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Mulholland Highway & The Snake - Santa Monica Mountains
United States · Mulholland Hwy
World-famous canyon carving icon through the rugged Santa Monica Mountains down to the Pacific. Includes 'The Snake' section above The Rock Store, featuring heavily banked friction-rich asphalt, blind apex hairpins, and ocean canyon drops.
Mulholland Highway & The Snake - Santa Monica Mountains runs 26 miles between Calabasas, CA and Leo Carrillo State Beach (Pacific Ocean), CA. We count about 210 corners along it, which is relentless. Demanding, and not a road to meet in the wet.
Tank-bag quick reference
- StartCalabasas, CA34.1483, -118.6611
- High50 ft - 1,850 ftelevation range
- EndLeo Carrillo State Beach (Pacific Ocean), CA34.0453, -118.9328
T-CLOCS before you go: tyres and wheels, controls and cables, lights and electrics, oil and fluids, chassis and stand.
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Questions riders ask
- How long does Mulholland Highway & The Snake - Santa Monica Mountains take to ride?
- About 26 miles. At an unhurried pace with stops that is roughly 1 hour of riding, longer if you are stopping for photographs.
- Where does Mulholland Highway & The Snake - Santa Monica Mountains start and end?
- It runs between Calabasas, CA and Leo Carrillo State Beach (Pacific Ocean), CA. Either end works as a start; the route reads the same in both directions.
- Is Mulholland Highway & The Snake - Santa Monica Mountains a twisty road?
- We count about 210 corners across 26 miles, which is relentless.
- Is there a GPX file for Mulholland Highway & The Snake - Santa Monica Mountains?
- Yes. The GPX is free, there is no account, and the planner will build a route that includes this road alongside others nearby.
Where these numbers come from
Distances and corner counts come from the route's own geometry, not from ratings or votes. Nothing here is crowdsourced and nobody paid to appear.