Top hikes

Bendiest hikes

The most turning packed into every mile: tight switchbacks, meanders, and spirals, as total degrees turned per mile.

1 Debris Basin via Glendora Ridge Motorway 2.4 mi · ▲ 1,273 ft ⚑ Debris Basin 4,525°/miturning / mi 2 Robert Katz Peak via Verdugo Motorway 2.2 mi · ▲ 1,296 ft ⚑ Robert Katz Peak 4,126°/miturning / mi 3 Toyon Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 818 ft 4,018°/miturning / mi 4 Ewing Hill via Creek Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,546 ft ⚑ Ewing Hill 3,650°/miturning / mi 5 Oak Lake 2.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft ⚑ Oak Lake 3,574°/miturning / mi 6 Verdugo Peak–Wildwood Debris Basin, 4 lakes 4.4 mi · ▲ 2,296 ft ⚑ Stough Debris Basin, Wildwood Debris Basin, Wildhos Saddle +1 more 3,621°/miturning / mi 7 Echo Mountain & Rubio Debris Basin via Lower Sam Merrill Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,590 ft ⚑ Rubio Debris Basin, Echo Mountain 3,595°/miturning / mi 8 Rubio Debris Basin & Las Flores Debris Basin via Lower Sam Merrill Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 2,749 ft ⚑ Las Flores Debris Basin, Rubio Debris Basin 3,550°/miturning / mi 9 Verdugo Peak & Wildhos Saddle via Verdugo Motorway 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,788 ft ⚑ Wildhos Saddle, Verdugo Peak 3,494°/miturning / mi 10 Robert Katz Peak–Wildwood Debris Basin, 3 lakes 4 mi · ▲ 2,084 ft ⚑ Stough Debris Basin, Wildwood Debris Basin, Robert Katz Peak 3,428°/miturning / mi 11 Hay Canyon Debris Basin via La Canada Open Space Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,423 ft ⚑ Hay Canyon Debris Basin 3,469°/miturning / mi 12 Dozer Canyon 4 mi · ▲ 402 ft 3,234°/miturning / mi 13 Boundary Saddle–Wildhos Saddle, 3 saddles 4.5 mi · ▲ 2,355 ft ⚑ Wildhos Saddle, Relay Saddle, Boundary Saddle 3,258°/miturning / mi 14 Peppertree Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 728 ft 3,224°/miturning / mi 15 Garces Overlook via Pacific Crest Trail 2 mi · ▲ 233 ft ⚑ Garces Overlook 3,138°/miturning / mi 16 Iverson Trail 2 mi · ▲ 546 ft 3,211°/miturning / mi 17 Burma Road Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 958 ft 3,130°/miturning / mi 18 Wildwood Debris Basin–Stough Debris Basin, 4 saddles 5.9 mi · ▲ 3,424 ft ⚑ Relay Saddle, Wildhos Saddle, Wildwood Debris Basin +1 more 3,173°/miturning / mi 19 Goldmyer Hot Springs–Red Pond, 3 sights 12.8 mi · ▲ 6,094 ft ⚑ Red Pond, Red Pass, Goldmyer Hot Springs 3,114°/miturning / mi 20 Stan's Overlook via Raging Ridge 2 mi · ▲ 1,085 ft ⚑ Stan's Overlook 3,055°/miturning / mi 21 Sherwood Lake Vista Point via Pacific Crest Trail 2 mi · ▲ 378 ft ⚑ Sherwood Lake Vista Point 3,049°/miturning / mi 22 Muir Peak & Rubio Debris Basin Loop via Lower Sam Merrill Trail 6 mi · ▲ 3,007 ft ⚑ Rubio Debris Basin, Muir Peak 3,081°/miturning / mi 23 Red Mountain & Red Pond via Commonwealth Basin Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 2,618 ft ⚑ Red Pond, Red Mountain 3,076°/miturning / mi 24 West Observatory Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 583 ft 3,015°/miturning / mi 25 Hay Canyon Debris Basin via Mount Lukens Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 1,576 ft ⚑ Hay Canyon Debris Basin 3,086°/miturning / mi