Originally Posted by
cccorlew
I just don't know what those numbers mean. 6000 feet sounds like a lot. 630 doesn't. Climbing Diablo is really hard, and that's only 3800 feet, but it's over 10-ish miles.
Is this goig to be like going up Diablo twice, or is the fact it's pread over so many miles make it easier?
BTW, I at last have money coming in!
Curtis, from the route map on the MS site with the elevation map it "looks" like there won't be anything like Diablo... just a lot of smaller hills with the biggest hill peaking at about 630ft. So, without really riding the course, it looks to me that it's not as bad or as daunting as just the "total" elevation of the whole ride. But don't get me wrong, it will still be challenging, at least to me who's not that strong of a climber.
Gary