Glendora - San Gabriel Mountians, So Cal - LotusTalk

dbisbee · 12-11-2005, 05:54 PM

I just got done taking Glendora Ridge Road. Here is the drive I did. Anybody wants to go on it drop me a note as it is in my backyard! I looked it up on maps.google.com and there are some variations. But this was an awesome drive.

Went up Mt. Baldy Road to E. Fork Road (Glendora Ridge Road) make a left. This is one of the most amazing local roads just corner after corner. Barely got out of 2nd as I wanted to keep the revs up. The wife did not pee her pants once. You think after two crazy corners around a bend that it would open up. It does not just more and more corners

. If you have driven all the way up to Baldy the corners on E. Fork Road are much better IMHO as I found the Baldy corners to be too tight and steep banking not much fun. Starts off looking like somebody’s driveway. Just a small road no center line. Stay to your side as you might eventually come across somebody going the other way. There is a lookout over the valley very nice about 3 miles. After 7 miles?? You will come to a fork with a gate that leads to Glendora Mountain Road that has been closed for quite some time. I took a right and continued another 5 miles to N. San Dimas Canyon Road (Highway 39) and took a left that is where I finally ran into other cars as it is paved much better and more traffic. I took this ride on Sunday and nary saw anybody and the cars I did see pulled over at the turnouts. Very nice! Until Highway 39 there are no turnouts. But Hwy 39 is not very fun just the cool down towards the 210 freeway and home. I don't think I had the stamina to turn around and go back the way I came.

I was very surprised to be able to catch up with some motorcycles multiple times. I would slow down give them a head start then pow catch right up with them. After a year of owning the car and still not having a track day I am getting better at driving it. As a good Lotus enthusiast told me when you think you are going too fast in the corner lay on it cus if you lift while in the apex the backend will come around. This was a hard lesson to learn but it does work which builds confidence.

That was fun

MethodX · 12-11-2005, 06:58 PM

I used to ride my motorcycles at GMR (Glendora Mtn Road) until I moved south by Ortega Hwy.

I hang with most bikes in the canyon myself. Good job. The Elise really can move with them.

dbisbee · 12-11-2005, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

I hang with most bikes in the canyon myself. Good job. The Elise really can move with them.

Really I thought maybe the bikes I ran into where beginners. But the Elise can really rocket up to them mostly in the corners

Stormy320 · 12-11-2005, 08:47 PM

Hey - thanks for the heads-up. Should have the Exige soon and this will be one of my first runs.

dbisbee · 12-11-2005, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormy320

Hey - thanks for the heads-up. Should have the Exige soon and this will be one of my first runs.

Let me know and I will join you! The Exige would eat it up!

Dana

Bmrboy · 12-11-2005, 10:06 PM

Hey!

I live in Glendora! I am very familiar with all those roads and have been on them all. Any time you go up there, let me know. It is VERY unfortunate that they closed Glendora Mtn. Road. That is pretty much heaven as far as quick, windy roads go...

Stormy320 · 12-11-2005, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbisbee

Let me know and I will join you! The Exige would eat it up!

Dana

Sounds like fun.

Should have the car in January.

SoCalRob · 12-12-2005, 10:29 PM

Thanks for the write up on Glendora Ridge. I'll have to give that one a try. I usually go elsewhere in the mountains and can not recall that road. Sounds like a good one.

Pestodude · 06-30-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Bmrboy

Hey!

I live in Glendora! I am very familiar with all those roads and have been on them all. Any time you go up there, let me know. It is VERY unfortunate that they closed Glendora Mtn. Road. That is pretty much heaven as far as quick, windy roads go...

Glendora Mountain Road IS open now. Just did it from Glendora all the way to Mount Baldy Village and back

. Awesome. Hundreds of curves. Only saw one truck and one motorcycle the entire way there and back. Did it on my lunch break. 44 miles round trip up and down the mountain...beats go'n to McDonalds for lunch!

