Segment I – Silver Lake North to Echo Park – View Google Map – View Photos
Distance: 20.2 miles 90 stairways 5,003 up-steps Total Climb: 3,640 feet
With 4 optional stairs: 94 stairways 5,241 up-steps Total Climb: 3,770 feet
Cities/Regions: Silver Lake, Edendale, Echo Park, Angelino Heights, Westlake North.
Official Finishers:
Dan Gutierrez, Pat and Elizabeth Schirmer, Jason Songhurst, Evelyn Sanchez, Hilda Ibarra, Liria Enriquez, Brenda Padron, (and Winston Songhurst, Jason’s dog!!) on 11 February 2017 | Dave and Kristy Moorman on 14 May 2017 | Aaron Veals on 21 Jun 2017 | John and Olivia Oshimo on 30 Oct 2017 | Jeff Rozema, James Peterson, Kathy Lopez, Teresa Cavazos, Maribel Sanchez, Alfredo Salgado on 16 Dec 2017 | Maria Casillas, Luis Prado on 13 Jan 2018 | Gaelle Gralnek, Lisa Digger, Terry Harmon, Rosecrans Baldwin on 6 Oct 2018 | Marla Stephenson Thornton on 22 Dec 2018 | Jane Fransella on 20 Jan 2019 | Who will be next?
Route Description Hyperlapse Video of Segment I
Route Features: This challenging route is almost entirely in hilly Silver Lake and Echo Park residential neighborhoods, often with narrow streets lacking sidewalks, with brief visits to busier streets for lunch, and approaching the finish. So it is a walk of great views, quiet streets, and stairway after stairway after stairway, many with 100 or more steps and a handful with over 190 steps! The first 11 miles are the challenging Silver Lake portion, including a visit to the Silver Lake Recreation Area, with lunch on busy Sunset Dr, followed by the last 9 miles in the Echo Park region, including a number of 100+ steps stairways – one with over 200 steps – early in the section, with a visit to the southern end of Echo Park Lake, finishing with a less demanding trek west along Bellevue, followed by a short walk along Beverly, ending at the Original Tommy’s Burgers! This route has 4 of the top 10 stairways in Silver Lake, each with with over 200 steps, and has another handful in the 180 to 200 step range, so while it has fewer top 10 stairways then Segment H, it does have about 1,050 more up-steps and 35 more stairways! The people who did both H and I agree that the tougher stairways, especially those at the end make Segment H tougher!
Start Location: Riverside Dr and Allesandro St, which is bus accessible via the Metro Bus Line 96 on Riverside, and Metro Bus Line 603, on Allesandro, that both connect to Rail Stations.
Finish Location: Beverly Blvd and Rampart Blvd (at The Original Tommy’s!), which is bus accessible via Metro Bus Line 603 on Rampart, and Metro Bus Line 14 on Beverly, that both connect to rail stations.
Transit Connections:
Finish to Start: Take Metro Bus Line 603 north on Rampart St, to reach the start on Allesandro Dr at Riverside Dr.
DTLA to Start: Take Metro Bus Line 96 from Union Station or Civic Center/Grand Park Metro Rail Stations, to the start on Riverside, at Allesandro.
Finish to DTLA: Take the Metro Bus Line 603 on Rampart, southbound to the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station, and take the Metro Red/Purple Line Train east to DTLA. Or take Metro Bus Line 14 on Beverly, that connects to the Civic Center/rand Park, or Pershing Square Metro Rail Stations, connecting to the Metro Red/Purple Line Trains.
