Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
You need to go up [a category 2 climb] to get over the Santa Cruz mountains to enjoy their forested Pacific side, then up another to return home.
Very true. I was riding the hills near Pescadero today, on the Pacific side of the Santa Cruz mountains. Lots of category 4 climbs, plus one category 3 (Tunitas + Lobitos Creek). But no category 2 without riding up to the summit (Tunitas Creek | Highway 84 | Alpine Rd.).