wojchiech wrote:Mt. Hamilton is easily the best way in the bay area California to maximize elevation in a single ride. Today was 60 miles and 8,900 feet of climbing.
Did you do the west side, east side from Isabel creek, and then the last climb on the west from the fire station? The stats match that ride. I know you were on the east side as that's where the painted numbers are.
That's one of my favorite climbing training rides. I bet the weather was great for it yesterday with the inversion layer making it warmer at altitude than down in the valley. I did Uhmunum before work yesterday and it was nice.
Three times up Diablo (two south gates and a north gate) will get you 10,000' in about 65 miles. I have tried to put together something as climbing dense in the santa cruz mountains but other than doing repeats of Jamison or similar I don't think it can be done... there needs to be some flat stuff connecting the climbs.
I blame my phone camera's slow shutter speed
