This is a cue sheet for the Milpitas Old Calaveras>Calaveras to Sunol>Return Back>Felter Road>Return to Start Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.
| Cumulative | Distance | Where | Notes | Direction | Elevation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0km | 0km | Milpitas Coffee Shop - Start | Starting point 44 mile climb with 4900 ft of climbing that has some steep and challenging sections. The climb begins immediately at mile point 1 so you might want to warm up for a few miles. Head north up North Park Victoria Drive for a slight uphill for about a mile to have a nice little warm up stretch. Repeat as many times as necessary for your typical warm up. | E | 79° | 8.1m |
| 1.47km | 1.47km | Mile .91 point/1.21 mile climb. Really steep section for 150 yards or so. Approximate 15-18% grade at the initial turn and about 12% afterwards for the 150 yards. Aproximate 7% average til the end. | E | 73° | 39.4m | |
| 3.41km | 1.94km | Mile 2.12 point. End of old calaveras climb. Go down towards golf course and make a right towards calaveras road. | ESE | 99° | 155.9m | |
| 4.07km | 0.66km | Mile 2.53 point. Begin climb up Calaveras towards to Wall at the Felter Junction. | ESE | 93° | 124.3m | |
| 6.25km | 2.18km | Mile 3.88 point. Begin climb towards "The Wall" | E | 69° | 269.8m | |
| 6.41km | 0.17km | the hurt begins here :). | NNE | 18° | 293.8m | |
| 6.86km | 0.45km | Mile 4.27 Point. Begin Calaveras Sunol stretch which rolls until pass the Calaveras reservoir and then down hill towards the park entrance at the intersection with Pat Geary Rd. | ESE | 96° | 326.1m | |
| 17.37km | 10.5km | Mile 10.8 point. All down hill from here. | NNW | 345° | 290.3m | |
| 21.59km | 4.22km | Mile 13.42 point. End of descent and slightly downhill towards the 680 junction. | NNW | 351° | 117.2m | |
| 22.19km | 0.6km | Mile 13.8 point. If you're up for a real challenge of a climb make a right here at welch creek road. You better have your best climbing gears on or you might just fall sidewards from a lack of power to push your pedals :) | NNE | 17° | 100.7m | |
| 28.27km | 6.08km | Mile 17.59 endpoint. Turn around from here. There are a couple of porta potties here so take a break if needed. | E | 78° | 88.5m | |
| 28.34km | 0.07km | Start the return track using the same route until the Felter Junction | S | 163° | 94.9m | |
| 35.1km | 6.76km | Mile 21.84 Point. Begin Calaveras Sunol Climb | SSE | 145° | 108.6m | |
| 39.09km | 3.99km | Mile 24.32 Point/2.5 Mile Climb. End of initial Climb and is rolling from here until Felter. | SSW | 182° | 293m | |
| 47.9km | 8.81km | Mile 29.81 Point. Down "The Wall" you go and make a left turn at the junction to Felter Road. | SW | 216° | 343.1m | |
| 48.48km | 0.58km | Mile 30.17 Point/ Make a left here for the beginning of the Felter Road Climb. | SE | 135° | 274.1m | |
| 48.94km | 0.47km | Steep stretch for about 50 yards and flattens out bit afterwards but be ready for the next steep section - it'll hurt without letup for a good stretch! | ESE | 99° | 302.5m | |
| 50.16km | 1.22km | Mile 31.21 Point. Beginning of a steep section for close to a mile with up to 12% grades. | E | 78° | 362.5m | |
| 50.75km | 0.59km | lays off a little bit but still hard after the steeper sections. | SE | 122° | 414.2m | |
| 51.08km | 0.33km | Mile 31.78 Point. Mini Stairs section. Begin steep section again for about 100 yards and then it is rolling until near the top where the Stairs climb begins. | E | 77° | 444.5m | |
| 51.42km | 0.34km | Mile 31.99 Point. End of steep sections and rolling from here til the Stairs. | SSE | 136° | 477m | |
| 54.04km | 2.62km | Mile 33.62 Point. Beginning of the Stairs steep section where the road looks like a set of steps as it rises and let's up just a tiny bit making it look like a set of stairs. A little less than .5 mile stretch of climbing. | SSE | 150° | 504.9m | |
| 54.77km | 0.73km | 34.08 Mile Point. End of Stairs and from here it is a bit of rolling towards the descent of Sierra Road. Sierra Road was Stage 2 of the 2006 Tour of California. | SSE | 136° | 572.4m | |
| 57.21km | 2.44km | Very fast and technical descent so if you haven't ridden down here before take good care! | SSW | 187° | 591.9m | |
| 63.33km | 6.12km | Mile 39.4 Point. Steep straightaway downhill where you can easily top 50MPH so be careful because it can be a bit bumpy in spots. You'll get tunnel vision here if you go fast. I've hit 54MPH here before in my younger days but don't dare to come close to that anymore - I use my brakes much more nowadays :) | WSW | 240° | 151.5m | |
| 64.31km | 0.98km | Mile 40 Point. End of the Sierra Road descent. Optionally you can go back up the same way back torwards Milpitas. Otherwise it is mostly flat all the way back to the starting point. In the afternoon there is usually a slight headwind that can make it a little tougher for you. | NNW | 340° | 60.9m | |
| 69.33km | 5.02km | Mile 43.13 Point. Calaveras junction. | NNW | 334° | 39.8m | |
| 71.42km | 2.09km | End Point | You can take a break here and treat yourself to a fruit smoothie at the coffee shop. | N | 0° | 8.2m |