Day 19: BikeLog: Chena Ridge Loop

For lack of anything better to do, I'm going to start to post any longish bike routes I do here. I don't have any particular motivation for doing this (except perhaps to give Owen something to laugh at), but here it goes...

UAF to Chena Ridge Loop
Distance: 17.0mi
Climb: 1059.2ft
Time: Approx 80 minutes.
Route: Here


Was a pretty fun ride. Insane climb uphill at the very start of the ride, but very enjoyable throughout. Somehow, I didn't realize that there were elevations this high in Fairbanks. Riding up to and along the ridge, you get treated with beautiful glimpses of the surrounding area (you can see for miles), but sadly, never a full view (it's all blocked by trees or cabins). After the huge uphill, and dishearteningly short downhill, there's about 8 miles of perfectly straight and flat road, which is also fun simply because there's absolutely nothing like that in New Jersey.