Mulholland Highway
Santa Monica Mountains · near Agoura Hills / Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Road Cycling
At a glance
- Distance
- long
- Best season
- Year-round; hot in summer; best in mornings & cooler months
What is here
- Scenery
- mountain
- Amenities
- Backbone of Santa Monica Mtns loops · The famous 'Snake' curves · Film-country ranch scenery · Rock Store rider stop
- Best for
- Connecting the Santa Monica Mtns canyons
- Features
- Rolling spine of the range · Links all the canyon climbs · Famous 'Snake' section · Classic LA riding country
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Fast motorcycle & car traffic (esp. the Snake) · Rolling climbs; exposed & hot in summer · Blind curves — ride visibly & predictably · Fire-prone area — check for closures
- Beginner friendly
- No
Road Cycling detail
- Ride types
- loop · climb
- Road
- mixed
- Climbing
- 3
- Ride notes
- The rolling spine of the Santa Monica Mountains — Mulholland Highway rambles through chaparral canyons and film-country ranchland past the famous twisty 'Snake' near the Rock Store, the connective tissue of countless Malibu-area loops
- Stats note
- Long rolling route through the range; links the canyon climbs; the 'Snake' curves
- Seasonal
- No
- Intl tip
- The rolling backbone of Santa Monica Mountains cycling — Mulholland Highway rambles through chaparral canyons and film-country ranchland west of LA, connecting nearly all the famous canyon climbs (Latigo, Piuma, Kanan, Stunt) into loops of every length. Its famous stretch, 'the Snake' near the Rock Store, draws cyclists, motorcyclists, and sports cars. It rolls more than climbs. Fast motorcycle/car traffic (especially the Snake and weekends): ride visibly, take blind curves with care. Exposed and hot in summer (ride mornings); fire-prone — check closures.
The guide
Mulholland Highway is the rolling backbone of Santa Monica Mountains cycling — a long, rambling route that threads through chap…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mulholland Highway — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.1, -118.85