Trip spanned over 5 days. 323 km. 2512 m of elevation gain. Weather was amazing. Not too hot, not too cold when sleeping.
Gravel 55% road 45%
Patches of Snow encountered for about 15 km of the higher point around 1200 m elevation on North facing aspects just south west of Myra Canyon and North of Arlington Lakes rec site. Very wet with big puddles so we were biking through ankle deep water.
Some sections had 12-14% gradient but all on road so very doable. We passed Anarchy Col which was around 1200 m elevation gain but around 5-8 % gradient which was very manageable.
If we did it a week earlier, it would have been tok much snow. We hiked a bike some snow patches and bikes through some. I only brought clip in pedals and sandals so I wiped out 2-3 times in the snow.
I had 40 mm tired back and 38 mm front and was fine the most part. A little sliding on the sand.
Gf had 32 mm and only front panniers but struggled on the sandy gravel but it was fine.
Overall a excellent trip! Great intro to multi day trips.
1 Comment
Trip spanned over 5 days. 323 km. 2512 m of elevation gain. Weather was amazing. Not too hot, not too cold when sleeping.
Gravel 55% road 45%
Patches of Snow encountered for about 15 km of the higher point around 1200 m elevation on North facing aspects just south west of Myra Canyon and North of Arlington Lakes rec site. Very wet with big puddles so we were biking through ankle deep water.
Some sections had 12-14% gradient but all on road so very doable. We passed Anarchy Col which was around 1200 m elevation gain but around 5-8 % gradient which was very manageable.
If we did it a week earlier, it would have been tok much snow. We hiked a bike some snow patches and bikes through some. I only brought clip in pedals and sandals so I wiped out 2-3 times in the snow.
I had 40 mm tired back and 38 mm front and was fine the most part. A little sliding on the sand.
Gf had 32 mm and only front panniers but struggled on the sandy gravel but it was fine.
Overall a excellent trip! Great intro to multi day trips.