CA 2 · USA

Angeles Crest Highway

California State Route 2 over the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles. This section climbs from La Cañada Flintridge into the Angeles National Forest to Newcomb’s Ranch.

StartFinish

42.4 kmLength

183Pace-note calls

0Hairpins

2Tight corners (1–2)

↑1,470 ↓270Climb and drop, m

≈1,660 mHighest point

Counts are from Turini’s pace-note engine on this route. Heights come from terrain data and can differ from signposted figures by a few tens of metres.

Where is the Angeles Crest Highway?

The Angeles Crest Highway is in the USA, on CA 2. Also known as Highway 2. The route on this page: La Cañada Flintridge to Newcomb’s Ranch, 42.4 km.

Why the Angeles Crest Highway is famous

The full highway is 66 miles long, was completed in 1956 and climbs above 7,000 ft, and its curves above La Cañada have long drawn drivers and motorcyclists from Los Angeles.

Angeles Crest Highway corners

Over 42.4 km Turini calls 176 corners graded 1 to 6, plus 1 crest and 1 dip. That is 183 calls in all, one every 232 metres on average. Grade 1 is the tightest, 6 is nearly straight (how to read pace notes).

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457

524

633

Angeles Crest Highway elevation profile

From 419 m at the start to 1,624 m at the finish, with a highest point of about 1,660 m.

1,700 m400 m

0 km21.2 km42.4 km

Angeles Crest Highway pace notes, first few km

The first 25 calls, exactly as Turini reads them, with the distance from the start.

1.04 kmRight 5 very long

1.54 kmBridge

1.56 kmRight 6

1.73 kmRight 4

1.84 kmLeft 4 long

2.15 kmLeft 3 very long

2.24 kmLights

2.73 kmRight 4 very long in dip

3.00 kmNarrows

3.09 kmLeft 5 long

3.46 kmLeft 3

3.58 kmRight 3 very long

3.83 kmLeft 3

3.98 kmRight 3

4.11 kmRight 4

4.22 kmLeft 3 opens

4.34 kmRight 2 opens

4.46 kmLeft 3

4.63 kmLeft 3

4.74 kmRight 5

4.85 kmRight 3

5.01 kmLeft 5

5.17 kmLeft 3

5.25 kmRight 4 tightens

5.37 kmLeft 4 long

That takes you to 5.37 km. 158 more calls follow over the remaining 37.0 km.

Before you drive the Angeles Crest Highway

Further east the highway is normally closed in winter between Islip Saddle and Vincent Gap. Fires and landslides can close any part of it.

Intersections and services are few, so a closure can mean a long way round. Watch for rockfall after rain.

How to drive the Angeles Crest Highway with Turini

Set the route before you leave and Turini saves its notes on the phone, so it works with the screen off and no signal. On the road it reads each call about 4.5 seconds before the corner, timed to your speed, and you never touch the phone. It also works through Android Auto. If pace notes are new to you, start in Simple mode (Easy, Medium, Hard) and switch to the 1–6 scale once it feels natural.

Always drive within the law, the conditions and what you can see. Turini tells you what the map says; the road is what counts.

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Sources: Wikipedia: Angeles Crest Highway.

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