Saturday A Ride 6/22 - Page Mill/Montevina/Bear Creek

Hello riders, we are going down to Lexington Reservoir again this week! We’ll start by climbing Page Mill and going left on Hwy 9, and after a quick water stop at Castle Rock we can enjoy a ripping descent on the rest of Skyline and Black Rd all the way down to the reservoir. Then we will turn left, climb Montevina, and come back down - don’t get too distracted by the spectacular views as the descent is a bit technical! If the fruit stand is where it usually is at the bottom of Bear Creek we can get some light refreshments, as there’s nowhere to get water until we get back to Los Gatos/Saratoga. From the top of Bear Creek we’ll go left on Summit and then enjoy a nice gentle descent down Old Santa Cruz Hwy before circling around the reservoir to the gravel trail back to Los Gatos. From there it’s just Toll Gate to Eden to Foothill and back home.

If you’re not already heat acclimated, this ride should do the trick as we are expecting high temperatures of 88F/31C on Saturday. Please bring two big bottles!! We’ll be doing around 3.0w/kg all day but with minimal stopping, so that we can ideally get all the big climbs out of the way before the heat reaches its peak at around 2pm.

See you there!

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3222628425655782340

Summary: 75 miles / 9,000 feet: Summit Bicycles > Page Mill > Skyline > Black Rd > up & down Montevina > Bear Creek > Toll Gate to Pierce/Eden > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 a.m., Leave 9:10 a.m.

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

Ride Leader: Richard Red