7 sisters out and back

a little seven sisters (bolinas ridge) out and back. a quick stop at the mountain theatre for some water. some nice winter waterfalls and strong force winds up on the ridge. tam certainly had her "vail" on today. holler at some REDWOODS!

a nice baby blue sunset in the presidio.

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Total Distance: 72.07 km (44.8 mi)
Total Time: 4:48:57
Moving Time: 3:27:13
Average Speed: 14.97 km/h (9.3 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 20.87 km/h (13.0 mi/h)
Max Speed: 65.70 km/h (40.8 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -37 m (-122 ft)
Max Elevation: 600 m (1969 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1448 m (4751 ft)
Max Grade: 29 %
Min Grade: -19 %
Recorded: Mon Mar 01 13:23:51 PDT 2010

alpine dam loop cntrclkwse

alpine dam loop riding up to fairfax and then a left on bolinas fairfax road. never climbed tam this way. hell of a climb. stopped over at the western summit and i figured out that my new camera has a panoramic mode. pretty cool.

the stats for this track got a little messed up.. i think it's safe to say that my top speed was not 255 mph huh?.. anyway, it was about 60 miles, 6000 ft elevation gain. (if it's the same clockwise and counterclockwise.. it almost seems like more climbing this way, but maybe it's because bolinas ridge (7 sisters) roll into each other more going clockwise. either way, a SICK ride.)

bolinas loop

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Total Distance: 102.92 km (64.0 mi)

Total Time: 5:51:37

Moving Time: 4:37:07

Average Speed: 17.56 km/h (10.9 mi/h)

Average Moving Speed: 22.28 km/h (13.8 mi/h)

Max Speed: 60.30 km/h (37.5 mi/h)

Min Elevation: -30 m (-98 ft)

Max Elevation: 602 m (1975 ft)

Elevation Gain: 1927 m (6323 ft)

Max Grade: 24 %

Min Grade: -21 %

Recorded: Sun Nov 08 11:43:03 PDT 2009

climbed up through the neighborhoods of mill valley to muir woods road, dropped down to highway one, then headed up the coast (one) to the (surfing/hippie/super-counterculture) town of bolinas (a favorite)!

laguna de bolinas! (san andreas fault)then i headed up the bolinas/fairfax rd (or bofax rd) climbing up mount tamalpias on a stretch of the road i had not yet been on.. on this climb you're in 100% middle of a mountain nature.. i think i saw one car.. basically a steep twisting climb through a redwood forest that's pitch silent other than animals and waterfalls. listen hard, there's not a roadway or unnatural sound to be heard here. through out this climb you see words spraypainted on the road that read things like "agony" and "doubt" etc. etc. when you get to the top (ridgecrest rd) it says "relief".. i took ridgecrest up to bolinas ridge (aka the seven sisters, sonic the hedgehog world).. having done the alpine dam loop clockwise, i always had heeps of fun on this ridge, the road is amazing, not to mention the views of the mountains and the ocean/stinson beach/point reyes... so this time i did that little section twice and stopped a lot to get some pictures.. this is where we "collect coins".. TONS of pictures.. i know..

a little sunset from the golden gate bridge.