Crater Lake Century Anyone?

[Jow28]

I am signed up to ride Crater Lake this summer in August. Has anyone completed this event? I am doing the Metric Century version. Would appreciate any information.

http://www.craterlakecentury.com/

Joanne

[Susan126]

Joanne . . . I signed up to do it too. This will also be my first time riding the Crater Lake Century. I've been wanting to do it for a few years now and I finally signed up this year. I signed up to ride the century.

You and I need to get some high elevation training in. I live pretty much at sea level. I know the ride starts at an elevation of 4,099 feet and we will be climbing an additional 3,000 - 4,000 feet! I think that will be the hardest part of this ride for me, the elevation!

[GLC1968]

I'm signed up too!

And let me just 'ditto' Susan's whole post - word for word.

We've been wanting to do this one for years and this is the first year we can swing it! And yes, elevation is going to be our biggest challenge, too.

I'm signed up for the century, but I don't know that I care if I do 100 miles or not. I just want to do the whole rim, so I thought I needed the century to do so...I see now that I was wrong. Oops.

[Jow28]

Well I am doing some hill training so my legs are good but the elevation will get to my lungs. I'm taking an inhaler before I start the ride. Where do you go girlies live? I have a few good elevation training rides in my area if you are interested...I'm only doing the Metric Century for Crater Lake.

[Veronica]

A group of us did it last year. The route up and around the lake is beautiful. My friends who rode the out and back to make the century said that section is just blah. The consensus seemed to be that unless you wanted that 100 miles, it wasn't worth the effort.

Veronica

[jobob]

Right. You can follow the metric century route which goes from the Ft. Klamath Museum directly up to the rim, then follow the century route which takes you all the way around the rim and back to the Museum.

That way you miss out on the 20 miles or so of relatively boring flatland on the first part of century route.