Saturday Ride - Dcember 6, 2008

My first long solo ride took place yesterday. I took a similar route to the 5 burough tour of the SCV that my brother and father took back at the end of November. This time I went a little further. The ride with my family was cut short as I was spent so we cut across Lyons Avenue and caught up with this trail at the 5 in Stevenson Ranch.

So the route is as follows:
--> Our house past Central Park towards Plum Canyon
--> Plum Canyon represents the first major climb of the day, leaving Saugus and heading to Canyon Country.
--> Plum Canyon turns to Whites Canyon which we follow up and over the wash till we reach Via Princessa.
--> The ride becomes serious as we turn south on Sierra Highway and make a couple of climbs as we follow the 14.
--> In yesterday's ride I kept on past San Fernando Dr. and up and over the Newhall Pass on the 14 side. This was a gruelling 2 mile climb. (see google street view below)
--> Sierra Highway meets up with the Old Road just under the 14 which forces you to climb the I-5 side of the Newhall pass. With the canyon winds picking up this could have been the toughest stretch of the ride.
--> The Old Road continues to the Industrial Center and then the home stretch.

I did not mark my start time but I am guessing it was just under 2 and a quarter hours. Google Maps has this ride as a 31 mile ride but I think it was just over that mark.