Saturday, July 10, 2010
White Salmon, Washington
REGISTRATION: 11:30am
RACE BEGINS: 12pm (Mass Start)
Can YOU Make the Grade?
It’s a challenge, an opportunity, a ride like no other. White Salmon’s Dock Grade Road is only closed when the road is impassable due to snow and ice or debris. It’s a challenge to drive this road due to it’s narrowness and lack of road striping and rails. With 20% grades and no place for cars to pass, a bicyclist attempting to ride up would have to be crazy and/or arrested.
Except on July 10, 2010, when the road will be closed to automobile traffic for the challenging and scenic King Salmon Dock Grade Climb.
Riders will start at 12pm from the base of Dock Grade Road with an immediate 3/4-mile climb at a 20% grade. They’ll then wheel into White Salmon and across the finish line in front of Everybody’s Brewery, ready for something to quench their thirst and dull their aches and pains.
This isn’t a race, it’s just a chance for every cyclist to "Make the Grade" and enjoy one of the most challenging road climbs on the sunny side of the Gorge. Be sure to stick around after the ride to enjoy the Nights in White Salmon Art & Wine Fusion.
Start: Mass start at 12pm. Anticipated finish ~12:30pm.
Registration: $5 donation to the White Salmon Arts Council requested to help cover costs.
Set up and registration begins at 11:30am.
Getting here: Pre-race parking and registration in Heritage Plaza Park & Ride, MP 65 at SR-14 and Hood River Bridge. To get there from Portland take I-84 east to the Hood River Bridge Exit 64, turn left and cross the bridge (75¢ toll) to WA SR-14, turn left 100 yards to Heritage Plaza Park & Ride.
Course: See map at MapMyRide.com. Immediate uphill start from the intersection of SR14 and Dock Grade Road. Course is only 1.1 miles with one, 20%+ grade climb. Finish is at Everybody's Brewing in downtown White Salmon. Post-race bike storage in a fenced and secured area adjacent to the finish.
More information: Lloyd DeKay (LDEKAY@gorge.net, 509-637-2737) and Ricky Shinn (Ricky@IconiClothing.com, 541-806-3575).
Sponsored by: White Salmon Arts Council and Skyline Hospital.
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