2020 PUYALLUP CYCLOPATHS’ RIDE SCHEDULE

April 04: 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 02: Narrows Bridge – Gig Harbor – Kitsap Ride (~40-50 miles; 4000 to 5000’ of climbing)

May 23: Alder Lake Loop Ride with “The Climb” option (Orting à Eatonville à Alder Lake à and back (~55 miles round trip; with “The Climb” option added ~65 miles, 4,000’ climbing)

June 06: Skate Creek Loop Ride (start area just east of 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) (~80 miles; 6,000’ climbing)

June 20: Sunrise Triple/Quad(??) (start at base of climb to Sunrise Visitor Center à climb to Sunrise à descend à climb to Sunrise à descend à climb to Sunrise à descend à optional: 4^th climb to Sunrise à descend (3x = 60 miles, 7200’ of climbing; 4x = 80 miles, 9600’ of climbing)

July 18: Mt. St. Helens (west side) (Tour de Blast route) (~84 miles; 7,100’ climbing)

July 30: RAMROD (~152 miles; 10,000’ of climbing)

Aug 13: “Rainiering” Ride (**Note: this is a Thursday – to minimize traffic issues**) (start at Grove of the Patriarchs à climb to Backbone Ridge and on up to Paradise à retrace our path to the vehicles (restock at vehicles) à climb south side of Cayuse Pass à from the top of Cayuse Pass, climb to Chinook Pass à descend back down Chinook Pass and down the north side of Cayuse Pass to Sunrise turnoff à climb to Sunrise Visitor Center à descend from Sunrise and climb north side of Cayuse Pass à from top of Cayuse Pass, climb to Chinook Pass once again à descend back down Chinook Pass and down the south side of Cayuse Pass back to vehicles (restock at vehicles) à do an extra climb on Backbone Ridge to make sure that we reach our “climbing goal”) (~135 miles; 14,411’ of climbing)

Aug 31: High Pass Challenge (**Note: this is a Monday – to minimize traffic issues**) Click on the following link for registration and ride details): High Pass Challenge 2020 Information

** I will try to send out a “reminder” ten days in advance of each ride. Please respond at least a week ahead of the ride if you are interested in going, so that I can determine if there is enough interest to do the ride. If there is a lack of interest, we will simply cancel the ride. **