Weather looks great, but the northern Santa Cruz Mountains are hard to predict. Bring a layer The route - Saratoga maze to Foothill - Left on El Monte - Rest stop 1: Arastradero trailhead area - Through Portola valley to OLH, regroup at the top on Skyline - Descend W OLH, hard left on La […]
https://www.strava.com/clubs/265/group_events/3454744695773124654 For those who like grinding up steep gradients The route - We take a flat route out of Los Gatos toward Metcalf - First stop at the chicken park off Curie Dr - On to Metcalf, regrouping at the junction of San Felipe - On to Quimby, after which you make a right […]
It’s cold (relatively speaking). I don’t want to be in the Santa Cruz Mountains right now. Metcalf is usually warmer. Also, Metcalf is the best. Pro tip: If you stop at the top, fill your bottles from the faucet in the bathrooms, not the bottle filler that bakes in the sun outside. Dan Scannell
About Event: Adventure time? I’ve been eying Old Haul for a while. There may be things to clamber over. Keep it mellow on 9 and Skyline, enjoy the descent and the dirt; grind back up West Alpine, descend Page Mill a bit before some more dirt to Montebello. If you want to just do parts […]
About Event: A fancy way of doing Umunhum Bring plenty of water, as there’s nothing until at least New Almaden (maybe until Mockingbird) Regroup at the bottoms of the various descents
