AdventureCORPS Presents a preview of the Rough Riders Rally: Marin County
Photos by Chris Kostman, August 8 & 9, 2009. Rider / Model / Guide: Ed Levinson

Here is a very rough route sheet of the Saturday route for the 2010 Rough Riders Rally. The route is approximately 45 miles with approximately 5000' of elevation gain and features single track, double track, fire road, gravel road, abandoned paved road, and newly paved road. Some consider this "mountain bike territory," but this route is 99% rideable by an accomplished Rough Rider on a road bike with 32mm cyclocross tyres (or on a cyclocross bike), and perhaps 90-95% rideable on a road bike with 28mm road tyres.

Special thanks to my long-time friend and local guide, Ed Levinson, a Furnace Creek 508 veteran who owned and operated a bike shop here for over ten years. (Our host shop for the Rally will be Mt. Tam Bikes at 357 Miller Avenue, as pictured in this slideshow.)

This region is truly superb cycling, with fantastic views of the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, the Marin Headlands, Mt. Tamalpais ("Mt. Tam"), Tiburon, Mill Valley, the Bay Bridge, a bit of the Golden Gate Bridge, and dramatic, rugged Northern California coastline. Honestly, this is cycling paradise, a region unparalleled for its beauty, diversity of scenery and riding surfaces, and its cycling-friendly trail signage and local population!

A much more detailed version of this route sheet will be published later in 2009.

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Go	Where	Notes / Elevation
Start	Miller Avenue at Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA
North	Go north, up Miller Ave	100'
Pass	Mt. Tam Bikes at 357 Miller Avenue on right
Cross	Throckmorton (SS) Becomes Bernard St	(at The Depot)
Straight	onto Summit Rd	Uphill
Left	Fern Canyon Rd. (SS, T-int)
Straight	onto Railroad Grade
Arrive	West Point Inn	Water; 1770'
West	Old Stage Road (fireroad)	Flat or downhill
Cross	Panoramic Hwy at Pantoll Ranger Station	Water, bathroom; 1500'
South	Paved route to Coastal Trail
Enter	Coastal Trail (single and double track)	Downhill; SUPERB views
Straight	do not enter Heather View trail	Single Track
South	Hwy 1 - watch for cars	Paved
Right	enter Muir Beach Overlook	Water, bathroom
Right	exiting Muir Beach Overlook	Paved
Right	re-enter Hwy 1 south - watch for cars	Paved
Right	Muir Beach	Paved
Left	Coastal Trail	Fire Road
Left	to Middle Green Gulch Trail	Fire Road
Enter	Green Gulch Farm via large gate	Pass organic gardens
Right	Continue on Green Gulch Trail	Go through small gate
Uphill	Narrow singletrack with switchbacks
Right	at summit: Coastal Trail (Coyote Ridge Trail)	Fire Road, towards coast
Left	Coastal Trail towards Tennessee Valley	Downhill
East	Head inland; turns to pavement
Right	At parking lot, head up Old Springs Trail	Fire Road; 200'
Left	Miwok Trail	Fire Road
Arrive	Rodeo Lagon; head right / west on pavement	10'
Right	into Fort Chronkite / Marine Mammal Center
Straight	Old Bunker Road Trail	Gravely pavement
Stop / See	Battery Townsley: ride through it, then up and back around; 180'
Down	Coastal Trail, back down to Fort Chronkite
Left	Re-enter Miwok Trail (reverse of before)	Fire Road
Right	go right, then left onto Bobcat Trail	Fire Road
Left	Continue left on Bobcat Trail (not Alta Trail)	Fire Road
Straight	onto Marincello Trail	Fire Road
Right	at bottom, back to Tennesse Valley parking lot
Right	Tennessee Valley	Paved Road
Left	Hwy 1 towards Tam Juntion / Mill Valley	Paved Road
Right	Almonte Blvd (TL, T-int) towards Mill Valley	Paved Road
Finish	Miller Avenue at Camino Alto