Originally Posted by
Pamestique
The gnarly climb is Saddleback Ranch... geesus goes on forever. but a left turn on Ridgeline will drop you 3/4 of the way up the climb from Cook's Corner...
FIFY!
A good alternative to the Saddleback climb (but mostly parallel) is to go up Saddleback to the first street on the left (Millwood), turn left and climb that instead of Saddleback. Much more interesting, lots of changes in % and overall more fun. At the summit it drops you back onto the top bit of Saddleback (by the park, pretty much).
So, bottom line, you get to the same place but you have a more entertaining time getting there.
Rick / OCRR