The Bigs - Climb the 12 Biggest SL Stairs 10 mi 3,019 up-steps
Schedule
Sat Nov 15 2025 at 08:30 am to 02:30 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Sunset Triangle plaza | Los Angeles, CA
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Google Map of the route:https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=1uBJLzBEDEFtRgAMLqhgeJQy1JeA
Hyperlapse video of the full route:
Overview: This challenging 10 mile stair- walk climbs the 12 biggest stairways in Silver Lake, each with more than 190 steps. The total climb is 2,540 feet, with 3,019 total up steps on the 12 bigs, plus five other smaller stairways that are along the route. I have allowed extra time for a restroom break at the Pollen restaurant at 4.2 miles, and an extended mid-walk stop at Fletcher and Glendale at 6 miles. This mid-walk stop was done as a lunch stop in previous years, so we will see if event walkers want a longer (1 hour) or shorter (half hour) stop at this point in the walk.
Please note that this walk is harder than the hardest LA Loop half segment, I1 which climbed just over 2,700 up-steps in the same distance. or another way to think about it is that it is about 3 times harder than the PV Crest Loop! So please do not try this walk as your first stair-walk! This walk is for people who have done a lot of stair-walking, such as the hardest LA Loop segments, and have the fitness level to climb multiple very large (200+ step) stairways in a single 10 mile walk.
We will climb the top 12 stairways in Silver Lake in this order:
Start
#10 - 205 up-steps - Micheltorena St Double-Set
#02 - 287 up-steps - Swan Pl Triple-Set
#07 - 212 up-steps - Silverwood North Triple-Set
#12 - 192 up-steps - Avalon St East
#04 - 231 up-steps - Baxter St [longest single SL stairway]
Restroom/Snack Stop
#11 - 198 up-steps - Cove St
#06 - 219 up-steps - Earl St
Long Break (maybe lunch)
#08 - 212 up-steps - Ivan Hill Double-Set
#09 - 205 up-steps - Udell Ct
#05 - 223 up-steps - Radio Walk West Double-Set
#01 - 295 up-steps - Prospect Walk Triple-Set
#03 - 265 up-steps - Esther's Steps (Landa) Triple-Set
Finish
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Disclaimer:
Event is led by Dan Gutierrez. Please ensure that you are in good health before participating in the rigorous activity that this is. As the organizer, Dan Gutierrez assumes absolutely no responsibility for the participants. If you choose to participate, you assume all responsibility for yourself and agree not to hold the leader, his helpers in the group, or his designated sweep, <to be="" announced="" later="">, - the person walking at the rear - liable in any way.
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Google Map of the route:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=1uBJLzBEDEFtRgAMLqhgeJQy1JeA
Public link to a Facebook photo album of a prior walk:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10209508984152854.1073741973.1574017310&type=1&l=cda69f14cb</to>
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Where is it happening?
Sunset Triangle plaza, 1521 Griffith Park Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026-1049, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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