Mt. Diablo at 2.4 mph

[Veronica]

I miscounted. I think it's 5.2 miles to Juniper. Next time I'll make Thom take the GPS . :p

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[CorsairMac]

*insert applauding emoticon here*
woohoo kim wtg and hats off. I don't live in your state and have Not a clue about Mt Diablo cept for what I read here on the boards but from what I've read..............what an accomplishment! Kudos to you!

[nuthatch]

I thought you calgals were riding up Diablo on the pavement - this is a mountain bike path?? I'm anxious to be educated about mountain biking - I've only tried it once on Snowking(?) in Jackson last summer and was terrified I'd fall sideways off the hill. My sister-in-law lives near Diablo so maybe I'll have a chance to ride out there.

[Veronica]

You can do it either way. The other threads have been discussing it as a road ride.

V.

[aka_kim]

My respect for the fitness of mtn bikers has increased tremendously -- it is such hard work getting up those "hills" (sheer walls with poor traction would be a better name for them).

Snow King in Jackson? I think we stayed at a hotel just a few blocks away last July (if Snow King is the ski area right in town?). Looks steep.

[nuthatch]

Yes, I don't know what the mountain was called - it was behind the Snowking hotel/resort thingy (I wasn't staying there so my info is sketchy - we were camping outside of town at the Gros Vendre campground). The trails run zigzag up the mountain, of course, but they are so narrow! Maybe this was not the right thing to try as my intro to mountain biking. On a borrowed bike that fit a 5'2" sister-in-law (I'm 5'9"). Kind of pee-wee hermanesque. Trees were grabbing at me like in the Wizard of Oz.