I’ve long awaited to adventure up in Siskyou County and couldn’t ask for more with the Greenhorn Gravel Grinder crew helping lead the way.
We’ll be doing a good portion of their Saturday event (yes, they hold rides on Sunday as well) covering 58 miles with over 5K’ of gain, with a chance to bailout at mile 20 for a 30 mile loop.
Before we get into details, here’ssome information, tips, and updated rules to abide by:
- The first rule is that this is an unsupported ride and everyone rolls at their own risk.
- Make sure to bring your own tubes and a couple of water bottles. We’ll be stopping at one spot along the way for refills (details soon added).
- Riding tires 40mm and above will do the trick for most.
- This will not be race pace. At the same time, you have to be in very good to great shape to do this ride even in the Party Pace group. If you’re just getting back into riding, I suggest you read Rule #1 again.
We’ll be starting out of Greenhorn Park in the parking area just east of Greenhorn Reservoir (Upper Greenhorn Park, Greenhorn Rd, Yreka, CA 96097)
From there we’ll be going up Greenhorn Rd in reverse of the event with a steady six mile right off the bat.
After the peak, we’ll drop in towards Fort Jones, then working with a slight grade until mile 29 where we’ll start a gradual 4.5 mile climb up Scarface Rd.
The last fifteen miles features just a 2.5 mile climb before rolling our way back into Yreka.
If you’ve never made it out to this region, it’s definitely worth the trip and the following day I’ll be doing the Butte County Gravel Grind to make a weekend of it.
I hope you can join us July 12th and let’s roll!!