The way points of this bicycle route:
Start @ JoePa's Statue @ Beaver Stadium.
Right onto Curtain Rd
Left onto University Dr.
Right onto S. Atherton St.
Right onto W. Branch Rd
Left onto Shingletown Rd -- PA 45 E
Right onto Mountain Rd, To Where the Pavement Ends. 3-5% grade for about 1 mile.
Turn around
Right onto Shingletown Rd -- PA 45 E.
Right onto W. Main St
Right onto Loop Rd
Merge onto US 322 -- Heavy traffic, but wide shoulder.
Turn right onto Bear Meadows Rd and follow it To Where the Pavement Ends. 6.5% grade for 3.8 miles (with a break in the middle)
Turn around
Continue straight across US 322 -- General Potter Hwy (map shows offset rd, but this intersection was realigned in 2007). Careful! 322 is a busy highway with lots of trucks.
Turn right onto Earlystown Rd - PA 45 E
Turn left onto Linden Hall Rd
Turn right onto Rock Hill Rd
Turn left onto Brush Valley Rd
Turn right onto Houser Rd, and go to Where the Pavement Ends 7% grade for 1.6 miles.
Turn around (or visit the Mt. Nittany Winery while you rest)
Turn right onto Brush Valley Rd
Turn right onto Linden Hall Rd
Turn right onto Boalsburg Rd
Right onto Pike St
Right onto Mt. Nittany Rd, To Where the Pavement Ends.
Turn around
Right onto Pike St.
Cross E. College Ave -- PA 26 onto Houserville Rd.
Left after stop onto Rock Rd.
Right onto Buffalo Run Rd -- PA 550 N
Left onto Upper Gyp Rd., To Where the Pavement Ends (technially, it's a "T" but I'm counting it ;)
"End" of Upper Gyp, Left onto Valley View Rd.
Right onto N. Filmore Rd.
Cross Buffalo Run Rd. -- PA 550
Right onto Fox Hill Rd.
End back at Beaver Stadium.
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Hill-climbing training ride. Starts off with rather gentle climbs that increase in grade up to 17% on Upper Gyp Rd. Do any or all of the climbs (good ride without them, too!)
Tagged with: Training, Steep, Intermediate, Difficult
