Segment: Cape of Good Hope to Echo Mountain via the Lower Mt. Lowe Railway Trail.

Stats: From Cape of Good Hope to Echo Mountain 0.9 miles, 250′ loss, 7′ gain.  From Echo Mountain to the Cape of Good Hope: 0.9 miles, 250′ gain, 7′ loss; Round Trip: 1.8 miles, 257′ of gain and loss.

Last Hiked: 1-27-2016

Hikes:

1. Cobb Estate to Echo Mountain, Cape of Good Hope: 7 miles, 1656′ of gain and loss.
2. Upper Sunset Ridge, Lower Mt. Lowe Railroad, Echo Mountain, Lower Sam Merrill to Cobb Estate: 6.2 miles, 1362′ gain, 1656′ loss
3. Sunset Ridge Trail, Lower Mt. Lowe Railroad, Echo Mountain, Lower Sam Merrill to Cobb Estate: 7 miles, 1782′ gain, 1656′ loss
4. Upper Sunset Ridge Trail to Echo Mountain: 7.2 miles, 1612′ of gain and loss
5. Sunset Ridge Trail to Echo Mountain: 8.8 miles, 2032′ of gain and loss
6. Upper Sunset Ridge Trail to Muir Peak: 12.9 miles, 2760′ of gain and loss.
7. Mt. Lowe Railway Trails to Mt. Lowe: 15.5 miles, 3802′ gain

View at JCT Lower Sam Merril Trail looking back down Lower Sam Merrill Trail.  Left leads down Lower Sam Merrill Trail, right follows the Lower Mt. Lowe Railway Trail to the Cape of Good Hope.

View looking straight (instead of the back as shown above) at arrival to the junction from the Lower Sam Merrill Trail.  If going to Echo Mountain White City ruins continue straight until you reach them.  Along the way, you will pass junctions for the Middle Sam Merrill Trail and the Castle Canyon Trail.

View from JCT near the Cape of Good Hope

From this junction, the road up leads to the Cape of Good Hope and the road down leads to Millard Canyon.

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