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Winding Way Trail

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  2. CA
  3. …Southern California
  4. Malibu
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1.1

Miles

1.8

KM

Point to Point

515' 157 m

High

173' 53 m

Low

342' 104 m

Up

84' 26 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

48%

Max Grade (26°)

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Trail Ratings

  4.2 from 6 votes

#1

in Malibu

#10728

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  4.2 from 6 votes
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Trail Rankings

#1

in Malibu

#1,004

in California

#10,728

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Escondido Falls, top
Jul 10, 2017 near Malibu, CA
Escondido Falls, bottom
Jul 10, 2017 near Malibu, CA

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Jul 26, 2020
Ivan Lawrence
Parking is about 2mi before the trailhead at PCH, no spots so we had to skip it. We drove to the trailhead but only got to "private drive" sign — 12h 00m
Sep 22, 2019
Chad Pollock
Aug 17, 2019
Remy Nevarez
Made it to 2nd fall. Small scramble up soft dirt sketchy coming down
Apr 14, 2019
Luke Laws
Beautiful trail that winds through pretty countryside and leads to a waterfall. Some steep hillside scrambling near falls for extra distance. 3mi — 1h 26m
Mar 30, 2019
Kathy Hwang
With Maddie 2mi
Sep 7, 2018
Doris Pineda
Jul 14, 2018
Gwon Jang
May 12, 2018
Tim Lawler

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