Mount Hamilton - from Grant Ranch |
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| Overall Rating | |
| Technical Difficulty |  |
| Aerobic Difficulty | |
| Distance (mi) | 22.9 |
| Elevation Range (ft) | 1521 - 4208 |
| Total Ascent (ft) | 3171 |
| Total Descent (ft) | -3135 |
| Total Ascent Distance (mi) | 10.9 |
| Total Descent Distance (mi) | 12.1 |
| Moving Time | 02h 09m 55s |
| Stopped Time | 00h 17m 55s |
| Average Speed (mph) | 9.3 |
| Average Moving Speed (mph) | 10.5 |
| Stops | 10 |
| Start Time | 2006/10/08 15:28:35 |
| Finish Time | 2006/10/08 17:56:25 |
| Time Zone | Pacific Time (US & Canada) |
Description
Mount Hamilton is a classic Bay Area road ride: at +4200 feet it’s one of the higher peaks of the Diablo Range, and the paved road that leads to its summit offers a twisty and curvy challenge, both up – a long, strenuous climb – and down – hordes of potholes, bumps and gravel infested corners to negotiate. The road is usually not too busy, though weekends see a lot of both two wheeled traffic (bicyclist and motorcyclists) and cars filled with visitors for the Lick Observatory at the summit. Unfortunately, some of the latter feature notoriously bad drivers so be on the idiot-lookout on those narrow blind corners.
At the summit, you can enjoy the amazing views (fall, spring and clear winter days are the best) or visit the nice museum in the Observatory and check out the telescopes.
The ride from the bottom (at Alum Rock) is about 20 miles one way – the route featured here however starts from the parking lot at Grant Ranch park, about 9 miles along the way, as we started rather late on a sunday evening in fall – Grant Ranch is by the way a popular mountain bike destination.
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Pictures
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The parking lot in Grant Ranch
2006/10/08 15:28:45
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2006/10/08 16:06:12
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Climbing Mt. Hamilton road
2006/10/08 16:20:29
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Almost there
2006/10/08 16:28:55
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Summit view
2006/10/08 16:55:41
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The Lick Observatory
2006/10/08 16:56:21
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Watch out for these guys
2006/10/08 17:25:48
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Comments
Great ride. Next time let’s start from the bottom. Cool pics and it’s nice to see our ride technically layed out.
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