There are so many options when you roll up onto Mt. Tam. We ascended Railroad Grade from Mill Valley, then picked up Hoo Koo Ee Koo Fire Road, which brings you around to the east face of the Mountain. I will say that it's the east face which provides the steepest pitches. HKEK terminates at Blithedale Ridge, and you could either climb (briefly: steeply) Indian Fire road which (after a good climb) connects with Eldridge Grade (which can drop down to Lake Lagunitas or climb to the East Peak of Mt. Tam. We descended via Blithedale Ridge, which can be reasonably hairy - especially mid summer when trail conditions degrade. It's generally steep, loose, rutted and off-camber, especially at the top.
We dropped down, then climbed up towards Corte Madera Ridge (still technically on Blithedale), then followed Blithedale down towards Mill Valley. It had probably been 20 years since I followed that all the way down (used to divert up CM Ridge), and led us down one exit early - which put us into downtown Mill Valley rather than over by the Golf Course. - J On Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:04:04 PM UTC-8, Manuel Acosta wrote: > > I saw these. Looks like a good route you need to show me next time! > > On Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:25:57 AM UTC-8, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: >> >> Not too many "Homer" shots as I was taking the pictures, but connected >> with JimG and Stork for a Railroad Grade "Redux" - reliving the glory loop >> of Cyclotouring/BikeTinker/Gino. >> >> As Manny oft opines - >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/sets/72157632847908992/with/8501884081/ >> >> >> - Jim / cyclofiend.com >> > -- 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.
