19 Jul 2009 @ 12:18 AM 
 

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Sherwood Road backcountry cycling

 

Sherwood Road is a county road, but for most of its length you would never know it. The track shown on the map below begins at Columbi Market in Ft. Bragg and ends at Hwy 101 in Willits and the geo-tagged photos give a pretty fair idea of the conditions along the way; Pudding Creek “peanut butter” clays, named so both for their color and consistency when wet, which is a very good reason to ride this in the dry (May-October) season. The road runs more of less paralell to the Skunk Train route but offset a few miles to the north and several hundred feet in altitude.

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Just before the final summit there is a long clear blue pool shaded by trees. The pipe at the upper end is back in the ferns and trickles out some of the sweetest, cleanest spring water you'll ever taste,


Having ridden it both from west to east and east to west I can say with certainty that its always an adventure no matter which direction you ride. The track shown here was hand built in kml format and shows a total ascent of 6388′ and a total descent of 5208′ for a net ascent of 1180′ over a distance of 40.1 miles. That gives you some idea of the amount of up and down rollercoaster type terrain you’ve got to cover no matter which way you ride. Later this summer I’ll ride it with the Garmin GPS running and post the recorded ride below as a comparison of the estimated versus actual numbers, but experience tells me that these numbers are pretty good.

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Sherwood Road

Cute Ridgeway Highway? C'mon in Main Ranch road conditions The road out Summit 360 P4 Pilot Car=Excellent! Down the grade

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Categories: NorCal Cycling Routes Posted By: Cyclo-monger
Last Edit: 18 Sep 2009 @ 06 26 PM

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