Busier, yes, but only one summit to climb to get to Placerville. There are four summits if you take Hwy 89 (Luther Pass, Carson Pass, Carson Spur, and the climb to the top of Mormon Emigrant Trail).
--Eric [email protected] www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org On Sep 13, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Anne Paulson wrote: > Really? You think Highway 50 is better than 89 to 88? I didn't much > like 88 & 89 but I heard 50 is busier and also has no shoulder. > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: >> You are far more adventurous than us. Hwy 89 was actually an alternate >> choice--my preference is to stick to Hwy 50 for the return trip. >> >> --Eric >> [email protected] >> www.campyonly.com >> www.wheelsnorth.org >> >> On Sep 13, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Anne Paulson wrote: >> >>> Eric, and others doing that route, do you know the nicer route on the >>> Tahoe side of Luther Pass? A touring cyclist pointed it out to me last >>> week when I was finishing off my (Riv-enabled) Sierra Cascades trip by >>> riding over Luther and Carson Passes to Sacramento. >>> >>> In the westward direction, don't turn off Highway 50 onto Highway 89 >>> in Meyers. Instead, go a little further, cross the river, then turn >>> left onto S. Upper Truckee Road. Ride until you reach Highway 89. >>> Then, instead of turning onto Highway 89, cross the road and enter the >>> campground. Ride through the campground. Eventually you'll reach a >>> Tahoe Rim trailhead, where you'll turn left to finish off the climb to >>> Luther Pass. >>> >>> In the eastward direction, after cresting Luther Pass and beginning to >>> head down, turn right at the Tahoe Rim trailhead, ride through the >>> campground, cross 89, ride down S. Upper Truckee Road, turn right to >>> continue on to South Lake Tahoe. >>> >>> Riding down the Sierra, I was forced to spend a lot of time on Highway >>> 89. It's not a particularly pleasant road, so I was glad to take any >>> opportunity that presented itself to ride a nicer parallel road. >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> My Riv-enabled weekend ride: just a shade under 300 miles with 18,000 >>>> feet of climbing from Davis to Lake Tahoe and back, all aboard my Riv Road >>>> Standard: >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/sets/72157624947289984/ >>>> >>>> Captions for the photos coming soon. >>>> >>>> --Eric >>>> [email protected] >>>> www.campyonly.com >>>> www.wheelsnorth.org >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- Anne Paulson >>> >>> My hovercraft is full of eels >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
