Originally Posted by
indyfabz
That doesn’t mean one route cannot have a big climb in it while the other is relatively easy.
Jay Peak in northern Vermont is a good example. You can climb the mountain or go into Canada and ride around it. You start and end in the same place, but the first option is much harder.
But I would avoid grass as well.
Sure, but what I meant is that if one route has 600ft more uphill than the other, it must also have 600ft more downhill. As long as it's not particularly steep (which will suck both ways with a heavy trailer) they should more or less cancel out.