Why this ride
Out of El Segundo, one way: 255 km, roughly 10 h 45 in the saddle. It goes by way of Beverly Hills and Scenic stretch near Sunland. Las Flores is the high point. It tops out at about 1,300 m.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Death Valley Weekend · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 255 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 45
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Historic Route 66
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 22 km this is Historic Route 66, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 30 km
- Named road
- Historic Route 66
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop near El Segundo
Planning note
Death Valley Weekend is where the day begins. Next is Death Valley Weekend high point.
2. Las Flores
Las Flores Canyon Road climbs straight up from the Pacific Coast Highway into the Santa Monica Mountains, so steep in places that it feels like riding up a wall, with tight hairpins, broken edges and views back over the ocean that get better with every metre. It connects to Rambla Pacifico and the ridge roads above Malibu, and it is a favourite of local riders who know it, and a nasty surprise for those who do not.
Read the complete Las Flores write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Death Valley Weekend checkpoint 8.
3. Near Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills is a city within a city, an enclave of palm-lined streets, mansions and luxury shops surrounded by Los Angeles, and this finish lies just south of it, between Beverly Hills, Century City and Culver City. The towers of Century City, built on the old backlot of 20th Century Fox, rise to the north, and the studios of Culver City, where MGM once made its musicals, are a short ride south.
Read the complete Near Beverly Hills write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 146 km. Next is Scenic stretch near Sunland.
4. Scenic stretch near Sunland
Planning note
Scenic stretch near Sunland, late in the day. Next is Photo stop near Acton.
5. Photo stop near Acton
Planning note
Finish at Photo stop near Acton. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop near El Segundo to Las Flores
Fuel stop near El Segundo → Las Flores is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Scenic stretch near Sunland to Photo stop near Acton
Scenic stretch near Sunland → Photo stop near Acton is 107 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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