2024 LA Loop Segment D - Torrance to Playa Del Rey - 20 miles - 48 stairs

Segment Highlights:
0:32 An unexpected residential stairway (Vanderhill/Bindewald -52 steps)
4:26 Gorgeous Painted Tile Ocean Art
4:48 Redondo Beach & Ave C steps - 72 steep steps - A popular exercise stairway
5:13 Knob Hill Ave stairway - 92 steps
6:28 Redondo Beach Pier complex
6:50 The Ocean Steps Mosaic - 34 steps - Art by Patti Linnett & Debbie Colette
7:25 5 miles -------------------------------------------------------
7:58 Redondo Union High School
11:10 Hi!
11:32 Green Lane - 20 steps - An unexpected strairway
12:13 Aviation Townhomes murals by Jacques Dupuy in 2018
13:31 Hermosa Beach Community Center - Art Deco Architecture
14:00 Valley/Ardmore Median Trail - 1st Visit
14:04 10 miles ----------------------------------------------------
14:41 Lunch Break at PCH & Artesia
14:59 Stairway D19 is now gated, so skip it!
15:31 Valley/Ardmore Median Trail - 2nd Visit
16:54 Manhattan Beach City Hall (MBCH) with stairways
17:22 MBCH Keyhole Artwork & Hi!
17:41 Live Oak Park - Many stairways
18:44 Valley/Ardmore Median Trail - 3rd Visit
20:07 Sand Dune Park & 30th St stairway - 168 steps
20:47 Sand Dune Park/32nd St stairway - 208 steps - Largest on Segment D!
21:34 15 miles & Strand Stairways ----------------------
22:26 Beach Bike Path Traverse for 2+ miles
24:09 - 24:37 Dockweiler State Beach
24:38 Crossing Imperial Highway to walk Vista Del Mar
25:43 Vista Del Mar Park
27:11 20 miles & End at Culver/Vista Del Mar -----
Welcome to the 2024 Los Angeles Loop. This Segment D stair-walk is the fourth 20+ mile segment of the full 305 mile, 15 segment, Los Angeles Loop stair-walk that traverses over 808 stairways, with 31,663 stairway up steps, and climbs just over 33,000 feet in total elevation gain. The Loop circumnavigates Los Angeles County, starting and finishing on Naples Island in southeastern Long Beach.
This fourth segment, which tours many beach cities, travels from the corner of Pacific Coast highway and Calle Mayor, in Torrance, to the corner of Culver Blvd and Vista Del Mar, in Playa Del Rey, visiting 48 stairways on the route, including the tough 208 step Sand Dune Park stairway. This video was shot in October of 2021 and October of 2024 with a GoPro Hero 9 Black video camera, at 10X hyperlapse, meaning that the action is sped-up by a factor of 10, so this just under half hour video captures a little less than 5 hours of walking. In the video, I used titles to identify each stairway, most streets/parks, and many other interesting features, including the gorgeous Ocean Steps mosaic stairway, and some shots of various groups on that colorful stairway. I’ve also set the action to the duty free electronic music by various artists. I created this video so you can see what the route looks like, and with the map below, you are welcome to try it yourself, or with friends.
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Detailed Google map of this Segment D route, suitable for solo and group walk use:
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Link to the Segment D page on the SoCal Stair Climbers website:
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Link to the LA Loop homepage on the SoCal Stair Climbers website:
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