We happened to be in Klamath Falls August 5th to clean out my Mom's house which had just sold. To make an unpleasant task more bearable we took our bikes and headed down to Shasta City the evening of the 6th to ride the Mt. Shasta Century. I've always wanted to do this ride. It lived up to it's reputation of being a hot, hard ride. I've never been to Shasta City and we were lucky to snag a room at the charming Strawberry Valley Inn.
The super century is 138 miles with 16,100 feet of gain. We opted to cut out the 2nd climb up to Mumbo and Craig's
Garmin picked up a little over 100 miles with 10.8k gain.
Last Saturday we rode the 93 mile route of the Alpine Century, leaving from Alpine, Oregon (near Corvallis) and up through the coast range by Alsea. This is a pretty ride with 5k gain.
Pics from the Shasta Century:
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| Top of first climb, Parks Creek Summit |
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| Looking west from the summit |
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| Swimming after the 2nd climb, Castle Lake. Yes, I was in bike clothes! |
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| Bunny Flat |
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| Heading up Everitt Memorial Highway to the old ski bowl on Mt. Shasta |
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