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Sierra Road > Calaveras Wall > Sunol > Welch Creek Loop  
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The way points of this bicycle route:

Coffee Shop parking Lot

46.6 mile route with 6500 feet of steep climbing.

Sierra Road Climb

at mile 4.3 point

End of Sierra Road Climb

at mile 8.1 for a total of 3.8 miles of climbing at 9-10% average! Downhill from here to the Calaveras Wall.

Start of high speed descent

You'll easily reach around 45MPH without pedalling so be carefull

Start of Calaveras Wall

at mile 14.2

End of Calaveras Wall

.4 miles is short and sweet because its steep! Rolling and downhill from here to the leg crushing Welch Creek Road. Mile point 14.6

Start of Welch Creek Road!

About a 4 mile climb with 3 hard sections starting at midpoint. Hardest stretch is around mile 1.7 with averages around 16% for about 1/2 mile. At mile point 24.5

End of Welch Creek

Congrats! Make a u-turn here. This is not a safe descent so take your time and keep it slow.

Start of Calaveras Climb

2.4 mile climb at easy grade. Many locals here use this as KOM or time themselves. 33.1 mile point

End of Calaveras KOM

Rolling and downhill from here on to the finish.

Finished!!

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Tagged with: Steep, Difficult, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic

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