Starting from sea level, in the rain, begin at berth one and go south on Water street. Turn left onto Mission Street. Proceed 2 blocks and turn left at Bawden St. Climb up Bawden St., staying left at the Y with Park St., go to reach Pine St. At Pine, bear right and keep climbing up to Forest Ave. At Forest Ave, turn right onto Miller Ridge road for a few yards then left up Summit Terrance. This is a climbing bend that descends back to Forest Ave. Turn right and drop down to Schoenbar Rd. Have good brakes here, turn left down a steep descent to Water St. again at sea level. Turn right at the 49'er bar. Follow on Water St. and straight but don't follow the arterial turn. Stay right up the hill on what is still Water St. This street will climb then at the top become 2nd ave. Drop down, still going straight north and climb back up staying on 2nd ave. At the next intersection, you will climb some more. Climb any residential street on the right and make your way north to Jefferson St. As you pass the high school, bear left onto College Ave then left on 7th. Turn right on Jackson St and start climbing to Jackson Heights. Look left to see a gate, you can ride around it, and go thru the condo parking lot to Carlanna Lake rd. Right on Carlanna and climb to Fairview Av. Left onto Fairview short a brief stretch then left on Hill Rd. Drop down to the next intersection, bear left onto Baranoff Av. Right onto Buren Rd. and left on Alaska Ave. Buren Rd. bends to the right and becomes Bryant st. with a steep drop to Tongass Ave. Follow Tongass Av. for 2 miles. if you want to shop at Walmart, turn right onto Don King Rd and look for the sign.
On the return, turn around and go back thru some rolling paved highway to Ketchikan, stay on Tongass Ave, keep the waterfront on your right. and return to Berth one and the 49'er bar.