Auburn Century

Tags: Auburn, century, Iowa Hill, Sierra foothills

Trip created by dirk on 2006/09/05

Overall Rating
Technical Difficulty
Aerobic Difficulty
Distance (mi)	109.5
Elevation Range (ft)	1169 - 6755
Total Ascent (ft)	11466
Total Descent (ft)	-11376
Total Ascent Distance (mi)	48.0
Total Descent Distance (mi)	61.5
Moving Time	10h 24m 10s
Stopped Time	01h 44m 04s
Average Speed (mph)	9.0
Average Moving Speed (mph)	10.5
Stops	34
Start Time	2005/09/17 06:23:31
Finish Time	2005/09/17 18:31:45
Time Zone	Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Description

The Auburn Century! Featuring: lots of climbing – over 60 miles of it without repose (there’s only a brief 2 mile break around mile 20). Including the absolutely grueling Iowa Hill climb, on which you can get yourself timed and ranked against the other riders. What goes up must go down of course so you’ll have a nice 50 mile descent to look forward to.

A rather unique undertaking as I don’t know of many events that throw such long, uninterrupted, continuing climbing effort at you. If you survive everything, it’s a lot of fun though. You can also opt out along the way and choose to cut things short and do the 50 or 75 mile course instead.

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8.0	SA Loop from Confluence.gpx-t0	brainstump
11.0	Foothill Divide Loop	rastermapper
11.0	Forest Hill Divide Loop 2010-04-10	scootersayles
11.1	Confluence_to_Foresthill_II.gpx-t0	brainstump
11.2	Dead Truck Trail from 3rd Gate 02-23-2009	Steam
11.9	Lolipop2010-05-31	scootersayles
11.9	Connector to Foresthill Divide Loop	MonkeyDawg

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At the start 2005/09/17 06:32:17
Iowa Hill 2005/09/17 09:27:15
Iowa Hill 2005/09/17 09:30:26
More climbing 2005/09/17 13:00:07
The Sierra foothills 2005/09/17 17:47:05
Heading back 2005/09/17 18:00:27
The bridge over the American River, approaching Auburn 2005/09/17 18:00:47

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