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Mora Drive details on Billy Goats List
I went up Mora Drive today here in Los Altos, CA. It was steep, but
nothing like say Moody Road. You can also go on past the gate into Rancho San Antonio and ride into the main parking lot of the preserve. The entire road is paved though there are some rough patches. What I'm mailing about is to determine the distance and climb of Mora Drive from Loyola Drive to the gate. Billy Gates list on ACTC lists it as being a 600 feet climb in 1.6 miles. However, an older version (2002) listed it as being a climb of only 370 feet. I'm curious to know which one is accurate. If it is 600 feet, it is almost as bad as Redwood Gulch. Thanks and wishing you safe riding, Shomati |
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Mora Drive details on Billy Goats List
Thanks for the "ba.bicylces" advice. I'll keep that in mind for the
future. Your emails also prove my feeling that Mora Drive isn't as bad as the Billy Goats list shows. Shomati Rick wrote: wrote: I went up Mora Drive today here in Los Altos, CA. It was steep, but nothing like say Moody Road. You can also go on past the gate into Rancho San Antonio and ride into the main parking lot of the preserve. The entire road is paved though there are some rough patches. What I'm mailing about is to determine the distance and climb of Mora Drive from Loyola Drive to the gate. Billy Gates list on ACTC lists it as being a 600 feet climb in 1.6 miles. However, an older version (2002) listed it as being a climb of only 370 feet. I'm curious to know which one is accurate. If it is 600 feet, it is almost as bad as Redwood Gulch. Thanks and wishing you safe riding, Ravi is correct; this is probably more appropriate for ba.bicycles. The steep part of Mora is just southeast of Eastbrook as you climb past the house with all the curves and interesting wood shingle work. A good source of information are the USGS maps. There is a marker near the Esberg/Mora intersection at 288 ft elevation. The high point on the road is 574 ft., so net gain from Esberg to the high point is less than 300 ft. The junction with Loyola, just south of Foothill, is 239 ft elevation, so net climb from that junction to the high point is 335 ft. The top of the road is about 40 ft lower than the high point. Since the high point is lower than 600 ft, and the road starts above sea level, the only way the climb could have 600 ft of climbing is if it does rollers - ups and downs .... which it does not. - rick |
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