PUYALLUP CYCLOPATH 2013 RIDE SCHEDULE

Apr 27: Carbon River Entrance to Mt. Rainier (Orting à South Prairie à Wilkeson à Carbonado à Carbon River Entrance à back) (~58 miles round trip)

May 05: Putnam Classic (Cold Spring, NY) (qualifier for UCI age group world championships)

May 11: Alder Lake Loop with “The Climb” option (Orting à Eatonville à Alder Lake à back)(~55 miles round trip; with “The Climb” option added ~65 miles)

~May 25: Chinook Pass “Snow” Ride (Turnoff to Crystal Mountain à Cayuse Pass à Chinook Pass à down other side of Chinook Pass à back up Chinook Pass à down to Cayuse Pass à back to cars)(~40-50 miles)(we do this when the road is first opened over Chinook Pass; can be cold, lots of snow (not on road); really beautiful) ** Date determined by date road first plowed and open **

June 8: Skate Creek Loop (near Ashford à Nisqually Entrance to Mt Rainier à Paradise à Box Canyon à Backbone Ridge à Ohanapecosh à Packwood à Skate Creek Road à back to where we started near Ashford)(~80 miles)

June 22: Triple-By-Pass (reverse) (Bottom of Cayuse Pass (south side) à White Pass à Naches à Chinook Pass à Cayuse Pass) (~115 miles)

July 6: Sunrise Double/Triple Climb (Turnoff to Crystal Mountain à Sunrise turnoff à climb to Sunrise à descend –> climb to Sunrise again à back to Crystal Mountain starting point) (~ 50 miles or 70 miles depending on whether we climb Sunrise two or three times)

July 13: Cyclopath Reverse RAMROD (Orting à around Mt Rainier clockwise à back to Orting) (~155 miles)

July 25: RAMROD (~155 miles) http://www.redmondcyclingclub.org/RAMROD/RAMROD.html

Aug 17: Quadruple-By-Pass (Turnoff to Crystal Mountain à Cayuse Pass à Chinook Pass à back down to Cayuse Pass à down south side of Cayuse Pass à climb to Backbone Ridge à back down to base of Cayuse Pass à up Cayuse Pass à down to cars (~65 – 70 miles??)

Aug 31: Windy Ridge (Mt St Helens) (Randle à Windy Ridge à Randle)(~65 miles; ~6000’ of climbing)

Sep 21: UCI Age Group World Championships (Trento, Italy)

*** All rides are “weather permitting”; all rides scheduled on a Saturday with Sunday as a “back up”