Colby Trail — Attraction in Glendora

Colby Trail is a 2.5-mile loop trail near Glendora, California. It’s considered a moderate to difficult challenging route, it took me 2.5 hrs (excluding taking breaks to take photos) roundtrip to complete. CT is a popular trail for birding, hiking, bikers and dog walkers. The trail’s main base entrance is at N. Loraine ave in a posh cul-de-sac residential area.

This trail is not for novice hikers! As an experience hiker myself, my heart rate went 130 bpm as I hiked those steep inclines. Furthermore, you’ll find abundant wild flowers, trees and Mountain Lion growling or hissing at the bushes.

The Colby Trail has very limited tree shades and very steady elevation gain incline. It is has two parts, a lower and upper trails which was divided by the main Glendora Mountain road. This trail has four very steep inclines to get to the Summit of CT. Summit has a peak of ~1,580 ft with mind-blowing views.

Parking was super easy. Cell signal was spotty as you ascend the trail. Hikers and their dogs were friendly. Overall, I liked hiking Colby trail and...

Toughness: 8/10 Length: 6/10

This is a fantastic trail that is incredibly tough. Do not come here if your lungs and heart can’t work hard, because it took me almost no time before my chest was pounding. This is a desert trail with lots of shade at first but within a mile or so, you will lose all shade. If you keep going, it turns into strictly desert scrub. The path also winds its way around some roads but keeps going. From the maps, it looks like it continues going into the San Gabriel mountain range, so the length may be longer but the total trail is not more than...

Great elevation of 800ft. Rough step selections of the trail in the upper portions have you believing your also done when you are just getting to the next hurdle. A hydration pack 2.0L is required to complete to entire trail and make it back down hydrated. Beautiful views of the city, mountain ranges and seeing othe mountain peaks. Wildlife consisted of lizards and vultures during my ascent. Be warned if your not in get health the upper portion of the trail is not ideal for you. The top of trail is an...