Congratulations, you have reached the end of Segment I, and the segments are easier after this 89 stairway monster! And here is our post-segment selfie at Tommy’s:
Stairway Data Table
Seg# | SS# | SW# | In-300 | Zip | Stairway Name | Up | Down |
I01 | 234 | F19 | 90039 | El Moran | 95 | ||
I02 | 235 | F18 | 90039 | Peru St | 114 | ||
I03 | 236 | F17 | 90039 | Landa St | 146 | ||
I04 | 237 | F16 | 90026 | N Lemoyne St | 132 | ||
I05 | 238 | F16 | 90026 | S Lemoyne St | 30 | ||
I08 | 239 | F10 | 90039 | E Ewing St | 129 | ||
I09 | 240 | F11 | 90039 | Ewing St N Side-Stair | 58 | ||
I10 | 241 | F11 | 90039 | Ewing St S Side-Stair | 53 | ||
I06 | 242 | F14 | 90039 | Oak Glen Pl | 58 | ||
I07 | 243 | F15 | 90039 | Loma Vista Pl | 181 | ||
I11 | 244 | F12 | 90039 | Fargo St Side-Stair | 17 | ||
I12 | 245 | F13 | 90039 | Cove St | 198 | ||
I13 | 246 | F4 | 90026 | W Donaldson St | 25 | ||
I14 | 247 | F5 | 90026 | E Donaldson St | 143 | ||
I15 | 248 | F3 | 90026 | Curran St | 129 | ||
I16 | 249 | N/A | 90026 | Cerro Gordo North Side-Stair | 18 | ||
I17 | 250 | N/A | 90026 | Cerro Gordo South Side-Stair | 24 | ||
I18 | 251 | F6 | 90026 | Preston Ave | 39 | ||
I19 | 252 | F7 | 90026 | E Fargo St | 29 | ||
I20 | 253 | F2 | 90026 | Baxter St | 231 | ||
I21 | 254 | F8 | 90026 | Far E Ewing | 25 | 8 | |
I22 | 255 | F9 | 90026 | W Avalon St | 125 | ||
I23 | 256 | F1 | 90026 | E Avalon St | 192 | ||
I24 | 257 | E56 | 90026 | E Delta St | 125 | ||
I25 | 258 | E55 | 90026 | Lucretia Ave | 66 | ||
I26 | 259 | E54 | 90026 | W Delta St | 31 | ||
I27 | 260 | E53 | 90026 | Alvarado Median | 37 | ||
I28 | 261 | N/A | 90026 | Clifford St PUC of Glendale Bl | 22 | 21 | |
I29 | 262 | E52 | 90026 | Lower E Effie | 101 | ||
I30 | 263 | E52 | 90026 | Upper E Effie | 81 | ||
I31 | 264 | E50 | 90026 | Waterloo St | 20 | ||
I32 | 265 | E51 | 90026 | Berkeley Ave | 20 | 15 | |
I33 | 266 | E49 | 90026 | Angelus St | 181 | 181 | |
I34 | 267 | E47 | 90026 | S Easterly/Sherwood | 88 | ||
I35 | 268 | E48 | 90026 | S Occidental/Easterly | 80 | ||
I36 | 269 | E44 | 90026 | Silver Lake/Occidental | 33 | ||
I37 | 270 | E45 | 90026 | N Occidental/Easterly | 76 | ||
I38 | 271 | E46 | 90026 | N Easterly/Sherwood | 103 | ||
I39 | 272 | E43 | 90026 | Easterly/Fanning | 108 | ||
I40 | 273 | E42 | 90026 | Redesdale/Landa | 84 | ||
I41 | 274 | E41 | 90026 | Lower Swan Pl | 77 | ||
I42 | 275 | E40 | 90026 | Middle Swan Pl | 110 | ||
I43 | 276 | E39 | 90026 | Upper Swan Pl | 100 | ||
I44 | 277 | E38 | 90026 | Cicero Dr | 90 | ||
I45 | 278 | E37 | 90026 | Effie/Rotary | 82 | ||
