With apologies to Debra, I need to do a shorter ride this Wednesday, so we've going to do a climb I don't do often enough - Highway 9 from bottom to top, followed by a ride down Skyline all the way to 84, and then back on the Portola loop.    

Assemble at the Shoup parking lot by 8:45 for a 9:00 departure (park up top), with D/E riders launching a bit before the Social Climbers.    

46.2 miles, with 4400 feet of climbing (which really means 5,000).  

Lunch at Skylonda.  

Route

Weather from Randoplan

Ride leader - Steve Rempel