 10, 2023 00:58:20 178 W 2.66 w/kg 35.55 km/h
44 paul teunisse Oct 14, 2023 00:58:22 184 W 2.02 w/kg 35.53 km/h
45 Eva Klusoňová May 15, 2023 00:58:29 151 W 2.01 w/kg 35.46 km/h
46 Fabio Zanirato May 18, 2023 00:58:30 141 W 2.52 w/kg 35.45 km/h
47 sjalie Aug 13, 2023 00:59:00 151 W 1.99 w/kg 35.15 km/h
48 Steffen Fiederling Dec 03, 2023 00:59:16 185 W 2.69 w/kg 34.99 km/h
49 Ron Peterson Dec 26, 2025 00:59:31 173 W 2.06 w/kg 34.84 km/h
50 Szilard Krizmanics Feb 18, 2025 00:59:33 170 W 2.33 w/kg 34.82 km/h
51 Anthony Russell Aug 07, 2023 00:59:36 158 W 2.60 w/kg 34.80 km/h
52 Silvano Turati Sep 22, 2023 00:59:38 126 W 1.68 w/kg 34.78 km/h
53 Kim Schou May 16, 2023 00:59:42 170 W 2.74 w/kg 34.74 km/h
54 Ricardo Pannekoek May 16, 2023 00:59:56 170 W 2.07 w/kg 34.60 km/h
55 Dave Threlkeld Oct 23, 2023 01:00:02 166 W 2.18 w/kg 34.54 km/h
56 Mike 8008 May 15, 2023 01:00:12 164 W 1.95 w/kg 34.45 km/h
57 JJosef Kluson May 24, 2023 01:00:21 141 W 1.88 w/kg 34.36 km/h
58 Rémy Jouanne Oct 19, 2023 01:01:08 153 W 2.53 w/kg 33.92 km/h
59 Hans Couvreur May 12, 2023 01:01:09 151 W 1.84 w/kg 33.91 km/h
60 Rik Lukey May 14, 2023 01:01:17 148 W 2.19 w/kg 33.84 km/h
61 Stephen Gunn May 11, 2023 01:01:25 148 W 2.27 w/kg 33.77 km/h
62 Wayne Smith Jan 05, 2026 01:01:26 138 W 1.79 w/kg 33.76 km/h
63 Maurizio Gaudino May 11, 2023 01:01:32 141 W 1.88 w/kg 33.70 km/h
64 Cumbriancyclist Nov 04, 2023 01:01:50 158 W 2.11 w/kg 33.54 km/h
65 Gino Pino Feb 20, 2024 01:02:19 139 W 2.14 w/kg 33.28 km/h
66 Peter Muris Nov 21, 2023 01:02:24 130 W 1.67 w/kg 33.23 km/h
67 Anton Mlynek Feb 21, 2024 01:02:29 153 W 1.68 w/kg 33.19 km/h
68 christian soulard Apr 19, 2026 01:02:29 137 W 2.17 w/kg 33.19 km/h
69 maurice SIMON Nov 28, 2025 01:02:34 170 W 2.00 w/kg 33.15 km/h
70 Dru Dixon May 25, 2023 01:02:42 150 W 2.22 w/kg 33.07 km/h
71 John Savill May 13, 2023 01:02:46 156 W 1.95 w/kg 33.04 km/h
72 Steve Salzwedel Jun 10, 2023 01:02:50 130 W 1.53 w/kg 33.00 km/h
73 Rinke Couvreur Jan 24, 2026 01:03:00 120 W 1.36 w/kg 32.92 km/h
74 Paul Shields Nov 17, 2023 01:03:21 123 W 1.58 w/kg 32.74 km/h
75 Dariusz Kozioł Oct 18, 2023 01:03:25 134 W 1.68 w/kg 32.70 km/h
76 Matthias Marquardt Jan 18, 2022 01:03:35 135 W 2.05 w/kg 32.62 km/h
77 Georgi Novachev May 22, 2023 01:03:36 175 W 2.16 w/kg 32.61 km/h
78 Carl Mitchell May 12, 2023 01:03:38 156 W 2.23 w/kg 32.59 km/h
79 Audrey Schmidt May 12, 2023 01:04:10 152 W 2.23 w/kg 32.32 km/h
80 Jan Olav Kvisli Jun 20, 2023 01:04:14 137 W 2.11 w/kg 32.29 km/h
81 Thomas Schöfer Oct 07, 2023 01:04:21 136 W 1.43 w/kg 32.23 km/h
82 K F Dec 10, 2023 01:04:27 131 W 1.96 w/kg 32.18 km/h
83 Lando Löwer Jun 12, 2023 01:04:30 113 W 1.13 w/kg 32.15 km/h
