"Wildflower" Ride in SD

Meet at Los Penasquitos Canyon Reserve (East End). It is located 1 block north of Mercy Rd / Black Mountain Rd in Rancho Penasquitos. We will be staging at the west end of the parking lot near the baseball fields so you have quick access to the trail head.

Bike Route: both Olympic and Long course trace the same path until you get to Rancho Santa Fe. The ride is modeled off route 10/26/2008 Around Lake Hodges found on www.mapmyride. com.

Ride back out to Black Mountain Rd, turn Left
North on Black Mountain Rd (.75 mi)
(L) 56 Bike Path (6 mi)
(L) Carmel Country Rd (this is really short and steep climb out of residential neighborhood – use caution through neighborhood (you should stay on path and not ride on the street)
(R) next stop light south back onto bike route (2 mi)
(L) up hill / small path up to El Camino Real
(R) El Camino Real (.25 mi)
(L) Carmel Valley Rd (2 mi)
(R) Hwy 101 / Camino Del Mar (2.75 mi through Del Mar)
(R) Via De La Valle

Olympic Turn-off

(R) El Camino Real (.75 mi)
(L) San Dieguito Rd (4.5 mi)
(L) Camino Del Sur (4.5 mi) becomes Camino Del Norte
Meet up with Long Course Ride at the intersection of Camino Del Norte and Bernardo Center Dr

Long Course continuing from Via De La Valle

(R) Paseo Delicias (8.5 mi) becomes Del Dios Hwy
(R) Via Rancho Pkwy (2.5 mi)
(R) I-15 South
(R) Exit off I-15 to West Rancho Bernardo
(L) Immediate left to stay on West Rancho Bernardo (not Pomerado Rd) – 2.25 mi
(L) Rancho Bernardo Rd (becomes Espola Rd) – go 4.5 miles up to Poway High School and make a U-turn to come back the same way. Go back to Rancho Bernardo Rd / West Rancho Bernardo
(L) West Bernardo (1.5 mi)
(R) Bernardo Center Dr (2.5 mi) [meets Olympic at Camino Del Norte and Bernardo Center Dr]

(L) Black Mountain Rd (3.5 mi)
Return to Penasquitos Park

Note--The "short" ride is actually ~37 miles!

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2683135
(short ride)