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Ride Date: 04/28/2024
Ride Title: Woodfords to Road Closure
Depart Time: 10:00
Meeting Place: Pony Express Rd near the top by the big trees.
Ride Leader: David Scarborough (5303187878)
Email: dave_scar@hotmail.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 30ish
Amount of Climbing:
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: Park near the church on Pony Express RD head at four until the road closure. Distance is dependent on where the road closure is located.
Changed date to Sunday as there is a Ham Jam training for radio license on Saturday.
Ride Date: 04/29/2024
Ride Title: Monday Night Mountain Bike
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Meet at Jack Valley Elementary School East side parking area near the storage shed and the port a potty. .
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Mountain
Mileage: 10
Amount of Climbing: 700 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: Riding Jack Valley Loop single track from the elementary school and going in a counter clockwise direction. Trail Forks indicates the trail to be a green for .5 of a mile then turn into a blue for 1.5 milers then green for 1.7 miles and then blue again for loop of approximately 6 miles.
Ride Date: 04/30/2024
Ride Title: Tuesday Night Group Ride
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Bowers Mansion Parking Lot
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 15-20
Amount of Climbing: 500
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Easy
Description: Starting from Bowers Mansion heading South on Old US HWY 395, turn right on Franktown Rd. turn right on old 395 and ride to Lakeview Subdivision area and turn around. Depending on how everyone is feeling either stay on Old US HWY 395 North or turn onto Franktown Rd and return to Bowers Mansion.
Ride Date: 05/04/2024
Ride Title: Training Series: Kingsbury-Luther from Woodfords via Diamond
Depart Time: 10am
Meeting Place: Alpine County Community Development parking lot in Woodfords (same parking lot where the Diamond Valley race meets). https://goo.gl/maps/VGHoimvzGH5GAjod8
Ride Leader: Jennie Hamiter (530-307-1168)
Email: jenniehamiter@mac.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 55
Amount of Climbing: 4900 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Hard
Description: All club members are welcome as Alta Alpina hosts a training series for non-club members, for both our Alta Alpina Challenge and the Death Ride. We’ll ride CCW around Diamond Valley, then head north to summit Kingsbury, ride through South Lake Tahoe to Luther Pass, and return down Woodfords Canyon. There will be snacks and drinks mid-ride at rest stops as well as at the end.
For 2024 we’ve partnered with the Death Ride for this training series, in that Death Ride participants can sign up for this series when they sign up for the Death Ride, so we’re already on track to have a much bigger turnout for each ride in 2024 than past years.
Club members are encouraged to join us in hosting the training series participants. You’re not expected to be an expert coach, just be friendly and helpful and ride with or wait for the participants that are best matched to your speed. We need club members of ALL speeds, so please join us! In particular we need someone to ride with or follow the last rider for each climb, and if we have 2 sweeps then one can sweep Kingsbury, the other Luther. Faster riders, assume you might have to slow down a bit to ride with the fastest participants, though there’s always a wide range of speeds among the participants.
If the weather is bad on the scheduled Saturday then the ride will be postponed until Sunday, and this posting will be updated accordingly no later than the day before the ride.
Please contact me if you have questions or can volunteer to ride sweep or volunteer to staff the rest stops.
Ride Date: 05/06/2024
Ride Title: Monday Night Mountain Bike
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Meet at Jack Valley Elementary School East side parking area near the storage shed and the port a potty. .
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Mountain
Mileage: 10
Amount of Climbing: 700 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: Riding Jack Valley Loop single track from the elementary school and going in a counter clockwise direction. Trail Forks indicates the trail to be a green for .5 of a mile then turn into a blue for 1.5 milers then green for 1.7 miles and then blue again for loop of approximately 6 miles.
Ride Date: 05/07/2024
Ride Title: Tuesday Night Group Ride
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Bowers Mansion Parking Lot
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 15-20
Amount of Climbing: 500
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Easy
Description: Starting from Bowers Mansion heading South on Old US HWY 395, turn right on Franktown Rd. turn right on old 395 and ride to Lakeview Subdivision area and turn around. Depending on how everyone is feeling either stay on Old US HWY 395 North or turn onto Franktown Rd and return to Bowers Mansion.
Ride Date: 05/13/2024
Ride Title: Monday Night Mountain Bike
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Meet at Jack Valley Elementary School East side parking area near the storage shed and the port a potty. .
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Mountain
Mileage: 10
Amount of Climbing: 700 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: Riding Jack Valley Loop single track from the elementary school and going in a counter clockwise direction. Trail Forks indicates the trail to be a green for .5 of a mile then turn into a blue for 1.5 milers then green for 1.7 miles and then blue again for loop of approximately 6 miles.
