Driving Roads. So Cal.

[Benbrg]

Post your favorite roads! So Cal only.

I am new to driving in general so I don't have much to contribute. The best roads that I have been on so far are:

CA 41. It is the road to Yosemite National Park. Its most noticeable feature is the smoothness of the roads. It starts as a windy two-lane. Towards the middle, the coarse tightens up, perfect for 3rd to 2nd gear downshifts. It is about a 20 minute drive.

CA 178. The road is between Lake Isabella and Bakersfield. It is an interesting road. Although most left hand turns are tight, most right turns in the road are sweepers, allowing for more speed. The road can be pitted and filled with debris in places, due to its main use as an access road for semis and transport vehicles. It is a dangerous road during the day and dusk due to the semis taking up a lane and a half. Be careful, because towards the end of the road (heading from Bakersfield to Isabella), it becomes disorienting. The rythm is lost. a tight right hander followed immediately by a sharp left switchback have put many vehicles into the rock. This is a 10 minute drive.

[Grumpy]

Pretty much anything in the Malibu canyons, though these are a couple of my favorites:



Also the 33 past Ojai. much less traveled than the Malibu canyons

[ahrut7]

GMR and Azusa are my play ground

[Ted7]

http://www.pashnit.com/ridemap/ridemap.php

[Schain]

There is a pretty mild road that I enjoy in South Orange County called Trabuco Canyon Road/Live Oak Canyon Road.

[MiataLife]

^ i go through that canyon at least once a week...short and fun! ..I live just a few minutes away!

[JSanker]

I love driving on CA-18 up to and through Big Bear. Up there are some of the funnest roads I've driven on.

[Neocataboi]

I like the CA-18 too, but i only drive up to arrowhead and back typically. Another quick drive i take is up Lytle creek road, (north on Sierra Ave and the I-15), it is about 5 min away from my place, mainly long high speed sweepers with apexes right in the meat of 3rd. i like it because it is just so close to home.

GMR scares me though; too many bicyclists, and people driving beyond their limits. i just recommend staying away.

[thedguy]

178 is good, but it's entirely way too busy, though at least the locals are willing to use the turnouts for faster traffic.
Kern county is honestly a fucking gold mine of good driving roads that almost no one has heard of. Shame they are in Kern county.

243 into Idyllwild is good bit of fun, if you take it to 74 toward Palm springs it's kind of a trip. You'll hit just about every time of terrain and climate going up and coming back down.

[LOL]

Gmr used to be so good. I've been going up to ACH Sunday mornings

[ahrut7]

I like the CA-18 too, but i only drive up to arrowhead and back typically. Another quick drive i take is up Lytle creek road, (north on Sierra Ave and the I-15), it is about 5 min away from my place, mainly long high speed sweepers with apexes right in the meat of 3rd. i like it because it is just so close to home.

GMR scares me though; too many bicyclists, and people driving beyond their limits. i just recommend staying away.

i dont ever go during the day always at night reason so i can see on coming cars or anything else with lights on it also always go in a group plenty of bad things go wrong up there besides ppl pushing their car beyond their own limits (theft, stabbing, gun point etc.... stupid ppl that messes everything up)

[Small White Car]

Glendora Ridge Road. One lane, that's right, ONE.

Turnbull Canyon is about a half mile from my door, grew up on that road, have taken to driving it backwards at speed... Blindfolded.

[ahrut7]

^^ LOL >.< backwards ehhh

[Benbrg]

Make video, get famous. ^^

[emtran]

I dont have much experience but I like Carbon Canyon. Fairly easy and a decent length. It used to be a local road for me before moving from Chino Hills.