Info on route from lake merced area to woodside?
07-07-08, 10:47 PM
#1
Bourbon junkie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NorCal
Posts: 722
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Info on route from lake merced area to woodside?
Does anyone have route info to go from the lake merced area to woodside? I think the rules for biking on skyline have changed and I have to take some detours onto side streets? Mainly confused how to get to sawyer camp trail. Thanks for the help.
07-07-08, 11:24 PM
#2
Direct Hit Not Required
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Bruno, CA
Posts: 6,193
Bikes: Leopard DC1, Ridley X-Fire, GT Zaskar 9r
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
I'm not aware of any rules changes to riding on Skyline? What kind of changes have you heard about?
07-07-08, 11:48 PM
#3
Bourbon junkie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NorCal
Posts: 722
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Can't find it now but I read something about bicycles no longer being allowed on the section of skyline from westmoor to hickey.
07-08-08, 12:09 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 10,879
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 104 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
Here is a route from Palo Alto to Lake Merced and then the SF Caltrain station. It avoids the freeway section of Hwy 35 between Hickey and Westmoor.
https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...alto/634854521
https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...alto/634854521
07-08-08, 01:13 AM
#5
Direct Hit Not Required
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Bruno, CA
Posts: 6,193
Bikes: Leopard DC1, Ridley X-Fire, GT Zaskar 9r
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
That looks like a good way to avoid the freeway interchange. That interchange is risky when the fog is real thick, which it often is along Skyline.
07-08-08, 06:35 AM
#6
Ride the lightning
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 118
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
From the Great Hwy:
- RT onto Westmoor Ave
- (0.05mi) LT onto Skyline Dr
- (1.27mi) Left onto Gateway Dr.
- (0.72mi) Left onto Hickey Blvd
- (0.14mi) Right onto Skyline Bld.
From Lake Merced to 92/Canada Rd, it's exactly 21.4 miles, 1,759ft climbing. To Woodside you just need to add 7.3 miles, 319ft climbing
Here are a couple of routes that can help:
San Francisco To San Mateo
Hope this helps
Angel.
__________________
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
~ Albert Einstein
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
~ Albert Einstein
07-08-08, 10:21 AM
#7
2 Wheeler
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 14
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I live in this area and yes.. fog can get really bad. Make sure you have your lights turned on so cars can see you (if possible).
07-08-08, 11:53 AM
#8
Bourbon junkie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NorCal
Posts: 722
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Found my mistake, recollection of a ba.bicycles post was incorrect. I've ridden from sf to san bruno ave. and from sawyer camp to woodside. So I'm wondering if there's any confusing parts between san bruno ave. and sawyer's camp? But I will give the westmoor detour a try, I remember those interchanges were a little scary.
https://groups.google.com/group/ba.bi...rch+this+group
Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> Skyline just simply ends at Trousdale Drive,
> and there are no "bike route" signs to tell you that you need to turn right
> on Trousdale,
I mentioned this on the SVBC list....
This section of 280, to Milbrae, used to be open to bicyclists earlier this year. Of course, I agree with Mike -- there's no signs telling cyclists which way to go along this route. In fact, only after riding north to San Francisco several times did I learn that segment of the 280 shoulder was open: previously I'd navigated the maze Mike described, doing the best I could to stay uphill (ie left), avoid "slipping off" the ridge...
However, last month I noticed the sign had been changed: "bicyclists" added to the list of forbidden modes. I assumed it was in error, but then the "bicyclists must exit" at the Milbrae Ave exit was gone, as well: obviously not needed, since bikes weren't allowed there any longer.
The 280 segment between Skyline @ Larkspur and the northern segment of Skyline was still open, however. The San Andreas trail is a good alternative, although finding it going north can be rather challenging.
The whole Skyline route, especially northward, is far from relaxing. Skyline over 1, for example, in Daly City, is a nasty interchange, especially in the not-uncommon fog.
Dan
> Skyline just simply ends at Trousdale Drive,
> and there are no "bike route" signs to tell you that you need to turn right
> on Trousdale,
I mentioned this on the SVBC list....
This section of 280, to Milbrae, used to be open to bicyclists earlier this year. Of course, I agree with Mike -- there's no signs telling cyclists which way to go along this route. In fact, only after riding north to San Francisco several times did I learn that segment of the 280 shoulder was open: previously I'd navigated the maze Mike described, doing the best I could to stay uphill (ie left), avoid "slipping off" the ridge...
However, last month I noticed the sign had been changed: "bicyclists" added to the list of forbidden modes. I assumed it was in error, but then the "bicyclists must exit" at the Milbrae Ave exit was gone, as well: obviously not needed, since bikes weren't allowed there any longer.
The 280 segment between Skyline @ Larkspur and the northern segment of Skyline was still open, however. The San Andreas trail is a good alternative, although finding it going north can be rather challenging.
