You know I'm in. It'll be COLD at the start, though. Brrr...
Coe ride Dec 11, 2005 Mississippi Lake
The Coe-dependent riders are getting antsy. It's been weeks since the last big Coe ride. It's time for the next one:
Join us Sunday December 11th at Hunting Hollow, 7:15am with four one-dollar bills (for parking) so that you're ready to roll at 7:30. The plan is to make a bee-line to Mississippi Lake: Lyman Willson Ridge Trail > Bowl Trail > Wagon Road > Coit Dam Trail > down Coit Ridge Trail to White Tank > Pacheco Camp > Pacheco Creek Trail >??? > Mississippi Lake.
Return route: Willow Ridge Rd > Willow Ridge Trail > Narrows Tr. > Lost Spring > Mahoney > Coit Rd. > Grapevine > Anza.
Winter conditions, BigLarry's moderate pace, and a short December day may mean we make adjustments on the trail - sunset is 4:50pm, we do not want to get caught in the dark! We just want to have another fun, adventurous day at Henry Coe State Park.
More details to follow and the exact route may evolve over the next week but I wanted to post now so you can book the date if you're interested.
///Charlie
Join us Sunday December 11th at Hunting Hollow, 7:15am with four one-dollar bills (for parking) so that you're ready to roll at 7:30. The plan is to make a bee-line to Mississippi Lake: Lyman Willson Ridge Trail > Bowl Trail > Wagon Road > Coit Dam Trail > down Coit Ridge Trail to White Tank > Pacheco Camp > Pacheco Creek Trail >??? > Mississippi Lake.
Return route: Willow Ridge Rd > Willow Ridge Trail > Narrows Tr. > Lost Spring > Mahoney > Coit Rd. > Grapevine > Anza.
Winter conditions, BigLarry's moderate pace, and a short December day may mean we make adjustments on the trail - sunset is 4:50pm, we do not want to get caught in the dark! We just want to have another fun, adventurous day at Henry Coe State Park.
More details to follow and the exact route may evolve over the next week but I wanted to post now so you can book the date if you're interested.
///Charlie
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you all are evil....because of y'all i gotta roll out of a warm bed & miss pancakes in the am...instead i will be shivering, confused, grumpy and trying to keep up with everyone...
i totally look forward to the ride
i totally look forward to the ride
No change
No changes so far to the route as described in post #1. Since TOPO info has not emerged from BigLarry(!), this morning I used Plim's® map-based-point-to-point-milage-summation© methodology to compute 36.3 miles for this ride. There's 9 hours of daylight so if we can keep the pace above 4mph, we're good! As always, I estimate about a mile of elevation gain. Ed reports that the streams have a little water but not so much that you couldn't ride through them without getting your feet wet. This is important when the trip begins at "probably negative twenty degrees" and there are probably 10 stream crossings in the first mile.
Roll call:
Me
Plim
BigLarry
CruzSS
Jeff (this guy could ride up the side of the Empire State Bldg!)
CHUM
8Trak
I guess we all know what to bring, right? Lots of food, water, layers, water filter, radios, sportlegs, toe warmers... Any questions?
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It looks Sunday will be a brisk, sunny winter day - I'm really forward to this ride!
Oh and this is my 100th post! Do I get a award or something?
///Charlie
No changes so far to the route as described in post #1. Since TOPO info has not emerged from BigLarry(!), this morning I used Plim's® map-based-point-to-point-milage-summation© methodology to compute 36.3 miles for this ride. There's 9 hours of daylight so if we can keep the pace above 4mph, we're good! As always, I estimate about a mile of elevation gain. Ed reports that the streams have a little water but not so much that you couldn't ride through them without getting your feet wet. This is important when the trip begins at "probably negative twenty degrees" and there are probably 10 stream crossings in the first mile.
Roll call:
Me
Plim
BigLarry
CruzSS
Jeff (this guy could ride up the side of the Empire State Bldg!)
CHUM
8Trak
I guess we all know what to bring, right? Lots of food, water, layers, water filter, radios, sportlegs, toe warmers... Any questions?
I hope you do that Ed. I have been curious where the heck that wrecking ball is ever since fourarm posted this picture over a year ago:Fast Eddy said:
It looks Sunday will be a brisk, sunny winter day - I'm really forward to this ride!
Oh and this is my 100th post! Do I get a award or something?
///Charlie
yeah, but...
