Alpine Dam Loop (east/west peak)

my friend had a little spill at the bottom of bofax near the dam on this one.. luckily he's ok and his bike was only minimally mangled.. a quick truing in fairfax was all it really needed. this ride was a pretty good reminder of why i hate holidays. i've decided to try to sleep through every holiday. weekdays early are where it's at.

a little problem again with the gps track. oh well.

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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.)

winter alpine dam loop

a little freezing cold alpine dam loop. been doing a lot of headlands for training lately, but i figured if i posted them every time i'd have to rename the site headlands world. these winter days are too short i tell you!

alpine dam loop + west peak TAM

Created by My Tracks on Android.

Total Distance: 95.41 km (59.3 mi)

Total Time: 6:03:06

Moving Time: 4:47:57

Average Speed: 15.83 km/h (9.8 mi/h)

Average Moving Speed: 19.88 km/h (12.4 mi/h)

Max Speed: 63.00 km/h (39.1 mi/h)

Min Elevation: -36 m (-120 ft)

Max Elevation: 729 m (2392 ft)

Elevation Gain: 2085 m (6840 ft)

Max Grade: 16 %

Min Grade: -29 %

Recorded: Mon Nov 02 08:25:39 PDT 2009

pat got off his overnight shift at 7am, and i had to work at 4pm, so we sqeezed a little alpine dam loop in there. check out the view of the headlands and the city from the west peak (first two pics).. can you make out the little north tower of the golden gate bridge and the mohawk of forest at the top of hawk hill (right side of headlands)? also pictured ocean beach (sf) with the (blue) santa cruz mountains and lastly alpine lake.