AV A Endurance - Saturday 4/12/25 Pacifica

Summer weather is here! Let’s celebrate by heading to the coast. We’ll ride north to Pacifica and back south along Highway 1. We’ll take a detour along Higgins Canyon, briefly back to Highway 1, up Tunitas, around Portola Valley, and back to Summit.

The first 60 miles of this ride is relatively flat, so we’ll keep a ~3 W/kg pace, with those on the front slightly higher. It’s not often you get to Tunitas with so little elevation in the legs, so feel free to go as hard as you want, but we’ll regroup at the top before a leisurely pace back to Summit.

We will have two brief water stops: mile 34 at Devil’s Slide and mile 71 at Woodside Store, with a 15-20 minute break for food in Half Moon Bay.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3345633128783517758

Summary: 85 miles / 6,600 ft: Summit Bicycles > Cañada > Skyline > Pacifica > HW1 > Higgins > More HW1 > Tunitas Creek > Kings > Portola > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Sam Moskal