Byways of Palos Verdes (long)

Distance: 77 miles and 4500 feet of elevation gain (barometric)

We start by riding south through the beach communities down to Palos Verdes. This varies from some other similar rides because it does not use the beach bike path at all. Once there, we basically make one lap around the peninsula, but in the course of doing that, we climb to the top three times. You can easily see the three climbs on the profile. Lunch is after completing the final climb. The trip back to the start uses a slightly different route from the trip down, but still runs close to the coast. Near the end of the route, the course rides the relatively new bike path parallel to the Expo Line. This is our only regular ride to use this path. As you can see by the profile, each of the three climbs tops out near 1000 feet above sea level, so none of them are extremely long. The last climb up Hawthorne Blvd is probably the steepest, but also the shortest.

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