Just curios how you navigated the trail closure at Rt. 202. I think I can detour around it by way of the Gwynedd Preserve, but was wondering if you had a different route. Planning on running this out and back as part of my ultra training.

Hey man, glad to see the comments! It is definitely a confusing route in terms of conflicting information online. Ultimately when in doubt, I think it's fair to say the in-person signs should be followed as closely as reasonably possible, unless it… read more »

The detailed "Quick Guide & Map" here follows the "non-standard" route, so I can see now why this would be why the fkt is using the route --follow the la county guide. https://trails.lacounty.gov/Files/QuickGuide/SanGabrielRiver.pdf ...so in… read more »

for any one doing this in the future. please take the standard route which follows the east side of santa fe dam. also, should be fine parking in azusa and running to seal beach..that would be my plan... wind will be coming out of azusa canyon in… read more »

I just looked at the files for Gordon Clark and Matt Siegfried... sadly neither of them took the traditional standard route at the beginning. These are not locals to this trail and their route does not really make sense --I don't know if Buzz Burell… read more »