JoshS · 06-30-2008, 04:54 PM

A few of us go up there often. I'm open any day.

necro · 06-30-2008, 05:20 PM

Cool - I sometime do the Mt. Wilson drive for lunch!

WildCJ5 · 06-30-2008, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MethodX

I used to ride my motorcycles at GMR (Glendora Mtn Road) until I moved south by Ortega Hwy.

I hang with most bikes in the canyon myself. Good job. The Elise really can move with them.

Look out for the CHP in the airplane over Ortega. They like to watch us chase down and pass sportbikes.

12-11-2005, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
dbisbee Service animal Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 328	Glendora - San Gabriel Mountians, So Cal I just got done taking Glendora Ridge Road. Here is the drive I did. Anybody wants to go on it drop me a note as it is in my backyard! I looked it up on maps.google.com and there are some variations. But this was an awesome drive. Went up Mt. Baldy Road to E. Fork Road (Glendora Ridge Road) make a left. This is one of the most amazing local roads just corner after corner. Barely got out of 2nd as I wanted to keep the revs up. The wife did not pee her pants once. You think after two crazy corners around a bend that it would open up. It does not just more and more corners . If you have driven all the way up to Baldy the corners on E. Fork Road are much better IMHO as I found the Baldy corners to be too tight and steep banking not much fun. Starts off looking like somebody’s driveway. Just a small road no center line. Stay to your side as you might eventually come across somebody going the other way. There is a lookout over the valley very nice about 3 miles. After 7 miles?? You will come to a fork with a gate that leads to Glendora Mountain Road that has been closed for quite some time. I took a right and continued another 5 miles to N. San Dimas Canyon Road (Highway 39) and took a left that is where I finally ran into other cars as it is paved much better and more traffic. I took this ride on Sunday and nary saw anybody and the cars I did see pulled over at the turnouts. Very nice! Until Highway 39 there are no turnouts. But Hwy 39 is not very fun just the cool down towards the 210 freeway and home. I don't think I had the stamina to turn around and go back the way I came. I was very surprised to be able to catch up with some motorcycles multiple times. I would slow down give them a head start then pow catch right up with them. After a year of owning the car and still not having a track day I am getting better at driving it. As a good Lotus enthusiast told me when you think you are going too fast in the corner lay on it cus if you lift while in the apex the backend will come around. This was a hard lesson to learn but it does work which builds confidence. That was fun __________________ The word "PASSION" should aways be uppercase. #349 '05 AS Elise Touring, Hardtop, Starshield, GPS, V1, V1 mirror, Leather console, Multivex, JL stealthbox, Focals, HID, RAC Monolites, A048's, Stage II, Slotted rotors, R4-S pads and Odyssey 925. Dad had a Europa TwinCam JPS

12-11-2005, 06:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
MethodX All You Need is Love Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 769	I used to ride my motorcycles at GMR (Glendora Mtn Road) until I moved south by Ortega Hwy. I hang with most bikes in the canyon myself. Good job. The Elise really can move with them. __________________ Poor is the man who's pleasures depend on the permission of another.

06-30-2008, 04:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
JoshS Come on down Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,578	A few of us go up there often. I'm open any day. __________________ '06 Elise Phantom Black, Touring, Starshield, Powder Coated Black Wheels, Bobble head IMUS

06-30-2008, 05:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
necro <....> Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: City of Los Angeles, CA Posts: 515 Images: 1	Cool - I sometime do the Mt. Wilson drive for lunch! __________________ 07 SY ExigeS

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12-11-2005, 08:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stormy320 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,613	Hey - thanks for the heads-up. Should have the Exige soon and this will be one of my first runs.

12-11-2005, 10:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bmrboy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 25	Hey! I live in Glendora! I am very familiar with all those roads and have been on them all. Any time you go up there, let me know. It is VERY unfortunate that they closed Glendora Mtn. Road. That is pretty much heaven as far as quick, windy roads go...

12-12-2005, 10:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
SoCalRob Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 52	Thanks for the write up on Glendora Ridge. I'll have to give that one a try. I usually go elsewhere in the mountains and can not recall that road. Sounds like a good one.

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