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

MarshallWall to BoFax > 7Sisters

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well the pics on this one are not quite as splendid.. the viewing screen on my camera got smashed in while i was rolling down a mountain trying to snowboard in tahoe (worth it).. anyhow, we decided to do marshall wall (100 miles) and climb mount tamalpias on the way back.. excellent winter ride.. i havn't been posting as much because i've been doing so many little presidio and headlands rides.. starts to get old posting the same thing over and over again.. one day this week i climbed up to the top of hawk 4 times in one day.. should've just rolled tam but oh well..  it's been raining/sleeting/snowing here quite a bit lately.. gotta love riding in "hurricane force winds".

up through nicasio and on to point reyes petaluma rd over to rouge et noir for some mario land cheese... up hicks valley rd. and a left on to marshall petaluma.. up and over marshall wall and back on highway 1 to bolinas fairfax road (up mount tamalpias) and a right on ridgecrest rd. (to the seven sisters) and then a baildown to mill valley.. epic. and freezing cold. winter means waterfalls!

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Total Distance: 160.96 km (100.0 mi)
Total Time: 10:47:40
Moving Time: 6:35:47
Average Speed: 16.84 km/h (10.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 24.40 km/h (15.2 mi/h)
Max Speed: 64.80 km/h (40.3 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -44 m (-143 ft)
Max Elevation: 601 m (1971 ft)
Elevation Gain: 3258 m (10689 ft)
Max Grade: 58 %
Min Grade: -138 %
Recorded: Mon Jan 11 06:24:38 PDT 2010

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.