Alternate Ideas for Santa Cruz to Carmel
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Alternate Ideas for Santa Cruz to Carmel
Hi all, new to forums but not new to cycling.
I've ridden from the SF Bay Area to Monterey now twice and am looking for alternate routes to Carmel. I dont like navigating through Santa Cruz, nor the ride from Santa Cruz outskirts to and through Monterey (windy, cold and foggy).
What I'd really like is to be picked up at the Boardwalk and driven to Carmel with my bike.
Are there alternate inland routes that might get me off Hwy 1 and out of the navigational hell of Santa Cruz and Monterey and quickly get back to the nice parts of Hwy 1 towards Big Sur?
TIA
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I've ridden from the SF Bay Area to Monterey now twice and am looking for alternate routes to Carmel. I dont like navigating through Santa Cruz, nor the ride from Santa Cruz outskirts to and through Monterey (windy, cold and foggy).
What I'd really like is to be picked up at the Boardwalk and driven to Carmel with my bike.
Are there alternate inland routes that might get me off Hwy 1 and out of the navigational hell of Santa Cruz and Monterey and quickly get back to the nice parts of Hwy 1 towards Big Sur?
TIA
cgoab
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i wouldn't be surprised if there was a greyhound bus route between SC and carmel.
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Are there alternate inland routes that might get me off Hwy 1 and out of the navigational hell of Santa Cruz and Monterey and quickly get back to the nice parts of Hwy 1 towards Big Sur?
If you're just going from Santa Cruz to Carmel, or even Big Sur, try leaving late in the day. Often, the fog will burn off by lunch time. In the summer, you can easily make it to Big Sur before sunset even if you leave Santa Cruz at noon...
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Sure. You can take BART to Fremont. Then ride south to San Jose and pick up the Coyote Creek Trail to Morgan Hill. Ride rural roads to Hollister. From Hollister go west a bit to pick up the San Juan Grade over to Salinas and the Highway 68 to Monterey.
Use the Kreb Bicycling map for South San Francisco and Monterey Bay.
Use the Kreb Bicycling map for South San Francisco and Monterey Bay.
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Sure. You can take BART to Fremont. Then ride south to San Jose and pick up the Coyote Creek Trail to Morgan Hill. Ride rural roads to Hollister. From Hollister go west a bit to pick up the San Juan Grade over to Salinas and the Highway 68 to Monterey.
Use the Kreb Bicycling map for South San Francisco and Monterey Bay.
Use the Kreb Bicycling map for South San Francisco and Monterey Bay.