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I haven't skied for 7 or 8 months and that's all I've been thinking about lately. Maybe I'll flip a coin.Ebo said:
I still need to do a profile - looks like a long ride. I note some want a faster ride, and I worry about getting in before dark. Mike says the ~36 miles are "easy" by Henry Coe standard, and I see the route may indeed not be too bad so I may be OK. Nevertheless, for the sake of all, if I'm runnng too far behind I may cut off short on Pacheco Creek Trail to go up Rat Springs directly over to Willow Ridge Rd. near Willow Ridge Trail. I'd miss-Mississippi but I've been there once before on the 2-day weekend trip with Mike.Skyline35 said:
Sounds like a deal. So roughly where is that ball, on what trail? I'm mixing together posts in my head and I'm getting this image of Jeff-the-climber carrying that thing up in his Camelback.Fast Eddy said:
Ahh.. Gees...so wimpy. Mixing up posts in my head again may offer a solution with the toe warmers Charlie finds useful. Popping a couple of these down your partner's pants will reduce the shriveling in the morning cold. Then shoot on over for a great ride.The Law said:
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As Charlie said, some do rigid. Some amazing riders even bring singlespeed. But they're nuts, just in general, IMO. I think Henry Coe can make good use of a modern FS XC bike. Nevertheless, much of the ride is smooth fire road, good for rigid. But you may want FS for the miles of rocky stream riding we'll do like on Pacheco Creek Trail. You may also want it on some technical singletrack like Grapevine and Willow Ridge Tr. .
I got your email asking about what to bring, but post a response here for discussion.
I'd bring some warm clothes in layers. It will be brutal cold in the morning. But starting off, right after a few quick chilling stream crossings, we'll climb 1500' up Lyman-Wilson to get real toasty from the workout, while the weather warms from 40s to 60s. So be ready to strip off layers quickly. I bring leg warmers, arm warmers, full finger gloves, and a windbreaker to keep dry on the stream crossings. I'm also trying out the toe warmers Charlie talks about. (see above).
As for gear, you want to first be self sufficient, like on any MTBR ride. Henry Coe is way out there and a little more gear is warranted. Bring lots of water, food, tools, spare tubes, first aid, and other favorites.
To coordinate we'll be bringing GRS/FMRS radios tuned to channel 5, subchannel 0. I have extra high range units for others to borrow. It's easy to get lost out there and I have extra maps I can give you.
We may want to bring a water filter to reduce Camelback water weight and we should be able to fill at Mississippi Lake or any of the little streams FastEddy says are now flowing. Only a couple filters are needed and we can share.
We will try to be back by 4PM, so lights are an option that may be useful only if we get into trouble or serioiusly delayed for some reason. I'm debating myself, and I'm likely the last guy to come back barring accidents or big mechanicals.
Looks like a big fun epic ride to the deepest parts of Henry Coe! We got a good group. And it will be fun meeting up with FastEddy's rescue crew at Willow Ridge. Will the rescue team be bringing a tow rope to haul me out after the long ride to Mississippi. (I'll be slow but fine as usual.)
Glad to have you along! I remember you dashing ahead last weekend at Sierra Azul. Henry Coe will show you who's boss, especially on this tough 36 mile all-day epic.wddung said:
As Charlie said, some do rigid. Some amazing riders even bring singlespeed. But they're nuts, just in general, IMO. I think Henry Coe can make good use of a modern FS XC bike. Nevertheless, much of the ride is smooth fire road, good for rigid. But you may want FS for the miles of rocky stream riding we'll do like on Pacheco Creek Trail. You may also want it on some technical singletrack like Grapevine and Willow Ridge Tr. .
I got your email asking about what to bring, but post a response here for discussion.
I'd bring some warm clothes in layers. It will be brutal cold in the morning. But starting off, right after a few quick chilling stream crossings, we'll climb 1500' up Lyman-Wilson to get real toasty from the workout, while the weather warms from 40s to 60s. So be ready to strip off layers quickly. I bring leg warmers, arm warmers, full finger gloves, and a windbreaker to keep dry on the stream crossings. I'm also trying out the toe warmers Charlie talks about. (see above).
As for gear, you want to first be self sufficient, like on any MTBR ride. Henry Coe is way out there and a little more gear is warranted. Bring lots of water, food, tools, spare tubes, first aid, and other favorites.
To coordinate we'll be bringing GRS/FMRS radios tuned to channel 5, subchannel 0. I have extra high range units for others to borrow. It's easy to get lost out there and I have extra maps I can give you.
We may want to bring a water filter to reduce Camelback water weight and we should be able to fill at Mississippi Lake or any of the little streams FastEddy says are now flowing. Only a couple filters are needed and we can share.
We will try to be back by 4PM, so lights are an option that may be useful only if we get into trouble or serioiusly delayed for some reason. I'm debating myself, and I'm likely the last guy to come back barring accidents or big mechanicals.
Looks like a big fun epic ride to the deepest parts of Henry Coe!
We got a good group. And it will be fun meeting up with FastEddy's rescue crew at Willow Ridge. Will the rescue team be bringing a tow rope to haul me out after the long ride to Mississippi. (I'll be slow but fine as usual.)1 - 20 of 57 Posts