The whole Skyline route, especially northward, is far from relaxing. Skyline over 1, for example, in Daly City, is a nasty interchange, especially in the not-uncommon fog.
Dan
07-08-08, 01:06 PM
#9
Direct Hit Not Required
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Bruno, CA
Posts: 6,193
Bikes: Leopard DC1, Ridley X-Fire, GT Zaskar 9r
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Ah... My backyard.
If you're heading south...
Skyline turns into 280 south of San Bruno Ave. You have two options:
1) Stay on Skyline/280 and ride along the freeway shoulder
for a short bit and exit at the next exit (Millbrae Ave/Larkspur Dr).
or
2) Hop onto the San Andreas MUP and ride that until it ends up at the
exit (you'll be on Larkspur Dr.).
You'll cross under the freeway (on Larkspur) and make an immediate right
onto Skyline drive. Take Skyline till you get to Hillcrest Blvd. Here you have three options.
1) Turn right onto Hillcrest Blvd then take the on-ramp onto 280. Ride along
the shoulder of the freeway till you get to the very next exit, Trousdale Dr.
Cross under the freeway and continue on Skyline Blvd till you get to Black Mountain
Road/Hayne Rd. Turn right on Hayne Road and continue till you connect back up with
Skyline Blvd. You'll eventually meet up with the southern Sawyer Camp Trailhead and
92 a little further south.
2) Continue straight on Skyline Blvd. Make left turn onto Millbrae Ave then an
immediate right onto Vallejo Dr. Continue till you can make a right onto Hunt Dr.
Turn right onto Trousdale to meet back up with Skyline.
The rest is the same as #1.
3) Turn right on Hillcrest Blvd, go past the 280 south on-ramp, and meet up with the
northern Sawyer Camp Trailhead. Take Sawyer Camp Trail all the way to its southern end
and join Skyline Blvd there.
Once to get to 92/Canada Rd. It's cake all the way to Woodside.
*** Riding on the freeway shoulder isn't bad as the shoulders are very wide,
but there is a lot more road debris. I don't usually use the freeway shortcut
unless I'm running late to get home.
If you're heading south...
Skyline turns into 280 south of San Bruno Ave. You have two options:
1) Stay on Skyline/280 and ride along the freeway shoulder
for a short bit and exit at the next exit (Millbrae Ave/Larkspur Dr).
or
2) Hop onto the San Andreas MUP and ride that until it ends up at the
exit (you'll be on Larkspur Dr.).
You'll cross under the freeway (on Larkspur) and make an immediate right
onto Skyline drive. Take Skyline till you get to Hillcrest Blvd. Here you have three options.
1) Turn right onto Hillcrest Blvd then take the on-ramp onto 280. Ride along
the shoulder of the freeway till you get to the very next exit, Trousdale Dr.
Cross under the freeway and continue on Skyline Blvd till you get to Black Mountain
Road/Hayne Rd. Turn right on Hayne Road and continue till you connect back up with
Skyline Blvd. You'll eventually meet up with the southern Sawyer Camp Trailhead and
92 a little further south.
2) Continue straight on Skyline Blvd. Make left turn onto Millbrae Ave then an
immediate right onto Vallejo Dr. Continue till you can make a right onto Hunt Dr.
Turn right onto Trousdale to meet back up with Skyline.
The rest is the same as #1.
3) Turn right on Hillcrest Blvd, go past the 280 south on-ramp, and meet up with the
northern Sawyer Camp Trailhead. Take Sawyer Camp Trail all the way to its southern end
and join Skyline Blvd there.
Once to get to 92/Canada Rd. It's cake all the way to Woodside.
*** Riding on the freeway shoulder isn't bad as the shoulders are very wide,
but there is a lot more road debris. I don't usually use the freeway shortcut
unless I'm running late to get home.
07-08-08, 01:21 PM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: San Francisco, Ca
Posts: 354
Bikes: Seven Axiom, Gary Fisher Sugar, Lemond Buenos Aires, Ritchey Breakaway
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
The bicycles prohibited sign went up, then came back down. I heard something about a temporary restriction due to construction, but it's just as likely someone from Caltrans just decided to prohibit bikes but was then corrected - there was a deal cut when 280 was built that bicycles must never be prohibited from that section. At least that's what I heard.
The 280 section is fine, the hardest part is the exit because then you are on a narrow shoulder with traffic coming at you blind.
The 280 section is fine, the hardest part is the exit because then you are on a narrow shoulder with traffic coming at you blind.
07-08-08, 05:32 PM
#12
Direct Hit Not Required
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Bruno, CA
Posts: 6,193
Bikes: Leopard DC1, Ridley X-Fire, GT Zaskar 9r
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
No prob. I ride south from San Bruno Ave pretty regularly so if you're riding one of these days maybe we can meet up.
