Who Rides Mt. Veeder?

[Veronica]

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.

[jayjay]

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.

You're right V, I think that is maybe too ambitious. I am now remember that the guess of 65mi or 75 mi would be more like going up Howell Mtn and Ink Grade, but coming back ChilesVly/SageCanyon and back across OakKnoll to the west side of Napa and back up the south side of Veeder. The more that I talk to the very experienced and sensible women on this forum the more I realize that my original little dream-goal might be a little far fetched , especially in my out-of-shape condition ~ though I'm giving myself a year to train. I don't care for flats, and I love the mtns, so that's the kind of ride I want to strive to do, if any distance at all. Do you think it's crazy for a woman to surpass her early 30's prime in her late 40's ?

I feel so unable to even imagine it now, and though I've ridden smaller sections of said loop, separately, many times , I just have never done this personal little 'Terrible Two'. I know you must understand that sort of yearning to prove to one's self?