Echo Mountain Trail Guide

The Mount Lowe Railway led to the Echo Mountain House, which was a 70 room Victorian hotel built to rival the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. It was intended to be a full-service resort ‘a mile up in the sky.’ At the end of the hike you’ll see the remains

The hike will parallel some of the old Mount Lowe Railway route. Here you can see the electric trolley filled with tourists climbing to Echo Mountain.

The purple line shows the trail up to Echo Point. You’ll climb up the east side of Los Flores Canyon. If you opt into the extenstion to Inspiration Point, you’ll keep hiking up to about 4500 feet, then loop back down.

If you do the optional trip to inspiration point, you have about another 1500 feet of climbing.

There’s no getting around it, you’re pretty much going uphill the whole way. At the end, it flattens out. On the way back down, you do this in reverse.

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The hike will parallel some of the old Mount Lowe Railway route. Here you can see the electric trolley filled with tourists climbing to Echo Mountain.

The purple line shows the trail up to Echo Point. You’ll climb up the east side of Los Flores Canyon. If you opt into the extenstion to Inspiration Point, you’ll keep hiking up to about 4500 feet, then loop back down.

If you do the optional trip to inspiration point, you have about another 1500 feet of climbing.

There’s no getting around it, you’re pretty much going uphill the whole way. At the end, it flattens out. On the way back down, you do this in reverse.

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