Ride Grade: B61
Distance: 61 miles, Total climb: 5800ft (According to Bikely)
Terrain: Fairly long climb to Georgetown, about 9-10%.
Ability: Intermediate+
Speed: 17 on flats, less on hills. Ride at your own climbing pace.
Sweep: No, but regroup at designated points on cue sheet.
Bring some $$ for food and refreshments along the way.

Join us for a new ride with some great views and challenging hills, the Folsom/Georgetown/Cool loop! Notice that it is NOT an easy ride, being very close to the recent Iowa Hill Loop ride in length and altitude gained. So we are going to strongly encourage a slow but steady pace. This will be 2/3 the length of Foxy's, but with 1.6 times as much climbing. Our main goal is to prove the viability and enjoyability of the route. With that said, now the details:

Meet at 8:30 in the parking lot next to the Raley's Aisle 1 gas station at 25025 Blue Ravine Road.

We'll head up Green Valley, Deer Valley then on to Lotus Rd which will take us to 49. From there we'll take Marshall Rd. to Georgetown and Georgetown Rd to Cool, then back down 49 to Salmon Falls Rd and Green Valley to complete the trip. The majority of climbing will be done on Marshall Rd, 3 miles of solid 9% to climb. It's a long, steady climb of about 30-40 minutes - some hill legs are required. There are several water stops and we'll take breaks as desired. We can stop for a bite to eat in Cool as well.

CUE SHEET HERE

Here is a Bikely map of route..

Prospector Rd. will be an option for those who choose to tackle it. It replaces the 3 miles of 9% on Marshall Rd. with about 2.8 miles of 10% - 14%, no flat spots all the way to the end.

Please bring extra tubes, 2 water bottles, snacks are encouraged and a helmet is required and don't forget to bring $$ if you plan to join us for lunch.

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Rain will cancel this ride!!