dualsport ride 3/3 slo/santa barbara county
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 3:51 pm
Sorry for the short notice, but we'd better take advantage of the
break in the weather while we can. This ride will be over Sierra
Madre Rd down off of Hwy 166. Here is my Plan:
1) Meet at the Shell Station off of the Spyglass Exit in Shell beach
at 9am, Saturday March 3rd
2) Take Hwy101 to Santa Maria for gas stop to top off (longer ride)
if it is felt that it is needed.
3) Backtrack to Hwy166--continue out to Sierra Madre Rd
4) Take Sierra Madre Rd looping back to Hwy166
5) Meal and fuel stop in New Cuyama
6) Head home
This is a longer ride so prep for Monkey Butt! I can carry 1.5
gallons of gas if someone thinks they will need it. Let me know who's
going so nobody gets left behind. Kurt suggested this ride, here is
how he describes it:
"The Sierra Madre Road is a good usually graded fire road with no
technical difficulties at all, just a 4000+ elevation gain and
incredible views. The ride down
Cottonwood Canyon is also easy but very pretty. All in all it is no
harder than riding over High Mountain. Closest gas would be New
Cuyama. It has been almost a year since I was up there but the road
is usually kept open because there are microwave towers both up by
Miranda Pines Camp and then some 25 miles or so further south. "
Let's Ride!!
David