Name: Black Friday Urban Hike - Elysian Heights with lots of stairs
Start: 2025-11-28T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-28T12:30:00-08:00
Location: intersection of Lemoyne St and Grafton St

This day-after-Thanksgiving walk is a tough trek, covering 16 stairways, 15 up (including Avalon, Baxter, Cove and 5 others of over 100 steps) and 1 down in the hilly Elysian Heights neighborhood of Echo Park. We will also go up and down lots of steep streets, including Baxter and Fargo Streets, among the steepest streets in the country. At the end, we will walk past the famous folk art of Randyland.

* **Level**: Advanced
* **Speed:** Steady, about 2.5 miles per hour
* **Distance**: 7 miles
* **Elevation gain:** \~2000 feet
* **Duration:** 3-3.5 hours
* **Bathrooms:** We will take a break at the Lady Byrd Cafe about 1/3 of the way through the walk. There should be construction port-a-potties along the way as well.
**Parking:** free parking on the streets near the starting point
* **Rain:** postpones the hike

**Liability**: The organizer is an unpaid and untrained volunteer and is not liable for any loss, damage, or injuries sustained by participants and their guests. By joining this event, each member and their guest accepts full responsibility for knowing their abilities and limitations and releases the host/organizer from any and all injuries, health issues, material losses and getting lost. Each member shall make their guests aware of these policies and release the host from all liability.

Mark M

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