Windy Hill to Borel Hill

Tags: Windy Hill Borel Bay Area

Trip created by elhombre on 2007/02/05

Overall Rating
Technical Difficulty
Aerobic Difficulty
Distance (mi)	15.5
Elevation Range (ft)	502 - 2572
Total Ascent (ft)	2408
Total Descent (ft)	-2433
Total Ascent Distance (mi)	6.4
Total Descent Distance (mi)	9.1
Moving Time	01h 42m 37s
Stopped Time	00h 06m 34s
Average Speed (mph)	8.5
Average Moving Speed (mph)	9.0
Stops	6
Start Time	2007/02/03 10:00:49
Finish Time	2007/02/03 11:50:00
Time Zone	Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Description

Nice workout ride starting not too far from town (Portola Valley, that is).

The Spring Ridge fire road to Windy Hill is quite a brutal affair – I hadn’t done this in a while but it’s one of those hills that your legs won’t quickly forget.

After hitting Skyline, I took the paved road southwards for roughly 2 miles, at which point you can reach the Bay Area Ridge trail in Russian Ridge Preserve. Follow the fireroad opposite the Fogerty vineyard for a couple hundred feet, then go through the gate on the left and another couple hundred feet later you’ll find the singletrack to the right.

The singletrack gets you to Russian Ridge and Borel Hill – then it’s back to Skyline, a right on Cloud’s Rest and you’ll connect to Alpine Road, which drops you back down in Portola Valley.

Nearby trips

Distance to (mi)	Name	Created by
0.0	Windy Hill to Borel Hill down Alpine	dirk
0.1	Windy Hill to Alpine	elhombre
0.6	Road Riding: West Alpine and OLH (new PRs)	mudworm
0.7	Alpine Rd 7-22-08	diskus
0.8	Alpine Rd (out and back) - Edge	elhombre
0.8	Alpine Road to Borel Hill	elhombre
1.1	Portola to Russian RIdge	jerzdude
1.2	06-23-07-Saratoga Gap-Skyline-Hwy 84-Woodside-Old La Honda-Skyline-Saratoga Gap.gpx-t0	polarlight
1.3	Portola > MonteBello > Russian Ridge	jerzdude
1.3	Alpine Rd Monte Bello 7-5-08	diskus

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Top of Spring Ridge 2007/02/03 10:33:28
2007/02/03 11:16:58
2007/02/03 11:17:06
View from Borel Hill 2007/02/03 11:17:20

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