This ride is designed to include some of the most spectacular scenery that you’ll ever have an opportunity to see, on or off a bike. Part of this route was built nearly 100 years ago as the first highway to navigate the Columbia River Gorge, and it is a impressive today as it was back then.
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Hood River, Oregon 97031, US |
| Distance: | 42.6 mi |
| Selected: | 42.6 mi |
| Elevation: | + 4632 / - 4636 ft |
| Good For: | Cycling |
Best format for turn by turn directions on Edge 500. Will provide true turn by turn navigation on Edge 800 including custom cue entries. Great for training when we release those features. Not currently optimal for Virtual Partner.
Useful for any GPS unit. Contains no cuesheet entries, only track information (breadcrum trail). Will provide turn by turn directions (true navigation) on the Edge 605 and 705, but will not have any custom cues. Edge 605/705 users follow these instructions.
Only the cuesheet entries, not the entire track. Useful for the Garmin Edge 205, 305 and Edge 500 for turn notifications (turn by turn directions)
Only the cue sheet. You can print it from Excel or another spreadsheet program.
| Created: | Apr 30, '10, 12:19pm |
| Starts in: | Hood River, Oregon 97031, US |
| Distance: | 42.6 mi |
| Selected distance: | 42.6 mi |
| Elevation: | + 4632 / - 4636 ft |
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Start Sunday morning with time for breakfast and even reading the paper in one of the area’s many café’s, lodges, or bed & breakfasts. Then head out of Hood River at the decent hour of 9 a.m. along the Columbia River Historic Highway – closed to automobile traffic – to the town of Mosier. From Mosier, continue along the old scenic highway, climbing gradually for eight miles to the top of the Rowena Crest Lookout. Don’t let the scenery take your breath away, because you’ll need it for the climbs coming up!
From Rowena Crest descend the famous Rowena Loops and along the Columbia River bluffs into the town of The Dalles, where the rest stop awaits. Fuel up because you’re headed to the 1650 foot climb of Seven Mile Ridge. Scream down the other side of Seven Mile back into the town of Mosier and return the Scenic Highway through the Historic Mosier Tunnels. Once through the tunnels, you’ll snake through the Columbia River Highway State Park’s flat to rolling terrain. The westerly Gorge winds can make the last quarter of this ride even more challenging than it looks on paper!
Finish up the ride where you started at the day in Downtown Hood River right next to the Mt Hood Classic Criterium course. Enjoy a burrito by Taco del Mar and a pint from Full Sail brewing while you cheer on the racers on the .6 miles technical course on their final day of racing. Browse the expo and enjoy a great day in Hood River.