| Route |
Contributor |
Last Updated |
Where |
Distance |
Tags |
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Catoctin Mtn loop |
davas |
Jul 18th |
United States >
Maryland >
Walkersville
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80.5km |
Onroad, Steep, Difficult, Low traffic, Rural |
| Starts from a school parking lot (good place to park) then goes on smoothly pave road towards its 3 big climbs. the first climb is hamburg rd. hamburg starts off easy (5% for about a mile) then turns up sharply in bursts of 10-15% fr another mile. then it flattens out with some steep sections followed by a sligt uphill until the top(about 1 mile). the next big climb is up catoctin mtn (park central rd.) The roads from hamburg to catoctin are fairly pleasant and smooth except for mink farm rd, which has a hard-packed gravel section. Catoctin is the most consistent. it is the about 2.5 miles with a steady 7-10% gradient. It has some parts where it turns steeply (not to bad, maybe 12%). When climbing up, you are readying right alongside camp david! After two long descents (stottlemayer and harp hill rds.) and a fairly hard climb (harp hill rd.), there is coxey brown road, which is by far the hardest climb of the day. It starts immediately with a 10-12% grade and slowly rises to 15-16%. Then you turn a corner |
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Sugarloaf mtn loop |
davas |
Jul 17th |
United States >
District of Columbia >
Washington
|
83.2km |
Intermediate, Rural, Scenic |
| this is a very nice and fairly difficult loop around sugarloaf mtn. West Williard is a very nice rd, especially after yu have been on river rd. for a while. Big Woods rd. is my favorite rd. in the world. It has a long, mild descent through farms and trees. Instead of going straight to sugarloaf i like to take a detour to park mills rd. which is a nice rd with a brutal climb in the middle (10-15% for about 3/4 of a mile). Old Hundred Rd. also has some brutal climbs on it. Sugarloaf Mtn. is a great climb with switchbacks and great views from the top. Going back, peach tree is a very nice rd with a great fruit stand at the end where I always get an apple from the nearby orchard. Darnestown rd can get quite busy so you should try to get off it as quickly as possible (its actually not that bad) but its definetely worth it b/c berryville rd is awesome with a great climb towards the end. Another good thing about this route is you can start from nearly anywhere in the area and reach river rd. I come from my hous |
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