Holiday on Ice (Beacon/ Mohonk/ Cragsmoor/ Beacon)

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Beacon (start) > Gardiner > Mohonk/Clove Valley Road (but not via shorter option)> Kerhonksen > Ellenville > Cragsmoor (Old Stone Church view option)> Walkill > Oregon Trail> Beacon (finish)

 

Shorter, Mohonk bypass variation: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7179880

South Gully variation: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7179970

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7166333
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Fred Steinberg
Signature Route : 
This is a Signature Route
Region Name(s): 
The Gunks
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
7000'
Difficulty: 
162
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

The "triple rhubarb." Mohonk, Clove Valley-Minnewaska, and Craigsmoor out of Ellenville, with the heinie kicker Oregon Trail, as Zorba would say, the whole castastrophe. But a meal fit for a king. We wouldn't have it any other way. 

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Garrison - Ellenville - Beacon - Cold Spring

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Garrison RR Station (start) > 9D > Bear Mtn Bridge > 9W > Rt 32 > Rt 20 > 17K > 52 > Berme Rd > 44/55 > 32 > 9W > Beacon Newburgh Bridge > 9D > Cold Spring RR Station (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7272100
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
John Z
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Hudson Highlands
Orange County
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
The Gunks
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
8000'
Difficulty: 
181
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

8000' ascent. No Bailouts other than Beacon at mile 95.

3 major climbs: 9W to Cornwall, 52 to Craigsmoor & Minnewaska. An excellent ride for strong riders.

HS 3/22/15

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Necking on Long Island

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NYC (start) > Flushing Meadows Park > Kissena Velodrome > Alley Pond Park > LIE > Wheatley Rd > Oyster Bay > Bayville > Glen Cove > Sea Cliff > Roslyn > Sands Point > Port Washington > Great Neck > Kings Point > Douglaston > NYC (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7515080
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
TImothy McCarthy
Signature Route : 
This is a Signature Route
Region Name(s): 
Long Island
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
3700
Difficulty: 
137
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

A great century ride out on the north shore of Long Island. See how well the rich live! Scenic; some short, sharp hills; stretches of road to motor on; stretches of road to dally on—this ride has it all.

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Central Park

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 Central Park Drive

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Author: 
Anonymous
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Region Name(s): 
New York City
Level(s): 
C
Vertical Gain: 
383
Difficulty: 
10
Difficulty Rating: 
1 out of 5

6.1 miles per loop Central Park hills counterclockwise:  

                        miles            gain in feet     % grade

Harlem Hill:        0.32             84'                4.4%

 

West Drive Hill:   0.15            24'                 3.0%

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Mohonk, Clove Valley, Minnewaska, Cragsmoor, Montgomery w/century option

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Poughkeepsie RR Station (start) > Mid Hudson Bridge > New Paltz> Mohonk Mtn Rd> Clove Valley Rd> Minnewaska> Kerhonksen> Breme Rd> Rt 52> Craigsmoor Rd> Oregon Trail> Montgomery> Rock Tavern> Beacon or Peekskill RR Station (finish)

Rock Tavern, Peekskill ending variation: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7197896

 

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7197653
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Fred Steinberg
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Hudson Highlands
The Gunks
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
6600
Difficulty: 
151
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

Each cue sheet has different endings: Beacon or Peekskill.

Fred: "This is similar to the route I scouted last year w/Ron & Gerald except I use back roads all the way to Montgomery. (Winding Hills, ez rollers than a very tricky, twisting descent).

Please check current Metro North times to and from GCT & Poughkeepsie.

It basically the old route moving the to
Poughkeepsie saving 8 miles to Kerhonkson and a new return from Walker
Valley thru Montgomery which I've been scouting for years. 

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Pound Ridge to White Plains

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The Boathouse, Central Park (start) > Goulden> Shore Rd > Round Hill Rd > Clapboard Ridge Rd > Farms Rd > Shad Rd > Pound Ridge (lunch) > Middle Patent Rd> Middle Patent Rd > Hickory Kingdom Rd > Anderson Hill Rd > White Plains railroad station (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7484891
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Spencer Koromilas
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
B
Vertical Gain: 
5400
Difficulty: 
129
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

Original cue sheet includes turns for a return to NYC for those who want more mileage.

Lots of back roads in Greenwich and Pound Ridge.

Original route goe over the Madison Avenue Bridge and up the Grand Concourse. RWGPS route uses the Broadway Bridge and up the Grand Concourse bypass, which is Sedgwick and Goulden.

HS 4/13/15

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3 Mtns in CT & MA: Skiff Mtn, Sharon Mtn & Mt Everett

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Dover Plains RR Station > Bog Hollow Rd > Skiff Mtn Rd > Rt 4 > E St/Sharon Mtn Rd > White Hollow Rd > Salmon Kill Rd > Salisbury > Rt 41 > Mt Washington Rd > Bash Bish Falls Rd > Copake Falls > Harlem Valley Rail Trail > Millerton > Harlem Valley Rail Trail > Rt 343 > Amenia > Rt 22 > Wassaic RR Station

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7501855
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
The Berkshires
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
5300
Difficulty: 
138
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

This ride is frontloaded as far as climbing goes; most of the vertical is done in the first third of the ride. 
Dover Plains, NY to East Street, CT -20 miles, rolling then climb/ descent
East Street, CT to Salisbury, CT - 16 miles, climb/ descent then rolling
Salisbury, CT to Copake Falls, NY - 25 miles, rolling then climb/ descent
Copake Falls, NY to Millerton, NY - 13 miles, mostly flat
Millerton, NY to Wassaic RR Station - 11 miles, flat

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