I46 | 279 | E36 | 90026 | Elevado St | 102 | ||
I47 | 280 | E35 | 90026 | Murray Dr (Piano Keys) | 90 | ||
I48 | 281 | E34 | 90026 | Hamilton/Murray | 83 | ||
I49 | 282 | E33 | 90026 | Lower Micheltorena | 109 | ||
I50 | 283 | E32 | 90026 | Upper Micheltorena | 96 | 96 | |
I51 | 284 | E31 | 90026 | Descanso Dr | 138 | ||
I52 | 285 | E28 | 90026 | Dillon/Robinson | 66 | ||
I53 | 286 | E29 | 90026 | Dillon St | 13 | ||
I54 | 287 | E30 | 90026 | Music Box Steps | 133 | ||
I55 | 86 | N/A | 90026 | Descanso Median | 8 | ||
I56 | 288 | N/A | 90026 | Garcia Alley Side-Stair | 10 | ||
I57 | 289 | E27 | 90026 | Marathon St | 60 | ||
I58 | 290 | E26 | 90026 | Glendal/Sunset | 40 | ||
I59 | 291 | E25 | 90026 | W Montana St | 89 | ||
I60 | 292 | E24 | 90026 | Fairbanks Pl | 27 | ||
I61 | 87 | E23 | 90026 | Echo Park Lake NE | 13 | ||
I62 | 88 | E22 | 90026 | Echo Park Lake SE | 13 | ||
I63 | 89 | E21 | 90026 | Church Stairway | 24 | ||
I64 | 293 | E20 | 90026 | Crosby Pl | 85 | ||
I65 | 294 | E19 | 90026 | McDuff St | 74 | ||
I66 | 295 | E18 | 90026 | Laveta Terrace | 55 | ||
I67 | 296 | E17 | 90026 | Sunset Hill | 35 | 22 | |
I68 | 297 | E16 | 90026 | MacBeth St/Elysian Park Dr | 10 | ||
I69 | 298 | E15 | 90026 | E Montana St | 11 | ||
I70 | 90 | E14 | 90026 | Victory Grove Memorial NW | 9 | ||
I71 | 91 | E13 | 90026 | Victory Grove Memorial SE | 7 | ||
I72 | 92 | E12 | 90026 | Lilac/Victory Grove Mem WW | 7 | ||
I73 | 299 | E11 | 90026 | Lilac Median | 24 | ||
I74 | 300 | E10 | 90026 | Sunset/Marion | 12 | 11 | |
I75 | 301 | E9 | 90026 | Innes Ave | 100 | ||
I76 | 93 | E8 | 90026 | Ridge Way/Kensington | 18 | ||
I77 | 302 | E7 | 90026 | Wallace Ave | 59 | ||
I78 | 303 | E6 | 90026 | Glendale/Bellevue | 55 | ||
I79 | 304 | E5 | 90026 | Clinton St | 88 | ||
I80 | 305 | E4 | 90026 | Kent St | 66 | ||
I81 | 306 | N/A | 90026 | I-101 North POC of Alvarado | 38 | 39 | |
I82 | 307 | N/A | 90026 | I-101 South POC of Alvarado | 45 | 39 | |
I83 | 308 | E3 | 90026 | Alvarado/Bellevue | 87 | ||
I84 | 309 | E2 | 90026 | Coronado/Bellevue | 92 | ||
I85 | 310 | E1 | 90026 | Reno St | 66 | ||
I86 | 311 | E0 | 90026 | Hoover St (Bridge Stairs) | 30 | ||
*I87 | N/A | 90026 | Sunset Apartment Stairway #1 | 65 | 65 | ||
*I88 | N/A | 90026 | Sunset Apartment Stairway #2 | 114 | 114 | ||
*I89 | N/A | 90026 | Sunset Residential Stairway | 47 | 47 | ||
Total Stair Steps —> | 5,007 | 1,970 | |||||
Total Stair-Streets —> | 78 | ||||||
Tot Non Stair-Street Stairs > | 8 | ||||||
Total Steps w/Options —> | 5,233 | 2,196 | |||||
Total +Opt Non Stair-Sts > | 11 |