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13-06.-2008, 03:26 AM
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Any SF Bay Area riders ridden Last Chance Road recently?
I'm planning to climb Last Chance Road from Swanton to 236 this
Sunday, and was wondering if anybody had been on it recently. Is the route easy to follow in the uphill direction, or is there a chance of getting lost? |
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13-06.-2008, 04:23 AM
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Re: Any SF Bay Area riders ridden Last Chance Road recently?
Mike Logan wrote:
> I'm planning to climb Last Chance Road from Swanton to 236 this > Sunday, and was wondering if anybody had been on it recently. Is > the route easy to follow in the uphill direction, or is there a > chance of getting lost? At a couple of junctures, lesser used roads branch off while the main flow seems to continue to the park boundary, passing the old mill site where there are sheds, an unused fire engine and other vehicles at times. After that the road gets narrower after it crosses a large concrete slab that lies at an angle to the road. The rod goes into an oak forest as unused side roads peel off to the left where there is a huge VW beetle cemetery all covered with leaves. The road makes an abrupt right turn after that and starts a gentle descent into Last Chance Creek, from which it descends into the Waddell Creek canyon: (Last Chance south) http://terraserver-usa.com/image.as...=706&Y=5131&W=3 (Last chance north) http://terraserver-usa.com/image.as...=708&Y=5136&W=3 (Last Chance Big Basin) http://terraserver-usa.com/image.as...=708&Y=5139&W=3 On the last sheet the road is hard to see, going diagonally from Last Chance Creek to Hinn Hammond Rd. with its paved part past the sewage treatment plant. This part, although no longer a road because some do-gooders spent park money to truck in soil and boulders to obliterate what was a road on which one could drive a car. To make up for that, the single track they created is no longer visited by outdoors people even though this is a beautifully scenic canyon with spherical swimming holes in bed rock between towering cliffs. http://www.geocities.com/rayhosler/jobst/corn.htm Jobst Brandt |
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17-06.-2008, 03:06 AM
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Re: Any SF Bay Area riders ridden Last Chance Road recently?
On Jun 12, 12:23 pm, jobst.bra...@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
> Mike Logan wrote: > > I'm planning to climb Last Chance Road from Swanton to 236 this > > Sunday, and was wondering if anybody had been on it recently. Is > > the route easy to follow in the uphill direction, or is there a > > chance of getting lost? > > At a couple of junctures, lesser used roads branch off while the main > flow seems to continue to the park boundary, passing the old mill site > where there are sheds, an unused fire engine and other vehicles at > times. After that the road gets narrower after it crosses a large > concrete slab that lies at an angle to the road. Well, we made it through, but I would strongly discourage anybody from attempting it in the uphill direction. Whereas coming downhill, you would basically get funneled out to Swanton road, going uphill there are many many confusing forks. We made a few wrong turns and were about to give up before finding the park boundary. The hike through Big Basin to Hinn Hammond road also wouldn't fit most people's definition of cycling. Perhaps Jobst can ride the length of it, but I certainly couldn't, not on 700x23s anyway. Too much loose sand and rocks that swallow skinny tires. -Mark |
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19-06.-2008, 01:32 AM
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Re: Any SF Bay Area riders ridden Last Chance Road recently?
| Well, we made it through, but I would strongly discourage anybody from
| attempting it in the uphill direction. Whereas coming downhill, you | would basically get funneled out to Swanton road, going uphill there | are many many confusing forks. We made a few wrong turns and were | about to give up before finding the park boundary. At last, a legit use for a Garmin '705 on a bike! Almost makes me want to try your ride. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com <mlogan@gmail.com> wrote in message news:8b53da86-ca9b-47ad-93bf-833393a9b7ba@s21g2000prm.googlegroups.com... | On Jun 12, 12:23 pm, jobst.bra...@stanfordalumni.org wrote: | > Mike Logan wrote: | > > I'm planning to climb Last Chance Road from Swanton to 236 this | > > Sunday, and was wondering if anybody had been on it recently. Is | > > the route easy to follow in the uphill direction, or is there a | > > chance of getting lost? | > | > At a couple of junctures, lesser used roads branch off while the main | > flow seems to continue to the park boundary, passing the old mill site | > where there are sheds, an unused fire engine and other vehicles at | > times. After that the road gets narrower after it crosses a large | > concrete slab that lies at an angle to the road. | | Well, we made it through, but I would strongly discourage anybody from | attempting it in the uphill direction. Whereas coming downhill, you | would basically get funneled out to Swanton road, going uphill there | are many many confusing forks. We made a few wrong turns and were | about to give up before finding the park boundary. The hike through | Big Basin to Hinn Hammond road also wouldn't fit most people's | definition of cycling. Perhaps Jobst can ride the length of it, but I | certainly couldn't, not on 700x23s anyway. Too much loose sand and | rocks that swallow skinny tires. | | -Mark |
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