Throwing this out there in case anyone wants to join or connect along the way.
I'm thinking about making a scouting trip into the Sierra at the end of the month. The plan: ride to a Gold Country town (maybe Angel Camp or Jamestown) late Thursday, May 27. Friday's ride will be up 88 over Kit Carson Pass, then north for clockwise loop around Lake Tahoe, east to check out a hotel in Gardnerville, back up into the mountains to go over Monitor Pass and then south along the eastern Sierra to Bridgeport. Saturday will be a ride to Bodie (I think about 14 miles each way are packed dirt), then back up 395, to Hwy 108 and over Sonora Pass (OPENED TODAY!) and back across the Sierra to return home Saturday.
Anyone interested? Note that is kind of an impromptu trip with the excuse of scouting destinations and hotels for a possible long weekend Sierra Summits trip in the fall. Even with that, the route will take us over 5 passes -- all 7,000-9,600 feet!
I'm thinking about making a scouting trip into the Sierra at the end of the month. The plan: ride to a Gold Country town (maybe Angel Camp or Jamestown) late Thursday, May 27. Friday's ride will be up 88 over Kit Carson Pass, then north for clockwise loop around Lake Tahoe, east to check out a hotel in Gardnerville, back up into the mountains to go over Monitor Pass and then south along the eastern Sierra to Bridgeport. Saturday will be a ride to Bodie (I think about 14 miles each way are packed dirt), then back up 395, to Hwy 108 and over Sonora Pass (OPENED TODAY!) and back across the Sierra to return home Saturday.
Anyone interested? Note that is kind of an impromptu trip with the excuse of scouting destinations and hotels for a possible long weekend Sierra Summits trip in the fall. Even with that, the route will take us over 5 passes -- all 7,000-9,600 feet!