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03-21-09, 04:05 PM
Looks like Jan Heine and some other members of the Seattle Randonneurs are supporting a new kind of long-distance event riding - see link here --
http://www.cyclosmontagnards.org/
As I understand the event, you pick your own route, just make sure you hit the points mentioned, and make it in under 24 hours.
The first ride is from Seattle to Mt. St. Helens, to Mt. Rainier and back to Seattle. A group of 5 riders can work together to complete the ride; but all must finish in order to qualify as a completion.
For those of you not familiar with this area, I believe that by "Windy Ridge," they are referring to the overlook of the Mt. St. Helens on Windy Ridge, on forest service road 99, on the *east* side of the Mt. St. Helens. (It's closed to car traffic; it's not the more popular viewing site that tourists visit in the main part of the Mt. St. Helens park). By "Sunrise" I am guessing they are referring to a ride up to the Sunrise Visitor Center in Mt. Rainier National Park.
Depending on the route, 500km, 3 major mountain passes...(the climb up to Windy Ridge, the climb into Mt. Rainier, and the climb up to Sunrise).
There was a good article about the origins of this sport in the current issue of Bicycle Quarterly.
(cross posted in Pacific NW forum as well).
http://www.cyclosmontagnards.org/
As I understand the event, you pick your own route, just make sure you hit the points mentioned, and make it in under 24 hours.
The first ride is from Seattle to Mt. St. Helens, to Mt. Rainier and back to Seattle. A group of 5 riders can work together to complete the ride; but all must finish in order to qualify as a completion.
For those of you not familiar with this area, I believe that by "Windy Ridge," they are referring to the overlook of the Mt. St. Helens on Windy Ridge, on forest service road 99, on the *east* side of the Mt. St. Helens. (It's closed to car traffic; it's not the more popular viewing site that tourists visit in the main part of the Mt. St. Helens park). By "Sunrise" I am guessing they are referring to a ride up to the Sunrise Visitor Center in Mt. Rainier National Park.
Depending on the route, 500km, 3 major mountain passes...(the climb up to Windy Ridge, the climb into Mt. Rainier, and the climb up to Sunrise).
There was a good article about the origins of this sport in the current issue of Bicycle Quarterly.
(cross posted in Pacific NW forum as well).