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Hello South Coasters! Please join us for an amazing weekend where we’ll be traversing the southern Sierras, taking on the Mighty 190 and the Great Western Divide Hwy. We’ll be stopping by some scenic and historic points along the way including the Trail of 100 Giants.
*** Folks – The hotel I’ve selected is the Americas Best Value Inn Porterville but I used Hotels.com to reserve my room. Rooms are available from $68 per night for the Sep 27-29 weekend which is a good deal – but I suggest you reserve your room ASAP to ensure you get the room you want! There is no cancelation fee up to Sep 26.
Don’t forget to signup on the Event page!
Okay South Coasters, since this ride is less than 2 weeks away here are the details as promised.
Friday
Friday’s meetup location is at:
Panera Bread
990 Town Center Dr
La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011Be sure to arrive (gassed up) no later than 8 am for the ride briefing, get there earlier if you want coffee or breakfast. KSU will be 8:30 am. Friday’s route will be about 236 miles and we’ll arrive at America’s Best Value Inn in Porterville just before 4:30 pm. Lunch will be at the Keene Cafe. We’ll have gas and break stops along the way.
Saturday
Sherman Pass looks to be open at this point! Total miles will be about 186 miles. We’ll depart the hotel at 7:30 am in order to get back to hotel before 5 pm. If for some reason Sherman Pass is closed on Sat, we’ll do the same route just bypassing the left turn on M-50 and making a right instead to continue the route. If Sherman Pass is closed, we can depart the hotel an hour later at 8:30 am.Sunday
There is no planned route for returning home on Sunday. Folks can return on their own, or find others to return with.I’ve attached the GPX files for Fri and Sat along with route overview maps for Fri and Sat. This is going to be a great weekend folks!
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Ron,
I might be interested in this.
Love the color on your Blue R18 Trans Continental. It’s an elegant bike it fit and finish, not much plastic on it, really old school materials, with tins and real paint.
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Okay South Coasters, it looks like folks weren’t able to do Sherman Pass on the Sierra Passes ride due to it being closed. So… if it’s open on 9/28 we’ll plan to do it. This will bring the Saturday’s route total miles to 186. I think after the Sierra Passes ride, this should be doable for most. If not, people can take the original 132 mile route and get back to the hotel around 2:30 PM.
If we have a KSU of 7:30 AM for going on Sherman Pass, this will get us back to the hotel before 5 PM. I have additional stops on the route, but can be by-passed if we want to get back to the hotel sooner. Right now temps look like to be a max of 86 degrees for Sat 9/28, and that’s at the hotel – so not bad at all!
I’m still working on narrowing down the hotel accommodations and will announce that soon!
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Thanks Ron, just booked the room through Expedia.
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Signed up and room reserved.
Tom
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Signed up and room reserved, Single.
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Regrettably, I must withdraw from this ride. Too much other stuff going on in September.
Tom
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/sequoia/recarea/?recid=79918
Sherman Pass Road
Currently closed on the Kernville side at the Cherry Hill intersection to the Blackrock intersection.
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Even if Sherman Pass is closed come Saturday, Mountain 99 is open up to that closure point just past the Kern River which still a nice ride.
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Just spoke to the Ranger Station in Kernville and they said Sherman Pass Road is open all the way from the Kern River to 395. It was closed previously at Blackrock Rd but opened Labor Day weekend.
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Beautiful ride through the Sherman Pass with tinted Fall color!
Completed the missing sector from the 7 Passes ride two months ago.
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