This gives you a good idea of our past two days of riding. Yesterday was approximately 65 miles of uphill (although the grade is not that dramatic). Still, it's a long, slogging uphill climb that took a lot for those of us who are weekend riders. But we did it.
Today, we reached the magic 2392 point..the top of the mountain. And from there it's a beautiful, fairly steep, scenic, ride down the other side of the mountain.
The fifteen miles downhill to Cumberland flies by with hardly a need to pedal that much. For someone who wants to just enjoy a cardio-lite ride with great scenery I recommend this ride.
NOTE: Be sure to have a car waiting in Cumberland. You DON'T want to have to climb this route backwards. And yet, people do. We saw a few teams of riders climbing the hill.
A sweet ride after a day of going uphill.
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