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HILLSRUS C+DE/4.2(6953)/65.5 FOR Oct 16 : Huckleberry's Birthday Bonanza

There's two options available this Wednesday, the more or less adventurous versions. The adventurous will head through the bottom of windy hill, all easy well maintained smooth wide trails, then make our way up Dirty Alpine. The less adventurous will head up Old La Honda and then follow Skyline to the first regroup at the bathrooms at Russian Ridge on the corner of Skyline and West Alpine. One thing to point out is Wurr Rd. that we take just before Memorial park, it's a beautiful little of the beaten path road that exits back on to Pescadero right before the Loma Mar store.

Assemble at The Pioneer parking lot at the corner of Whiskey Hill and Woodside Rd. in the town of woodside. Meet at 845 for a 9am start, be there or break Huckleberry's heart.;)

Regroups and lunch stop are on the rwgps map.

65.5 miles, 6953’ of climbing for the adventurous group.

65.9 miles, 7130’ of climbing for the less adventurous group.

Pick your poison!!

Lunch - Will be at Arcangeli Store/Pescadero Bakery.

Route for the Adventurous Group: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48762757

Route for the Less Adventurous Group: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48763268

Weather by Randoplan: https://bit.ly/4f2SD4J

Leader: Shawnery Hardin 

Temperatures will hopefully be twenty degrees cooler than last weekend, so let's ride to Hicks and decide whether or not we want to climb Mt Umunhum.

6,600 feet of elevation gain over 61 miles, or 4,400' and 50 miles if skipping Um.

Start Location and Time: Meet at Monta Vista Park- 22601 Voss Ave, Cupertino- at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48689851

Cue sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48689851/cue_sheet

Weather: https://bit.ly/4dDUMmz

Lunch: Bring lunch to eat on Mt Umunhum or at Blossom Hill Park

Ride Leader: Mark Huie

HILLSRUS C+DE/2.7(4695)/69.1 FOR Oct 2 : Huckleberry Coastal Pretzel!

We'll be heading south on one from Half Moon Bay down to Pescadero and then North to Devil's Slide. Lunch will be in Half Moon Bay at the concrete bridge with ample local options.

Assemble at The Concrete Park, at the intersection of Kelly and Main in Half Moon Bay. Parking available on Purissima near Kelly, one street West of Main. Meet at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure. 

69.1 miles, 4695’ of climbing.

Lunch - Bring lunch to enjoy or buy something in Half Moon Bay.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48626955

Weather by Randoplan: https://bit.ly/4drAwEj

Leader: Shawnery Hardin 

We haven't done this beautiful ride for a couple of years, mostly due to the lack of water availability in Big Basin. We now know that if you go a mile past  the turnoff to China Grade you can get water at the Jamison Creek Fire Station. This makes this ride much more approachable and I've been waiting for some good weather to try it.

57 miles with 6900 feet of climbing

Start Location and Time: meet at Monta Vista Park at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure . Faster riders will depart first followed by the Social Climbers.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48532617

Cue Sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48532617/cue_sheet

Weather: https://bit.ly/3XyJdHc

Lunch:  Bring lunch to eat in Big Basin Park

Ride Leader: Don Johann

It's more likely than not that HRU will be cancelled this week, due to the start of the rainy season (can it really be here already).  But just in case, I'm posting a silly ride that includes the Kittridge Mile of Pain, which I used to do as an after work ride for many years.  I found this route last year when I was perusing the WW catalog of rides tagged as HRU.  

Assemble at Shoup Park at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure, with D/E riders launching a bit before the Social Climbers. 

38 miles, with 3900' of climbing.  

Lunch - We'll do an impromptu lunch at the top of Bohlman, so bring what you need.

Route

Weather from Randoplan 

Ride leader - Steve Rempel

I'm a sucker for tradition, so we'll start from Shoup Park again and do a Pescadero loop. Going out to and climbing Old La Honda, we'll descend the other side and take 84 to San Gregorio, then along Stage Road to have lunch in Pescadero. Returning along Pescadero Creek Road, we'll climb Haskins Hill and west Alpine Road, and down Page Mill.

The weather is forecast to be relatively mild, getting warmer on this side of Skyline, so it should be a pretty pleasant day.

65 miles with 6500' of climbing.

Start location and time: Shoup Park at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48379028

Weather: https://bit.ly/3AZbqzl

Cue sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48379028/cue_sheet

Lunch: In Pescadero behind Arcangeli Grocery at mile 35. Bring or buy in town.

Ride leader: Mark Huie 

HILLSRUS C+DE/2.7(4678)/70 FOR Sept 4: Swanton from La Honda

We'll be heading south on one from La Honda down to Swanton Berry Farms. On the way back we'll stop by Pie Ranch for lunch. 

Assemble at La Honda store in La Honda. Parking available on 84 in front of store on botth sides. Meet at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure. 

70.3 miles, 4678’ of climbing.

Lunch - Bring lunch to enjoy or buy something at the Pie Ranch on 1.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48225279

Weather by Randoplan: https://bit.ly/3ThLcOS

Leader: Shwanery Hardin 

At long last Higgins Rd has finally been repaired !!   We can now do our popular Half Moon Bay Ride from Woodside. And, yes, we will be going up Kings for the 3rd HRU in a row. Weather on the coast will be pleasantly cool while it will be hot here in the valley

48 miles with 5500 feet of climbing.

Start Location and Time: meet at the Pioneer Saloon Parking Area at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure . Faster riders will depart first followed by the Social Climbers.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38356355

Cue Sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38356355/cue_sheet

Weather: https://bit.ly/3WXRswe

LUNCH: Lunch will be at the San Benito House Deli on Main Street in Half Moon Bay. For those wishing to avoid the line, you can order ahead with the following link: https://order.toasttab.com/online/san-benito-house . Feel free to bring your own food instead.

Ride Leader: Don Johann

Let's go climb King's Mountain again, but this time we'll follow that up with my variation on what I think of as Paul's Redwood Ramble, doing a number of steep, but generally shady out and backs in the coastal redwoods.

Assemble at Shoup Park at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure, with D/E riders launching a bit before the Social Climbers. 

Last restroom and water until our late lunch is 15.5 miles into the ride, in Huddart Park.  Make sure to load up on water for the 4 climbs.  Bear Gulch has a short, but very steep climb in the sun to start.  Most of the rest of the climbing is relatively shady.

57 miles, 6100' of climbing(. 

Lunch - Bring a lunch to eat at Valerie's house at 2100 Bear Gulch road (very steep driveway), about 38 miles into the ride.   

Route

Weather from Randoplan 

Ride leader - Steve Rempel

The weather should be more mild than recent weeks for this variation on a coastal classic in reverse. Up Kings by way of Huddart park, down Tunitas with a spin through Lobitos. Lunch at the Bike Hut. Up Hwy 1, CA-84 to West Old La Honda, along Skyline and down Page Mill. Sorry, no Page Milling this time.

Distance: 66 miles

Elevation: 6675 feet

Bathrooms at Portola Valley Town Center, Bike Hut, San Gregorio General Store, and Alpine @ Skyline.

Start: Shoup Park at 8:45am for a 9:00am departure

Lunch: Bike Hut. Bring your own food or see what snacks they have there.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30146074

Cue sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30146074/cue_sheet

Weather from RandoPlan: https://bit.ly/3WYydnp Bring a layer for the ride down Tunitas, just in case. Rain or AQI>100 cancels!

Ride Leader: Mark Huie