Empty road ahead photos
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Today's easy ride after a week full of racing. Did nearly 70 miles of XC MTB racing on Friday, so it was nice to get some mellow road miles in. A couple of the pictures show why I'm a fan of wide road tires...
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The weather's finally getting nice up here in the mountains, so a very climb-y 72 miler/10300' gain ride from my house today:
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gorgeous. monitor pass? *edit...yah...saw the other thread after my response. have only driven over monitor pass (once but semi-slowly with obvious purpose) to preview. that longish upper, flattish/rolling part is the giveaway.
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The 24% sign, I'd recognize that anywhere. That's Ebbetts Pass. Is it already open?
The other photos clearly are Monitor Pass, both sides.
Time for a road trip!
The other photos clearly are Monitor Pass, both sides.
Time for a road trip!
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SR4 "Is closed from 0.7 mi east of Lake Alpine to 7.2 mi west of the Jct of SR 89 (Alpine Co) - For the winter - Motorists are advised to use an alternate route."
108 "Is closed from 26.4 mi east of Strawberry (Tuolumne Co) to 7.7 mi west of the Jct US 395 (Mono Co) /Sonora Pass/ - For the winter - Motorists are advised to use an alternate route"
120 "Is closed from Crane Flat to 4.5 mi west of the Jct of US 395 /Tioga Pass/ (Mono Co) - For the winter - Motorists are advised to use an alternate route"
Hazy, oxygen-depleted Death Ride recollections.
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Monitor pass is open. Ebbetts is still officially closed, although the intel is that it's passable by bike to the top. I didn't ride Ebbetts on this ride, I just rode both sides of Monitor.
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Figuero Mtn Rd - Santa Ynez ? I don't recognize this section ! I stopped riding Fig Mt last year - The road became SO crappy from the rainstorm damage, that it was a nightmare of broken roadway, potholes and loose sand/grit, going back down !!! This looks recently paved ? On lower flat section coming in from Los Olivos ? Doesn't look like Happy Cyn... I hiked Grass Mtn about 2 months ago, and there was some 'patch repair' on the approach, but not a tarmac carpet like this !!!
Is there another Figueroa Mtn in Ca. ?
Is there another Figueroa Mtn in Ca. ?
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Yesterday's ride, included my favorite local 3200' climb:
The road's down there I swear...
You can kinda see the road ahead on one of the ridges, the bottom of the climb is in the far canyon:
The end of the road:
Turning around:
Racing the thunderstorms back to the finish:
The road's down there I swear...
You can kinda see the road ahead on one of the ridges, the bottom of the climb is in the far canyon:
The end of the road:
Turning around:
Racing the thunderstorms back to the finish:
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A single Hollyhock on a remote stretch of Hwy 25. Can’t imagine how it got there. They are not native to this area.
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