Meet time: 9:00 a.m.
Ride-out time: 9:30 a.m.
Meeting place: Arastradero Open Space Preserve, 1530 Arastradero Road (map)
City: Palo Alto
Rain policy: Rain cancels
Category: 2 - moderate pace (10-12 mph)
Terrain: 3 - rolling hills with some steep climbs
Miles: 33
Description:
Whether today is a holiday for you or you just feel like playing hooky, join us for a ride that skips all the preliminaries and gets right to the climbing in the hills above Palo Alto.
From our starting point at the Arastradero nature preserve (restrooms and water available), we'll begin climbing immediately and make our way to Alpine Road. Most of our rides turn at Portola, but today we'll continue all the way up Alpine to the end of the paved portion -- a 3-mile climb that's only a tiny bit less challenging than the more well-known Old La Honda Road. The reward is the descent, but be careful on the winding, narrow road.
After that, we'll head back to Portola Road and go to Woodside for our rest stop at Roberts Market. Then it's down into Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Los Altos before heading back into the hills around Foothill College to return to the preserve.
Total climbing on this ride is about 2,300 feet.
Route sheet for this ride is here.
P.S.: This makes a great warm-up ride for the Evil Twins ride the next day!
Be sure to check the Training section of the ALC website for information on how to prepare for a training ride and what you must and should bring.
Leaders: Chris Thomas, Susan Fish
RSVPs are requested but not required. 
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