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Horner Hill

A tobogganing hill in Irving Park, on a site that went from clay pits to a dump to a park. Chicago makes its mountains out of whatever is lying around.

The hill at Horner Park.

Horner Park sits at Montrose and California Avenues in Irving Park. The Park District's history says its clay pits became a garbage dump before the land was filled and graded into a park, and that by the early 1950s it had a large tobogganing hill.

It isn't tall, but it isn't nothing either.

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Surface
Grass/dirt

Surface conditions vary with weather.

How tall is it? How tall you need it?

One repeat isn't much of a mountain. That's what the next repeat is for. CMR hasn't mapped a route on Horner Hill yet, so there are no repeat counts here.

500 ft of climbing
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1,000 ft of climbing
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2,500 ft of climbing
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5,000 ft of climbing
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  • Horner Hell Repeats

    Every Wednesday · 5:30 AM · Horner Park

    Hill repeats · ~60 min

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Horner Park2741 W. Montrose Ave.Chicago, Illinois
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Directions go to the park, not a meeting point. Each run lists where to meet.

Street map around Horner Park. The pin marks the park, not a meeting point.
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