For the bulk of the ride, that is, from when you get on Mt. Hamilton Road to start climbing (the end of the first day) until you get to Livermore, there are two places to buy food: the top of Mt. Hamilton, where there *may* be vending machines that *may* be open, and the Junction, where there is a cafe which might be open, which you'd probably get to around midday the second day. Before then, you climb up to Mount Hamilton to Grant Ranch (I think that's about 1000 feet of climb, maybe a bit less) and camp the first night. Then, the second day, you complete the climb of Mt Hamilton (another 3000+ feet, but it's not steep), go down the other side, and ride through the lovely San Antonio Valley.
Grant Ranch Park, the top of Mt. Hamilton and (I think) the Junction Cafe have water. Bottom line, a long way without services. Be prepared. It's beautiful but remote. On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM, hangtownmatt <hangtownm...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Couple questions: (1) If I did this, I'd be coming from Placerville, CA. > Is there a safe place near the Freemont Bart station to leave my car? (2) > The ride sounds like lots of calories burned. Are there services nearby > and/or along the way? Or, must we pack a two day supply of food and water? > > Matt > > On Friday, February 1, 2013 10:17:42 PM UTC-8, Manuel Acosta wrote: >> >> Mike asked me about a s240 trip to Mt.Ham. Taking Will's suggestion. >> Trying to give enough notice so that people can actually come to these >> things. >> Hosting a s240 to Mt.Hamilition. Will be a mixed terrain ride. Long and a >> good amount of climbing. Two days 4000+ climbing. >> But the views and route are by far worth all the trouble. >> >> First day. >> Fremont Bart to Joseph D Grant Ranch. 50ish miles >> http://goo.gl/maps/Cixf4 >> >> - Slight detour on Sierra(because Google can't change the directions). >> Instead of riding down Sierra riding down the Sierra Vista Trail into Alum >> Rock Park. >> - I take this route in reverse when I have time and it's a blast. >> >> Second day. >> Joseph D Grant Ranch back to Fremont Bart 80ish >> http://goo.gl/maps/9GpCF >> >> - Totally making this part up. Never been this far out I hear it pretty >> flat after Hamilton. I'm actually open to suggestions on making it more >> interesting. >> >> So there it is. Sorry for the weird dates I'm on my second winter break >> and I got a week off and my weekends are booked. >> Any suggestions on the route or interesting place to see would be helpful. >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