84 Jozef Ceginik Jan 11, 2024 01:04:41 126 W 1.62 w/kg 32.06 km/h
85 Justi May 14, 2023 01:04:59 163 W 1.63 w/kg 31.91 km/h
86 Jos Carboex May 26, 2023 01:05:34 136 W 1.81 w/kg 31.63 km/h
87 Bernd Stadler Jan 01, 2026 01:05:42 130 W 2.06 w/kg 31.56 km/h
88 Choub Bidou Feb 03, 2024 01:06:07 141 W 1.88 w/kg 31.37 km/h
89 Graham Lowe May 12, 2023 01:06:33 131 W 1.65 w/kg 31.16 km/h
90 Joseph May 14, 2023 01:06:38 122 W 1.67 w/kg 31.12 km/h
91 Michael B 1947 May 19, 2023 01:06:57 141 W 1.88 w/kg 30.98 km/h
92 Andrea Zerbinati Nov 02, 2023 01:07:06 133 W 1.48 w/kg 30.91 km/h
93 Hans Petiet Feb 01, 2022 01:07:15 100 W 1.25 w/kg 30.84 km/h
94 Norman Salzwedel May 19, 2023 01:07:16 117 W 1.30 w/kg 30.83 km/h
95 Henrik Sørensen May 15, 2023 01:07:22 152 W 1.65 w/kg 30.78 km/h
96 michel BMCR1955 Feb 02, 2026 01:07:29 133 W 1.85 w/kg 30.73 km/h
97 Gabriel Gugiu Jun 01, 2024 01:08:00 98 W 1.40 w/kg 30.50 km/h
98 Gert-Jan Otten May 12, 2023 01:08:07 137 W 1.71 w/kg 30.44 km/h
99 Yves Livernois Jun 07, 2023 01:08:08 120 W 1.64 w/kg 30.44 km/h
100 Peter Gertsch May 19, 2023 01:08:31 100 W 1.18 w/kg 30.27 km/h
101 Dick van der winden Jan 30, 2024 01:08:31 119 W 1.49 w/kg 30.27 km/h
102 M.L. May 13, 2023 01:08:56 105 W 1.94 w/kg 30.08 km/h
103 Jan van Teylingen May 21, 2023 01:09:04 133 W 1.21 w/kg 30.03 km/h
104 A.L. May 12, 2023 01:09:07 109 W 1.65 w/kg 30.00 km/h
105 J De Clercq sept 1946 Sep 09, 2023 01:09:07 103 W 1.37 w/kg 30.00 km/h
106 shurtha riftcrag May 23, 2023 01:09:17 127 W 2.06 w/kg 29.93 km/h
107 Joel MALLARINO May 15, 2023 01:10:12 102 W 1.36 w/kg 29.54 km/h
108 Bénédicte TALON Oct 04, 2025 01:11:22 120 W 1.69 w/kg 29.06 km/h
109 Nadine Mangoni May 31, 2023 01:11:44 115 W 1.69 w/kg 28.91 km/h
110 Ken Purnell May 11, 2023 01:11:57 92 W 1.23 w/kg 28.82 km/h
111 Alan G. May 11, 2023 01:12:12 104 W 1.89 w/kg 28.72 km/h
112 Edward Redfoot May 13, 2023 01:12:15 103 W 1.47 w/kg 28.70 km/h
113 Alicja Ptaszkiewicz Nov 28, 2023 01:14:19 100 W 1.61 w/kg 27.90 km/h
114 Alastair Reynolds Mar 14, 2025 01:14:37 80 W 1.11 w/kg 27.79 km/h
115 יִגָּאֵל יחזקאלי Jun 07, 2023 01:17:14 98 W 1.40 w/kg 26.85 km/h
116 W van Koetsveld Aug 03, 2023 01:21:49 77 W 1.03 w/kg 25.35 km/h
117 Handbike-Andi Jan 02, 2026 01:23:07 97 W 1.26 w/kg 24.95 km/h
118 Milan Čuturilo May 11, 2023 01:24:47 98 W 0.74 w/kg 24.46 km/h
119 Sonja Thoms Oct 24, 2023 01:35:43 62 W 0.83 w/kg 21.67 km/h
120 cojocaru romulus Nov 07, 2023 01:36:30 72 W 0.84 w/kg 21.49 km/h
121 Lawrence May 12, 2023 01:36:34 69 W 1.01 w/kg 21.48 km/h
122 Gianluca Ierpi Mar 17, 2026 01:36:42 66 W 1.05 w/kg 21.45 km/h

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