Quote Originally Posted by jayjay View Post
Another, my 'personal best' ride that I'm 'training' for from GroundZero is this : Down steep side of Veeder /over Oakville Grade/ across Oakville crossroad/ up SilveradoTrail to Howell Mtn/up into Popevly /over InkGrade/ across back PopeVly territory to the Monticello side/ and up and over Mt George/ back across valley to Veeder to home. I have no clue what the miles are for that loop, but maybe someone here knows.
That's a pretty ambitious ride you're talking about.

It's 40 miles, 2700 feet of climbing to start in St Helena, go over Sage Canyon, return on Ink Grade.

From the bottom of Mount George to the top of Howell Mt is 42 miles, 3200 feet of climbing. Of course in the mileage is there some back and forth across the valley, since I pulled it from my Knoxville Double data. But you'd definitely have all that climbing.

I would guess you're looking at a century plus with probably 7,000 feet of climbing.

V.