elevation gain

Date: May 7, 2006

elevation gain

Date: May 9, 2006

I would think it would be negative

Actually No I do not know. I could drop those two points into my TOPO sw to give you an idea.

I also plan to do that for the 06 trip... Will let you know soon.

Date: May 10, 2006

Here's what I wrote in my journal:

Forest City to Hickory...4,260 feet of climbing.

Hickory to Concord...2,580 feet of climbing.

Concord to Albemarle...1,960 feet of climbing.

Then when Tropical Storm Tammy moved in, I went home. I'd say there weren't many more hills after that anyway.

Hope this helps.

Date: May 11, 2006

I wouldn't worry about the elevation gain, if I were you. I would just keep praying that a hurricane doesn't hit again. For those of us who continued to ride into the eye of Tammy, we can honestly say that a few thousand foot climb on a nice day is like a picnic in comparison!

Date: May 11, 2006

i agree the hill climbs are nothing compare to the rain that we had to ride in.....don't worry about the climbs just hope that we have no heavy rain...........

Date: May 11, 2006

Mary... Though I don't yet know the route... Here is a guess at the elevations...

This link takes you to a directory of pictures showing a map of each day and a map of the entire route...

http://www.johnandjuliet.com/cycle-nc-2006/

At the bottom of each map there is a profile showing the elevation gain/loss for each day. There is an overall route map showing the overall distance and elevation gain/loss.

So currently I have the entire route being:

395 miles
Total elevation gain (climbing) 20,300 feet
Total elevation loss (decending) 24,000 feet

It looks like we spend the first day dropping about 3000 feet (nice!) and then spend the rest of the trip winding through the rollers of the pedmont down to the flats of the coast.

I'll update this as I get more accurate info...

Date: May 12, 2006

Thanks that helps!! We are not able to do CNC this year... I do agree that the climbing was much more enjoyable than the rain... we finished the whole ride last year and it was by far the wettest riding we've ever done... We're thinking about doing GABA in AZ and the total climbing is 35,000 feet.. so, i just wanted some kind of comparison/idea as to what we did last year... seemed like a lot of climbing... we loved the ride and will come back to CNC !!!!

Date: May 12, 2006

Mary,

I rode through the Phonix area during my transam cycle ride. There is a popular route from Phonix up through Fountain Hill into Payson and eventually into Showlow... It was not easy... It was three very large passes up from Fountian Hill to Payson... Uppppppp and then DOWN... and then uuuuuuppppppp and "down" (note the ups were LONG and the downs were quick

The "RIM" is where you end up on the way from Payson to Showlow. That was also VERY steep... Of course I was lugging a 60 pound loaded touring bike under my feet but I could tell it was a good haul even if I didn't have the weight.

I would suspect that with it being more "up" than down than going mountain to coast that the GABA trip would probably be tougher...