Hole in the Ground |
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| Overall Rating |
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| Technical Difficulty |  |
| Aerobic Difficulty |  |
| Distance (mi) | 17.0 |
| Elevation Range (ft) | 6512 - 8070 |
| Total Ascent (ft) | 2559 |
| Total Descent (ft) | -2525 |
| Total Ascent Distance (mi) | 7.1 |
| Total Descent Distance (mi) | 9.9 |
| Moving Time | 02h 52m 08s |
| Stopped Time | 02h 36m 14s |
| Average Speed (mph) | 3.1 |
| Average Moving Speed (mph) | 5.5 |
| Stops | 48 |
| Start Time | 2007/09/02 11:12:12 |
| Finish Time | 2007/09/02 16:40:34 |
| Time Zone | Pacific Time (US & Canada) |
Description
Awesome Sierra ride. Even for Bay Area dwellers it’s more than worth the ~3 hour drive I’d say.
The trail itself is enormously entertaining, and then there are the ‘granite playgrounds’: California’s version of slickrock, where you can toy around for hours if you’d like so.
The first couple of miles are on mixed paved/dirt road and just serve to connect the Lola Montez Lake trailhead (Soda Springs) to the actual HITG trailhead near the Boreal ski area.
Lots of short steep climbs and descents, with plenty of technical obstacles (rocks, drops, roots and other adorable stuff). Doing this relatively late in the season like we did means you’ll be likely to cough up a lot of dust but oh well, no pain no gain, and everything is still well rideable.
Don’t forget to check out the lovely Lower Lola Montez Lake towards the end.
We hadn’t done this ride before and I had downloaded it as a .crs file to my Edge 305, then in ‘Training mode’, selected ‘Do course’ (in 305 lingo) in order to find our way – works flawlessly with the resolution of the 305…
Here’s a crappy video® that can hopefully give you some impressions:
Nearby trips
| Distance to (mi) | Name | Created by | |
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| 0.0 | Hole in the Ground | geezerbiker |
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| 0.0 | 2007-06-25 Hole in the Ground.gpx-t0 | turtleboy |
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| 0.2 | Tahoe - Hole In The Ground | jerzdude |
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| 3.6 | Cisco Grove to Donner Summit | Alamere |
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| 6.1 | Tahoe Donner | Alamere |
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| 7.5 | Coldstream Valley | Alamere |
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| 8.4 | Tahoe - NorthStar | jerzdude |
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| 8.9 | Tahoe-Sierra Century 2008 | Alamere |
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| 10.0 | Beyers Lake | geezerbiker |
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| 13.3 | Grouse Ridge - Carr Lake to Penner Lake | doctapow |
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Map
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Pictures
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HITH trailhead
2007/09/02 12:03:47
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Climb to Andesite Peak
2007/09/02 12:17:33
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View near the peak
2007/09/02 12:47:38
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Castle Peak
2007/09/02 12:48:05
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First descent
2007/09/02 12:56:29
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Inge and my attempt at panning/motion blur
2007/09/02 12:56:56
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Wall ride
2007/09/02 13:47:03
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2007/09/02 13:49:34
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In videogame-mode
2007/09/02 14:34:57
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Kickin' up some dust
2007/09/02 15:00:34
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Fun at the Granite Playground
2007/09/02 15:13:35
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2007/09/02 15:15:47
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2007/09/02 15:27:38
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2007/09/02 15:29:45
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Lower Lola Montez Lake
2007/09/02 15:41:37
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Gathering on the big rock
2007/09/02 15:57:20
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2007/09/02 15:58:42
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2007/09/02 15:59:19
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Rocky creek crossing, Rubicon style
2007/09/02 16:24:40
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