Eric, and others doing that route, do you know the nicer route on the Tahoe side of Luther Pass? A touring cyclist pointed it out to me last week when I was finishing off my (Riv-enabled) Sierra Cascades trip by riding over Luther and Carson Passes to Sacramento.
In the westward direction, don't turn off Highway 50 onto Highway 89 in Meyers. Instead, go a little further, cross the river, then turn left onto S. Upper Truckee Road. Ride until you reach Highway 89. Then, instead of turning onto Highway 89, cross the road and enter the campground. Ride through the campground. Eventually you'll reach a Tahoe Rim trailhead, where you'll turn left to finish off the climb to Luther Pass. In the eastward direction, after cresting Luther Pass and beginning to head down, turn right at the Tahoe Rim trailhead, ride through the campground, cross 89, ride down S. Upper Truckee Road, turn right to continue on to South Lake Tahoe. Riding down the Sierra, I was forced to spend a lot of time on Highway 89. It's not a particularly pleasant road, so I was glad to take any opportunity that presented itself to ride a nicer parallel road. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > My Riv-enabled weekend ride: just a shade under 300 miles with 18,000 feet > of climbing from Davis to Lake Tahoe and back, all aboard my Riv Road > Standard: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/sets/72157624947289984/ > > Captions for the photos coming soon. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > www.wheelsnorth.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
