2011-10-01 Henry W. Coe State Park

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Henry W. Coe State Park

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This was a busy day at Coe:

• Hard COEre 100 100 mile bike ride
• Coe Everest Challenge 29,029’ of uphill on a bike
• Henry Coe Fall Circus a mtbr tradition.
• Tarantula Festival at HQ

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For the 7th annual Henry Coe fall Circus, Amiel posted up:

Henry Co(e)mmiseration Ride Oct 1st

Alright, looks like the big circus ride of yore isn’t happening this year so this ride is getting rolled into El Hombre’s insane ride. I’ll be at Hunting Hollow by 8:30AM. Feel free to join me. Route will likely include Kelly Cabin Canyon, the new JDT and mostly front country stuff for more contiguous singletrack. And no, I’m not planning on matching even a 3rd of El hombre’s crew’s effort. I have to be home by 5 though, so I can’t camp out at HH after the ride waiting with some BBQ for the Everest Challenge finishers.

And Dan suggested this route:

My general route thoughts … HH > JDT > Spike > Timm > Anza > Jackson > Wasno > Kelly Lake Trail > Kelly Cabin > Cross Canyon > Grapevine > HH

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I started the day riding up the Jim Donnelly Trail with the Fall Circus (HCFC). From Amiel’s camera, this is what it looked like:

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Big Larry enjoyed the new Jim Donnelly Trail so much, he made a mtbr thread specifically about it .

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Here are a few photos of the HCFC group. The first one is Amiel:

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Chris: “Dynamite. I’m think-kin’ dynamite, Dan.”

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Shiloh and Dan:

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Mark, Shiloh, and Paige:

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The HCFC group went Jim Donnelly Trail » Steer Ridge Road » Spike Jones Trail » Timm Trail » Coit Road » Anza Trail » Jackson Trail » Elderberry Spring Trail » Rock Tower Trail » Domino Pond Trail » Wasno Road » Kelly Lake Trail » Kelly Lake where we had a lunch break:

photo Amiel

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…and tended to Paige’s wounds (scrapes and bruises from a spill on the Kelly Lake Trail descent). From here, they rode Kelly Cabin Canyon » Cross Canyon ( Dan’s track ).

Greg and I split off here goingg Coit Road » Coit Lake Perimeter Trail » Coit Dam Trail » Willow Ridge Road » Hoover Lake Trail » Hoover Lake » Hoover Airstrip » White Tank Trail » Rose Dam Trail » Pacheco Creek Trail » Pacheco Camp where we planned to meet the HardCoe’re 100 riders. Mike / diskus had taken a shorter route and was already there.

We arrived way too early and had time to kill. The three of us did a Coit Road » Pacheco Ridge Road » Ridge Trail » Pacheco Creek Trail » Pacheco Camp loop:

After that Greg did another loop solo out to Phoneline.

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6pm: no HardCo’re100 riders yet. Realizing that sunset was just an hour away, and well, being bored, we left messages for the guys:

Photo Patrick

photo Dirk

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…and headed back:

…Coit Road » Live Oak Spring Trail » Wagon Road » Wasno Road » Tule Pond Trail » (stop to put on lights) Grizzly Gulch Trail » Coit Road » Gilroy Hot Springs Road » Hunting Hollow. Greg opted for a Serpentine » Middle Steer Ridge finish.

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Henry Coe Fall Circus

Hard COEer 100 / Everest Challenge mtbr thread

Hard COEre 100 home page

Coe Everest Challenge home page

Dirk’s mtbguru page

Dirk’s Strava page

Patrick’s album

Patrick’s Strava page

Patrick’s Plus3 page

Patrick’s mtbguru page

Roy’s mtbguru page

Roy’s Strava page

Paul L’s video of the Hard COEre 100 riders

Mike’s mtbguru page

Mike’s Strava page

Dan King Strava page, Henry Coe Fall Circus route

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Start at Hunting Hollow » Jim Donnelly Trail » Steer Ridge Road » Spike Jones Trail » Timm Trail » Spike Jones Trail » Grizzly Gulch Trail » Coit Road » Anza Trail » Jackson Trail » Elderberry Spring Trail » Rock Tower Trail » Domino Pond Trail » Wasno Road » Kelly Lake Trail » Kelly Lake » Coit Road » Coit Lake Perimeter Trail (west side of lake) » Coit Dam Trail » Willow Ridge Road » Hoover Lake Trail » Hoover Lake » Hoover Airstrip » White Tank Trail » Rose Dam Trail » Pacheco Creek Trail » Pacheco Camp » Coit Road » Pacheco Ridge Road » Ridge Trail ad hoc trailwork » Ridge Trail » Pacheco Creek Trail » Pacheco Camp » Coit Road » Live Oak Spring Trail » Wagon Road » Wasno Road » Tule Pond Trail » Grizzly Gulch Trail » Coit Road » Coyote Creek gate » Gilroy Hot Springs Road » Hunting Hollow parking.

From cyclometer (Specialized TurboPro)

• Total time = 11:18
• Moving time = 6:05
• Miles = 34.66
• Footies = 6,663’

GPX from GlobalSat DG-100 Data Logger. DEC elevations were added afterward so the total elevation gain is exaggerated but the profile is a good representation of the route.

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Weather data from San Martin (which is the closest official weather station to Hunting Hollow that I’ve found)

Weather Conditions for: CW2978 San Martin, CA (C2978) Elev: 279 ft; Latitude: 37.0753; Longitude: -121.6167

│	Date Time	│	Temperatureº	│	Wind Direction	│	Wind Speed	│	24hr precip	│
│	10/1/2011 6:08 AM	│	55º	│	E	│	1G03	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 6:38 AM	│	55º	│	E	│	G03	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 6:58 AM	│	56º	│	E	│	G01	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 7:28 AM	│	56º	│	ESE	│	G06	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 8:08 AM	│	57º	│	ESE	│	G03	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 8:28 AM	│	58º	│	ESE	│	1G06	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 8:58 AM	│	61º	│	ESE	│	1G06	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 9:28 AM	│	64º	│	ENE	│	1G05	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 9:58 AM	│	66º	│	NE	│	G03	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 10:28 AM	│	69º	│	N	│	2G08	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 10:58 AM	│	70º	│	NNW	│	1G05	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 11:28 AM	│	72º	│	E	│	1G06	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 11:58 AM	│	74º	│	NNE	│	1G03	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 12:28 PM	│	75º	│	S	│	1G06	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 12:58 PM	│	77º	│	S	│	2G07	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 1:28 PM	│	78º	│	SE	│	4G12	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 1:58 PM	│	79º	│	ESE	│	1G13	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 2:28 PM	│	78º	│	SSW	│	1G12	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 2:58 PM	│	79º	│	SSE	│	2G12	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 3:28 PM	│	79º	│	SSE	│	3G14	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 3:58 PM	│	79º	│	S	│	5G12	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 4:28 PM	│	79º	│	SE	│	G09	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 4:58 PM	│	79º	│	SSE	│	2G10	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 5:28 PM	│	76º	│	SSE	│	1G07	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 5:58 PM	│	75º	│	WSW	│	8G18	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 6:28 PM	│	72º	│	W	│	7G18	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 6:58 PM	│	70º	│	W	│	10G18	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 7:28 PM	│	69º	│	SW	│	5G08	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 7:58 PM	│	67º	│	W	│	0	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 8:28 PM	│	63º	│	ENE	│	G02	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 8:58 PM	│	62º	│	ENE	│	0	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 9:28 PM	│	61º	│	ENE	│	G03	│	0	│
│	10/1/2011 9:58 PM	│	60º	│	ENE	│	0	│	0	│