Comments on: New route lets cyclists bike the Pacific Crest http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/ travel culture worldwide Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-44680 Paul Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:33:23 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-44680 Hi Megan Have you done this tour? A couple friends and I (all in our 60s) are planning to ride it this spring, starting on San Juan Island, WA and ending in Carpenteria, CA (near Santa Barbara.) I understand some of the climbs are staggering. I've done the North Cascades (other way) but what worries me is we will be tackling the Cascades on the first couple days of our ride! Would you happen to have a ballpark estimate of what the total elevation gain would be for the whole tour? (I need something to obsess about to help crank up my indoor training.) Is the camping fairly amenable along the way? Thanks! Hi Megan

Have you done this tour? A couple friends and I (all in our 60s) are planning to ride it this spring, starting on San Juan Island, WA and ending in
Carpenteria, CA (near Santa Barbara.) I understand some of the climbs are staggering. I’ve done the North Cascades (other way) but what worries me is we will be tackling the Cascades on the first couple days of our ride! Would you happen to have a ballpark estimate of what the total elevation gain would be for the whole tour? (I need something to obsess about to help crank up my indoor training.) Is the camping fairly amenable along the way? Thanks!

]]> By: Marie http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43813 Marie Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:55:50 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43813 Oh wow! If only I had more than two weeks in the States. Next trip! Oh wow! If only I had more than two weeks in the States. Next trip!

]]> By: Carolyn Hopper http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43636 Carolyn Hopper Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:04:46 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43636 sounds like a great ride! And thanks for the information. Snowing here. Yellowstone Park roads now plowed and open to bicycles (the ones previously closed for winter). It's a great time to be there. Quiet. sounds like a great ride! And thanks for the information. Snowing here. Yellowstone Park roads now plowed and open to bicycles (the ones previously closed for winter).
It’s a great time to be there. Quiet.

]]> By: Megan Hill http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43628 Megan Hill Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:42:31 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43628 This actually has nothing to do with the physical hiking trail. It a route for road cyclists...on roads. Don't worry. This actually has nothing to do with the physical hiking trail. It a route for road cyclists…on roads. Don’t worry.

]]> By: Carolyn Hopper http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43627 Carolyn Hopper Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:33:04 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43627 is this going to impact the hiking trail in any way? Or making a new trail. Seems like it would be quite a feat to bike the trail, now that I've just seen one young man's photos of his mostly solo trip on the whole trail is this going to impact the hiking trail in any way? Or making a new trail.
Seems like it would be quite a feat to bike the trail, now that I’ve just seen one young man’s photos of his mostly solo trip on the whole trail

]]> By: Man Traveling 4,700 Miles Around Alaska | LunarTravel.net http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43502 Man Traveling 4,700 Miles Around Alaska | LunarTravel.net Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:10:13 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43502 [...] miles since 2002. On his resume of extreme hikes are the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, 6,875-mile Great Western Loop and 7,778-mile Sea-to-Sea [...] [...] miles since 2002. On his resume of extreme hikes are the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, 6,875-mile Great Western Loop and 7,778-mile Sea-to-Sea [...]

]]> By: Megan Hill http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43328 Megan Hill Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:48 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43328 nope, it's on pre-existing roads. nothing new. nope, it’s on pre-existing roads. nothing new.

]]> By: Sej http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43296 Sej Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:55:05 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43296 Sweet! I didn't know about this, but seems pretty darn awesome, I think I want to do this sometime! Thanks for sharing! Sweet! I didn’t know about this, but seems pretty darn awesome, I think I want to do this sometime! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Megan Hill http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43330 Megan Hill Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:43:36 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43330 Well this one is a route developed based on already-existing roads for road cyclists. The PCT is a hiking trail. I know, it confused me at first too. Probably should have explained that better in the article :) Well this one is a route developed based on already-existing roads for road cyclists. The PCT is a hiking trail. I know, it confused me at first too. Probably should have explained that better in the article :)

]]> By: JoAnna http://matadornetwork.com/sports/new-route-lets-cyclists-bike-the-pacific-crest-trail/#comment-43329 JoAnna Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:31:14 +0000 http://matadorsports.com/?p=4090#comment-43329 Sounds fantastic! I thought there was already a Pacific Crest Trail, though. How is this different from what already exists? Sounds fantastic! I thought there was already a Pacific Crest Trail, though. How is this different from what already exists?

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