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| Salmon Canyon Tour | bhouser | Feb 1st 2008, 06:02 | 189.3km |
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| Spectacular views, steep canyons and whitewater rapids make this a great tour in May and June, a bit of a hot one in July and August. Full tour is 118 miles with White Bird Hill at mile 100. New road is 7% for 8 miles, Historic Higway is somewhat under 5% for 11miles plus 1 mile of 7% at the top. Make sure your climbing legs are ready OR park your car at the bottom. | |||||
| Methow Valley to Cascade Crest | bhouser | Feb 3rd 2008, 06:45 | 239.5km |
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| This spectacular tour is the nearest eastside access to the North Cascades. The tour along the Methow river is plenty scenic and a fairly gentle grade. Winthrop and Twisp provide opportunities for food, and from Early Winters the climb begins up to the spectacular crags surrounding Washington Pass, Eastern Washington's nearest approximation to a mountain stage in the Tour de France. This ride is a great trainer for a double century, and has shorter options for those not willing to do a full 150 miles. Start in Winthrop OR turn around there. | |||||
| Banks Lake - Sun Lakes tour | bhouser | Feb 4th 2008, 11:18 | 168.6km |
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| Unique landscape of ice age floods, lots of lakes, and warmer-than-Spokane temperatures make this a great spring tour. When run with the Spokane Bike Club, the short version (65mi) has been the most popular. From Wilbur, drive into Grand Coulee, but turn LEFT on HWY 155 and look for the park on the right about a half mile. | |||||
| Stevens County Double Metric Tour | bhouser | Feb 4th 2008, 11:54 | 203.1km |
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| The best loop in Stevens County, lots of forests, lots of spectacular vistas, and lots of hills - duh, that's how you GET vistas. Starts in the park by Long Lake Dam. 14 miles north of Reardan. | |||||
| Tekoa to Tekoa Double Metric | bhouser | Feb 5th 2008, 12:31 | 198.2km |
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| Nice spring ride, this comes in at a shade under 124 miles. Some great scenery, particularly Lake Chatcolet and the White Pine Scenic Route, and relatively low traffic, high in spots, however. Food stops placed roughly every 30 miles. Pacelines help a LOT, particularly miles 70 to 90. | |||||
| Stevens County Scenic Tour (Short) | bhouser | Feb 5th 2008, 11:09 | 143.9km |
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| Enjoy some of the nicest scenery Stevens County offers. There are hills, two of which are major hauls. Hey. You cross the Huckleberry Range twice! | |||||
| Stevens County Leg Buster | bhouser | Feb 5th 2008, 11:39 | 271.6km |
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| Scenic but Hillaceous route featuring FOUR crossings of the Huckleberry Range (between HWY 395 and Lake Roosevelt) Short hills, long hills, flats and STEEPs, this one packs the punch of a double century in not so many miles. Like 169. | |||||
| Spokane-based Double Century | bhouser | Feb 6th 2008, 12:15 | 329.4km |
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| One of the Spokane Bike Club's old Midsummer Nightmare routes, this is a true double century (delete the posted Corkscrew Canyon Detour at mile 170 - it's in the route notes at that point.) It's a challenge, especially on self-support. | |||||
| South Fork Clearwater 250K | bhouser | Feb 29th 2008, 04:11 | 255km |
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| This features all the scenes of the South Fork Clearwater Century, plus a bonus 57 miles with a 10 mile climb to Dixie Summit. The steady river-grade climbs for most of the ride make it an excellent trainer for a double century. And after the turn-around it's all downhill. Really. Unless you count the little 100m bump near Golden. | |||||
| S. Fork Clearwater Century Ride | bhouser | Feb 29th 2008, 04:12 | 160.7km |
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| This is a companion ride for the Salmon River Tour. This ride features a low-traffic road along the South Fork of the Clearwater river, alternately through ponderosa pine parkland, steep, rocky cliffs, and dense fir forests, and past an occasional cascade. It's an out-and-back so close to the river that you're in danger of riding into it, and during the spring the river roars and churns. Full services in Elk City at the halfway point and a steady downhill afterward. What's not to like? | |||||
| Crazy A Double Cheney Ride | bhouser | May 15th 2008, 06:08 | 132.5km |
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| Ride from Spokane to Cheney in the zaniest way - and get ideas for loops you want to lead. | |||||
| Tekoa-StMaries-Harrison Loop | bhouser | May 27th 2008, 05:20 | 127.9km |
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| Tour the south end of Lake Coeur d'Alene - great scenery, less great traffic, but we get to do the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes to end the trip. About 80 miles - unless you do the optional extension up Steptoe Butte | |||||
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