I've lived in the area (Redwood Estates, at the summit of Hwy 17) for over a
decade, and ridden all the roads in the area many times. Personally, I love
riding both directions on Mountain Charlie, and commuted that route to Santa
Cruz for years, but I admit, it's kinda' rough. As an alternativ
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:16 AM, franklyn wrote:
> For those familiar with routes in the South (San Francisco) Bay area,
> can you recommend a route from San Jose to Santa Cruz? My wife and I
> are taking the train down to San Jose then riding to Santa Cruz to
> stay overnight. Google suggests a
My preferred route is to take the Los Gatos Creek trail up to
Lexington Reservoir, take Alma Bridge Road along the east side of the
reservoir, and take Old Santa Cruz highway to Summit Road, to Soquel
San Jose Road, and take that down to Soquel. There is a fair amount of
traffic on Soquel San Jose
For those familiar with routes in the South (San Francisco) Bay area,
can you recommend a route from San Jose to Santa Cruz? My wife and I
are taking the train down to San Jose then riding to Santa Cruz to
stay overnight. Google suggests a route that includes Los Gatos Creek
Trail and kind of goes
