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04-14-22, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by a_d_a_m

Hi there. I'm thinking of riding from Cumberland to Pittsburgh next month, since I can't do the long Empire State Trail tour I was planning on. Figured I could knock the GAP out a lot quicker.

Have any Clydes/Athenas done the trail westbound? I ask specifically because I'm curious as to just how difficult you perceived the elevation change to be. I know it's railroad grade so it shouldn't be really steep, but 25 miles of climbing doesn't exactly inspire confidence...

Again, asking for perspective from the thicc cyclists of the forum.

Did it in 2015 at the end of my Lake Erie tour on the bike below.

The ride from Cumberland to the Eastern Continental Divide…that’s so cute!…isn’t all that hard but it is long. The bit from Cumberland to Frostburg seemed steeper than the later part.

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