Ride Date: 05/14/2024
Ride Title: Tuesday Night Group Ride
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Bowers Mansion Parking Lot
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 15-20
Amount of Climbing: 500
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Easy
Description: Starting from Bowers Mansion heading South on Old US HWY 395, turn right on Franktown Rd. turn right on old 395 and ride to Lakeview Subdivision area and turn around. Depending on how everyone is feeling either stay on Old US HWY 395 North or turn onto Franktown Rd and return to Bowers Mansion.
Date: 05/18/2024
Ride Title: Volunteers needed for Memorial Cyclorama and BBQ
Description: We're looking for volunteers to help staff our rest stop and ride start on Saturday May 18th and possibly Sunday, May 19th (in case we have to move the date back due to bad weather). I'm looking for one or two folks to help out at the rest stops on both sides of Monitor Pass in the morning (9-12pm) and afternoon (12-3:30pm) on either day. We also need one volunteer to help me get riders registered the morning of the event at Nigel's house. Call or text Chris at 928-600-1097 if you can lend a hand. Thanks!
Ride Date: 05/18/2024
Ride Title: DeathRide TrainingSeries - BothSides of Monitor plus Woodfor
Depart Time: 8:30 am
Meeting Place: Bottom of Monitor on the Topaz Side, at the highway rest stop.
Ride Leader: Jennie Hamiter (530-307-1168)
Email: jenniehamiter@mac.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 57
Amount of Climbing: 7500 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Hard
Description: This ride is an option for club members for AACC’s Cyclorama, and it’s also part of the Death Ride Training Series, which is a series of rides for non-club members training for either our Alta Alpina Challenge or the Death Ride. All club members are encouraged to join us.
We'll meet on the Topaz side of Monitor Pass, ride over the pass and all the way to Woodfords, and return the same way. We’ll use the Cyclorama rest stop on the west side of Monitor both directions, and there will be snacks and drinks back at the cars, but you should be able to get back to town in time for the BBQ too.
During the ride, as club members we're hosting the training series participants. You’re not expected to be an expert coach, just be friendly and helpful, ride with or wait for the participants that are best matched to your speed, and preferably you've ridden all parts of the route before. In particular we need someone to ride with or follow the last rider for each climb, and if we have 2 sweeps then they can each sweep one climb. Faster riders, assume you might have to slow down a bit to ride with the fastest participants, though there’s always a wide range of speeds among the participants. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Ride Date: 05/20/2024
Ride Title: Monday Night Mountain Bike
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Meet at Jack Valley Elementary School East side parking area near the storage shed and the port a potty. .
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Mountain
Mileage: 10
Amount of Climbing: 700 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: Riding Jack Valley Loop single track from the elementary school and going in a counter clockwise direction. Trail Forks indicates the trail to be a green for .5 of a mile then turn into a blue for 1.5 milers then green for 1.7 miles and then blue again for loop of approximately 6 miles.
Ride Date: 05/21/2024
Ride Title: Tuesday Night Group Ride
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Bowers Mansion Parking Lot
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 15-20
Amount of Climbing: 500
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Easy
Description: Starting from Bowers Mansion heading South on Old US HWY 395, turn right on Franktown Rd. turn right on old 395 and ride to Lakeview Subdivision area and turn around. Depending on how everyone is feeling either stay on Old US HWY 395 North or turn onto Franktown Rd and return to Bowers Mansion.
Ride Date: 05/27/2024
Ride Title: Monday Night Mountain Bike
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Meet at Jack Valley Elementary School East side parking area near the storage shed and the port a potty. .
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Mountain
Mileage: 10
Amount of Climbing: 700 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: Riding Jack Valley Loop single track from the elementary school and going in a counter clockwise direction. Trail Forks indicates the trail to be a green for .5 of a mile then turn into a blue for 1.5 milers then green for 1.7 miles and then blue again for loop of approximately 6 miles.
Ride Date: 05/28/2024
Ride Title: Tuesday Night Group Ride
Depart Time: 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Bowers Mansion Parking Lot
Ride Leader: Jamie Borino (775-300-1451)
Email: jlborino@outlook.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 15-20
Amount of Climbing: 500
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Easy
Description: Starting from Bowers Mansion heading South on Old US HWY 395, turn right on Franktown Rd. turn right on old 395 and ride to Lakeview Subdivision area and turn around. Depending on how everyone is feeling either stay on Old US HWY 395 North or turn onto Franktown Rd and return to Bowers Mansion.
Ride Date: 06/01/2024
Ride Title: Training Series: Woodfords-Luther-Carson-Blue Lakes
Depart Time: 9:30 am
Meeting Place: 50 Diamond Valley Rd, Markleeville, CA: Alpine County Community Development parking lot in Woodfords (same parking lot where the Diamond Valley race meets).
