HillsRUs

Starting location and time: Meet at Shoup Park in Los Altos; 8:45 AM for a 9:00 AM departure.

The forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning is looking a little iffy, so let's stay on this side of the coastal divide this week.  When I tested this ride out a few years ago on a few friends, I called it my "tour of gratuitous climbs and secret passages".  We'll do a vertical mile of climbing without ever getting too far from Shoup, should inclement weather chase us back to the start.  See the Los Altos, Palo Alto, and Portola hills like you've never seen them before.

Elevation Gain - 5258'

Distance - 51 miles

Ride Leader - Steve Rempel

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Lunch - 28 Miles in at Roberts on Alpine Road.

Mt Umunhum D/3.6/62

Starting location and time: Meet at Monta Vista Park, Cupertino; 8:45 AM for a 9:00 AM departure.

Climbing Kennedy, Hicks and then Mt Umunhum. We may need to detour around Arroyo de Arguello, new asphalt is being placed.

Elevation Gain - 5,700'

Distance - 62 miles

Ride Leader - Jack Jones

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Lunch - Bring food for the summit of Um

Ride is canceled due to extreme heat warning

Note:  Starting location is at the Pioneer Hotel, Woodside.

Meet at 8:45 for a 9:00 AM start.  We'll do our best with the heat, climbing E Old La Honda, down 84 to Pescadero Road.  Return via Stage Rd to HWY 84, W Old La Honda and back on HWY 84.  This is a D paced ride, faster and slower riders can form their own groups.

Lunch - Bring or buy at Archengeli's in Pescadero

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Ride leader - Jack Jones

By special request - Page Mill! Weather forecast is cool, clear, cloudy, and clear again. Warm up with a climb up Page Mill, descend West Alpine. Up and over Haskins Hill, lunch at Arcangeli Grocery. North on Stage Road and on to the Bike Hut. Enjoy the climb back up Tunitas while you can - chip seal is scheduled for the 3rd week of September.

Start location - Shoup Park, Los Altos. 
Start time - rolling at 9:00 AM

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Lunch at Arcangeli Grocery, Pescadero (~ mile 30)
And of course, a mini break at the Bike Hut (dessert perhaps?!)

Ride leader - Cathy Switzer

Starting location and time: Meet at the Pioneer Inn Parking Lot , Woodside; 8:45 AM for a 9:00 AM departure.

Let's do Jack's great route from last week, only in the other direction, and from the Pioneer, as it looks like it may be hot again, but without the cloud cover Jack so brilliantly arranged for last week's big ride.  It's our last chance to do Lobitas Creek, Higgins Purisima, and Verde before chip seal rains from the sky.  

Elevation Gain - 5890'

Distance - 59 miles

Ride Leader - Steve Rempel

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Lunch - Bring or buy in Half Moon Bay

Starting location and time: Meet at Shoup Park, Los Altos; 8:45 AM for a 9:00 AM departure.

Climbing Old La Honda E. We'll make a clockwise loop of 84, 1, Higgins, Purisima, Verde, Lobitos and Tunitas, return on Foothill Expy. This is a D paced ride, faster and slower groups can make their own pace.

Elevation Gain - 6,956'

Distance - 75 miles

Ride Leader - Jack Jones

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Lunch - Bring or buy in Half Moon Bay

It's been 10 months since the last time we did this route, so let's do something just a little different - San Bruno Mountain via Skyline and Pacifica.  It's a ride and set of views I really like, even though this route is a bit more urban than a typical HRU ride.  The forecast looks pretty ideal - warmish at the end, but cool on the climbs. 

Note that this ride starts at the Pioneer Inn Parking in Woodside.  We'll ride along Skyline, before dropping down into Pacifica, then working our way back up to Skyline, and over to the base of San Bruno Mountain.  We'll climb the mountain for the (hopefully) killer views and then descend to Daly City for some great Tacos, before working our way through the City of the Dead, almost to SFO, and then back up to Skyline, for the final downwind leg of our journey.

Starting time and location:  Meet at the Pioneer Inn at 8:45 for a 9:00 start

Distance: 62 miles

Elevation gain: 5250'

Ride Leader:  Steve Rempel

Bring or buy lunch at the Taqueria in Daly City.    

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It's time to visit Santa Cruz again.  We will depart from Lexington Reservoir and cross the mountains to Capitola. After checking out the views of the ocean we will head to Corralitos for lunch before climbing through the beautiful Eureka Canyon and back to Summit Road and Old Santa Cruz Hwy. Weather promises to be mild with the only hot part the slog around Lexington at the end.

Starting Location: Parking Lot .3 mi past the dam at Lexington Reservoir. There is now a $6 fee to park there (Credit/Debit Card). There is also a dirt area across the street from the parking lot that can handle about 6 cars.

Directions: take the Bear Creek Rd exit off of Hwy 17, go across Hwy 17 and turn left like you were getting on 17. Take Alma Bridge Rd and go .6 mi to the parking lot just past the dam

Start Time: be there by 8:45 for a  9 am departure.

Distance: 62 miles

Elevation: 4900 feet

Lunch: Bring or Buy to eat at the park across from Corralitos Market

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Ride Leader:  Don Johann

Big Basin just reopened last Friday, the 22nd, so let's go check out the new asphalt on Highway 236.  I hear it's smooth as silk, and the weather forecast looks pretty ideal.  With limited car access, this is the perfect time to climb through the Big Basin and see how the park has evolved after the fire.

Note that the start is at Monta Vista Park in Cupertino, just like our Zayante adventure a few weeks ago.  The park is just off Foothill at Voss Ave.  

This is a social-paced D ride (we are after all the Wednesday Social Climbers) with regroups; faster riders are encouraged to form a D+/E group. Rain cancels.

Start: Monte Vista Park, rolling at 9 AM

Lunch: Around mile 30, we'll stop in Boulder Creek for lunch.   There is no water in Big Basin, so we'll all need to load up in Boulder Creek for the 23 miles of climbing up 236 and Highway 9.  

Ride Leader: Steve Rempel

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Starting location and time: Meet at Shoup Park, Los Altos; 8:45 AM for a 9:00 AM departure.

We'll climb Page Mill, then ride Skyline. We'll make a loop of Black and Gist, return on Skyline and descend Hwy 9.

Elevation Gain - 6,051'

Distance - 55 miles

Ride Leader - Jack Jones

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Lunch - Bring food for Castle Rock Park