Name: Vital Link Trail
Rating: 3.9

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Land Manager: City of Glendale, CA - Parks, Facilities & Historic Sites

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3.9 from 15 votes

#2

in Verdugo Mountains

#8625

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3.9 from 15 votes

5 Star		40%
4 Star		33%
3 Star		13%
2 Star		7%
1 Star		7%

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Dec 17, 2020 near Burbank, CA

Looking South from atop Vital Link Trail

Mar 11, 2020 near Burbank, CA

Oct 26, 2019 near Burbank, CA

Oct 26, 2019 near Burbank, CA

Experimental Forest atop Vital Link Trail

Mar 11, 2020 near Burbank, CA

Mar 11, 2020 near Burbank, CA

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Sep 4, 2023

Matt Tyler

Tough climb

May 18, 2022

T Jakubowski

The trail is extremely eroded, be careful on the descent.

Jun 7, 2020

Diana N

I have never seen this many people on this trail. Please stick to the established trail and not contribute to trail erosion please. 3.8mi — 1h 00m

Feb 9, 2020

Melissa Stern

Cloudy day but when I got to the top of this trail it started raining/hailing and got really windy. Very cold and wet on the way down.

Sep 25, 2019

Justin Fitch

Stopped at the chair. It was tough.

Jul 12, 2019

Jennifer Miranda

2.3mi

Jun 18, 2019

Omar Torres

Apr 27, 2019

Kristen Stoner

Apr 11, 2019

Arturo Chavez

Mar 7, 2019

Rob Wolk

5.4mi

Jan 7, 2019

Brennan Boland

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Vital Link Trail

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Point to Point

2,976' 907 m

1,232' 375 m

1,745' 532 m

43' 13 m

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