Ride Leader: Jennie Hamiter (5303071168)
Email: jenniehamiter@mac.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 55
Amount of Climbing: 5000 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Hard
Description: All club members welcome to join us as Alta Alpina hosts a training series for non-club members, for both our Alta Alpina Challenge and the Death Ride. We’ll ride from Woodfords up the canyon to Hope Valley, Luther Pass out-n-back, then Carson Pass, back to Hope Valley, then Blue Lakes Road out and back. With this out and back format you can join us for just part of the ride if you'd like. There will be snacks and drinks mid-ride at a rest stop as well as at the end. Also, we need people to help staff the rest stop, so please let me know if you can help with that.
Ride Date: 06/08/2024
Ride Title: Monitor and as far as we can get on Ebbetts.
Depart Time: 9:30
Meeting Place: County office parking area behind the General Store in Markleeville.
Ride Leader: David Scarborough (5303187878)
Email: dave_scar@hotmail.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 45ish
Amount of Climbing:
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Hard
Description: Ride up Monitor and then Ebbetts to the closure. Out and back so you can bail at anytime.
Ride Date: 06/15/2024
Ride Title: Training Series: Markleeville to Lake Alpine
Depart Time: 9 am
Meeting Place: Behind the Markleeville General Store (99 Water St, Markleeville).
Ride Leader: Jennie Hamiter (5303071168)
Email: jenniehamiter@mac.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 65
Amount of Climbing: 7500 ft
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Hard
Description: All club members are welcome as Alta Alpina hosts this 4th ride in the training series for non-club members, training for both our Alta Alpina Challenge and the Death Ride. This ride is a club favorite and features a whole lotta climbing: Ebbetts Pass and Pacific Grade outbound, and Ebbetts West on the way back. Since it's out and back you can join us for just part of the ride if you'd like. There will be snacks and drinks mid-ride at a rest stops as well as at the end. Club members will serve as ambassadors: you’re not expected to be an expert coach, just be friendly and helpful, ride with or wait for the participants that are closest to you in speed, and preferably you've ridden all parts of the route before. We need club members of ALL speeds on these No-Drop rides, so please join us! We also need people to staff the rest stops. Please contact me if you want to run a rest stop, or if you have any questions about the ride.
Date: 06/29/2024
Ride Title: Alta Alpina Challenge - Riding the Wild Sierra
Description: Saturday, June 29th is the club's main annual fundraiser, the Alta Alpina Challenge - Riding the Wild Sierra. We need a plethora of volunteers for rest stops, signage, SAG, motorcycle, ham radio, and rider check-in, as well as lots of help with prep the week before. Friends and family are welcome and encouraged to join you and help out. To volunteer, please write to challenge@altaalpina.org. Let's put on a safe, fun ride again this year!
Ride Date: 07/28/2024
Ride Title: NorthStar to Cisco Grove
Depart Time: 9:00
Meeting Place: Castle Peak Lot 1
Ride Leader: Anthony Parenti (7758578716)
Email: tparenti50@gmail.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 60
Amount of Climbing: 5,000
Pace: Medium
Terrain:
Description: Placeholder for weekend club ride to Cisco Grove and back with climbs of Highway 40 Donner Pass and Ritz Carlton.
Ride Date: 09/07/2024
Ride Title: Gold Lake Loop
Depart Time: 9:30 10:20
Meeting Place: Long ride starts at Lake Davis, shorter ride meet us in Grayeagle in green grassy area.
Ride Leader: David Scarborough (5303187878)
Email: dave_scar@hotmail.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 80/50
Amount of Climbing:
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: Gold Lakes loop. See July/August 2023 Newsletter for info, including camping information. We will be camping at Lake Davis, options for mountain bike rides on Sunday.
Ride Date: 09/28/2024
Ride Title: Quincy/Laport
Depart Time: 10:00
Meeting Place: Highway 89 and La Porte Rd. Dirt parking area. May camp out there the night before. Will update as the ride date gets closer.
Ride Leader: David Scarborough (5303187878)
Email: dave_scar@hotmail.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 60ish
Amount of Climbing:
Pace: Easy
Terrain: Hard
Description: The LaPorte Rd is very lightly traveled by cars. You may see 20 cars all day even on the weekend. The key challenge is Laporte Climb #3, just after Nelson Creek, climbing 3.5 miles at 10%. Scenic beauty in healthy and burn-recovery forests. If its hot this one can be hard, but the beauty and quiet roads are worth the drive up for the day.
Ride Date: 10/05/2024
Ride Title: Tim Rowe Memorial Ride
Depart Time: 9:30
Meeting Place: Carpool from Lampe Park, Start in Wellington. Information will be updated as the event gets closer.
Ride Leader: David Scarborough (5303187878)
Email: dave_scar@hotmail.com
Type of Ride: Road
Mileage: 84
Amount of Climbing:
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Medium
Description: See September 2023 newsletter for details.