Fall Mountain and Bicycling Vacation Recommendations
12-13-06, 09:22 PM
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Fall Mountain and Bicycling Vacation Recommendations
My and my buddy's family go on vacation together during Fall Break, typically the last week in October, right before Halloween. He took up cycling this year and I came back to the sport. After a Summer of training and this Winter and next Summer, we might be ready to take on some mountains. What would be a good destination for mountain scenery for us and our families and decent bicycling for us to take a day long ride? We have been going to the Smokey Mountains for many years and there is no cycling opportunities there that interest us unless we could get on the Blue Ridge Parkway and bike.
I should have mentioned that it needed to be within a day's drive of Indianapolis, Indiana.
I should have mentioned that it needed to be within a day's drive of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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October is the best time of year to visit coastal California (San Francisco, Napa Valley, etc.). The summer heat is gone from the inland areas and the coastal fog is mostly gone as well. You can find low mountains along the coast (up to around 4500 feet).
The weather is iffy in eastern California's 10,000 mountains (Yosemite, etc.) that time of year, though.
The weather is iffy in eastern California's 10,000 mountains (Yosemite, etc.) that time of year, though.
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Google Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive or Front Royal Virgina.
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Originally Posted by jimbud
Google Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive or Front Royal Virgina.
Johnny 99 thanks also. I should have mentioned that it needed to be within a day's drive of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Originally Posted by dekindy
My and my buddy's family go on vacation together during Fall Break, typically the last week in October, right before Halloween. He took up cycling this year and I came back to the sport. After a Summer of training and this Winter and next Summer, we might be ready to take on some mountains. What would be a good destination for mountain scenery for us and our families and decent bicycling for us to take a day long ride? We have been going to the Smokey Mountains for many years and there is no cycling opportunities there that interest us unless we could get on the Blue Ridge Parkway and bike.
If you're interested go to Snowshoe's website and look for the Cheat Mountain Challenge.
12-15-06, 08:50 AM
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Try Blowing Rock, N.C. area. Absolutely beautiful, tons of stuff to do, great shopping and dining, and great cycling as the BRP runs right through it. Better book very early as leaf season is prime time there.
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12-15-06, 10:36 AM
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Moab UT
Best time of year to go there, fabulous mountain and road cycling, canyonlands and Arches National Parks, side trips to Grand Canyon NP and Telluride Colorado.
It does NOT get better than this in October in the west.
Best time of year to go there, fabulous mountain and road cycling, canyonlands and Arches National Parks, side trips to Grand Canyon NP and Telluride Colorado.
It does NOT get better than this in October in the west.
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If you can find a cheap flight you could probably get to France pretty cheap... Provence in October was INCREDIBLE. In many places you can ride some famous TdF routes too.
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
Pocahontas County West Virginia. (Snowshoe Ski Resort). The Highland Scenic Highway is similar to the Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline drive, but with absolutely no traffic.
If you're interested go to Snowshoe's website and look for the Cheat Mountain Challenge.
If you're interested go to Snowshoe's website and look for the Cheat Mountain Challenge.
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Hit the southwest. Weather is usually good in the fall, you'll typically miss monsoon season. You can hit up areas around Durango and Telluride (tellurideblues.com for a good time) and drive over to Moab as well. Then head down to Navajo and ride trails that are a total blast and virtually unheard of. There's great riding in the entire area.
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Get thee to Boone/Blowing Rock, N.C. Tons of great rides, both on the stunning Blue Ridge Parkway and some very challenging backroads.
https://blueridgebiking.tripod.com
https://blueridgebiking.tripod.com
