Wednesday Evening Bike Ride Schedule

Bicycling, Wine Tasting and more in El Dorado County, California

Bike Rides

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2005 Wednesday Evening Bike Ride Schedule (2004 ride history is posted here)
(all rides start at 6:00 pm unless otherwise noted)

2005 Dates	Ride	Meeting Place (6:00pm)	Printable Map (Adobe Acrobat required)
April 6	Apple Hill area	Boa Vista Orchards (near intersection of Carson Rd. and North Canyon Rd.)	Map not available
April 13	Mtn Bike Ride... Placerville Bike Trail	Placerville Bike Shop	El Dorado Trail
April 20	Shingle Springs / Deer Valley Loop	Ponderosa High School (Shingle Springs)	Shingle Springs / Deer Valley Loop
April 27	Rock Creek Rd	Corner of Hwy 193 / Rock Creek Rd.	Rock Creek / Finnon
May 4	American River Bike Trail (Around Lake Natomas and up to Folsom Lake)	Fish Hatchery (off Hazel Ave )	Not available.
May 11	Lotus / Thompson Hill	Yossoms Pizza (Coloma - on north side of river near Post Office)	Coloma - Thompson Hill Loop
May 18	Rock Creek Rd	Corner of Hwy 193 / Rock Creek Rd.	Rock Creek / Finnon
May 25	Mtn Bikes - Fleming Meadow Trails Road Bikes - Iron Mtn Rd (to North-South Rd)	South Sly Park Dam (2nd Dam on Iron Mtn Rd). Meet on south side of Dam.	Mtn Bike Map available from El Dorado National Forest Service.
June 1	American River Bike Trail (Around Lake Natomas and up to Folsom Lake)	Fish Hatchery (off Hazel Ave )	Not available.
June 8	Starks Grade	Holiday Market (Pleasant Valley)	Starks Grade Loop
June 15	Apple Hill	Abels Apple Acres (corner of Carson and Union Ridge Rd )	Not available.
June 22	Snow Mill / Cosumnes Mine Loop (Mtn Bike ride) BBQ follows ride!	Information Station (3 miles east from Sly Park on Iron Mtn. Rd.)	Snow Mill / Cosumnes Mine Loop

June 29

Pleasant Valley to Perry Creek (Fairplay) Ride

Holiday Market (Pleasant Valley)

Pleasant Valley / Fairplay Loop

July 6	Apple Hill area	Boa Vista Orchards (near intersection of Carson Rd. and North Canyon Rd.)	Map not available
July 13	El Dorado area. Mtn Bike or Road Bike ride.	El Dorado Community Center (directions coming shortly)	Map not available (actual ride will be given at start).

July 20

Fairplay Region / Slug Gulch (several rides possible)

Wine tasting at Single Leaf Winery after ride... BBQ/potluck follows!

Pioneer Park - near intersection of E16 and Fairplay Rd. (about 1/4 mile down Fairplay Rd).

(Single Leaf Winery is about 2 miles from Pioneer Park - so we'll drive over after the ride. Winery map is here)

Short ride: Perry Creek / Fairplay Loop (7 miles)

Medium ride: Perry Creek / Dorado Canyon Loop (12 miles)

Long ride: Slug Gulch / Fairplay Rd Loop (18 miles)

July 27	Apple Hill area (get as high elev. as possible and escape the heat!)	Boa Vista Orchards (near intersection of Carson Rd. and North Canyon Rd.)	Map not available
August 3	Iron Mtn / North South Rd / Bonetti Rd. (Road bike or Mtn. Bike)	Information Station (3 miles east from Sly Park on Iron Mtn. Rd.)	Map not available
August 10	Clear Creek / Sierra Springs Loop (Mtn or Road Bike)	Bill and Eileen Crim's house (on Clear Creek Rd.) Potluck follows ride.	Clear Creek / Sierra Springs Loop
August 17	Apple Hill / Pollock Pines	Abels Apple Acres (corner of Carson and Union Ridge Rd )	Direct map not available. Several Apple Hill Ride options.

August 24

Jack Russell Brewery Ride (Apple Hill)

Jack Russell Brewery

Direct map not available. Several Apple Hill Ride options.

August 31	Starks Grade (note: due to length of ride and shorter days, bring a taillight for your bike)	Holiday Market (Pleasant Valley)	Starks Grade Loop (or at least part of the loop - depending on when we reach the top).
Sept. 7	American River Bike Trail (Around Lake Natomas and up to Folsom Lake)	Fish Hatchery (off Hazel Ave)	Not available.
Sept. 14	"Big Barn" Ride (Broadway/Newtown to Big Barn Rd to Texas Hill Rd and return on Cedar Ravine Rd.)	Placerville Bike Shop	Not available.
Sept 21	El Dorado Trail	Start of El Dorado Trail (Bus Station on Mosquito Rd next to Hwy 50).	El Dorado Trail
October 16	Fall Colors Bike Ride (Sunday)	South Shore Lake Tahoe (contact Placerville Bike Shop for details)	Not available