Runners stay straight at the junction found 1.3 miles up the climb, and eventually reach the infamous “Dead Man’s Bench,” 2.1 miles up the climb at the junction with the Mt. Wilson Trail. From the bench, runners formerly used a 20% grade fire break ridge scramble on Manzanita Ridge, but now use the Hal Winton Bypass trail, an uphill stretch of single track to the right of the ridge. Topping out at just under 5,000’, runners turn left on the Mt. Wilson Toll Road and follow it downhill, winding between spectacular views of the Los Angeles Basin and the antennae-clad Mt. Wilson.