Northern California - nevada city to downieville
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My wife and I are headed on a short tour soon and are thinking of heading from Sacramento to Downieville , maybe even Sierra city. we have a route from Sacramento to Nevada City but are not sure about hwy 49 above Nevada City. How is the ride on 49? I can't seem to find much information on it. What about camping? Is this a bad idea?
BigBlueToe
05-19-09, 09:27 AM
Maybe you should post this in the touring forum. Some of those people have been everywhere!
VaultGuru
05-19-09, 10:05 AM
Since you are from the Sacramento area, you probably already know that 49 from Auburn to Grass Valley is really dangerous. You may already know this, but Dogbar Road, Off Placer Hills road is a great option. Haven't ridden from GV to Downieville in a long time. As I recall, is is lightly traveled during the week. BBT is right. Check with Touring
Enjoy the journey
VG
Thanks, dogbar road is our planned route to GV. I posted in touring this morning, hopefully someone is familialr with the upper part of 49.
Since you are from the Sacramento area, you probably already know that 49 from Auburn to Grass Valley is really dangerous. You may already know this, but Dogbar Road, Off Placer Hills road is a great option. Haven't ridden from GV to Downieville in a long time. As I recall, is is lightly traveled during the week. BBT is right. Check with Touring
Enjoy the journey
VG
Rushfan
05-20-09, 12:01 AM
Thanks, dogbar road is our planned route to GV. I posted in touring this morning, hopefully someone is familialr with the upper part of 49.
Might be worth checking with the Davis Bike Club listserv-I've seen discussion of Sierra routes in the past on it.
http://www.davisbikeclub.org/sign-on.htm
(go for digest mode-decent amount of activity on the listserv)