Doug, Planet of the Apes (a.k.a. Old San Pedro Mountain Road) used to be the main road from South San Francisco/Pacifica to the coast/Half Moon Bay, etc. The old old Highway 1 as it were. The Devil's Slide Highway 1 route was created to replace it, and now it's a dilapidated, crumbling, sometimes-paved, sometimes-not path used by hikers and cyclists. It's pretty fun to ride. But, as Ray mentioned, if you are carrying a heavy or wide load, you may find it tedious.
I have a few pics of it in the first part of this set: *http://tinyurl.com/4xgu4ye* Feel free to e-mail me when you get closer to your trip, if you need more specifics on how to get to the trail head from SF. Best, Lee On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:24:35 PM UTC-7, dougP wrote: > > For those of us out of the area, what is the Planet of the Apes route? I > may ride from San Francisco south this summer & an alternate to the Devil's > Slide area would be neat. For some silly reason I assumed The Old Road > would be available for cycling as soon as the tunnel opened. > > dougP > > On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:24:41 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: >> >> How much of the road does the tunnel bypass? When I went through there a >> few years ago, it looked like the tunnel started half way up the hill, so >> you'd have to ride on the narrow busy road to get there. We went through at >> rush hour. I thought I was going to die. >> >> Planet of the Apes for me next time. >> >> >> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Way Rebb <gray...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Has anyone been down around the devil's slide area since the tunnel >>> opened? I might be taking the Hillborne down to HMB or SC next week for a >>> few days. It'd be nice to see the old coast road with no traffic! >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >>> 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-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
