RAMROD
Jim did lot’s of long rides last year but he says Ramrod was the best. He’d like to find friends to go with for 2009. The only way to guarantee everyone gets a ticket is for the group to volunteer this year. I like his plan to do a group ride the next day. Here’s a link to the Ramrod page. Please note that information has not been updated for 2008 except for the ride day.
Jim’s List of Rides in word format
RAMROD 2008 - Thursday, July 31
The next RAMROD will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2008. Please check back later in January for more details.
RAMROD [Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day] is the Pacific Northwest’s premiere one-day ultra-marathon cycling event. It combines the incomparable scenery of Mount Rainier National Park with a challenging course featuring 10,000 feet of climbing over 150 miles.
Registration for RAMROD is managed with a lottery because they always get more applicants than the Park Service will allow for an event. For this reason I’d suggest that if our group is interested we should volunteer to help with this year’s ride and we will receive a guaranteed entry for 2009, that’s the only way a group can be assured of getting everyone in. It would make a great weekend get away too because you could stay at Crystal Mountain ski area (Clare loved it) and take advantage of beautiful scenery, hiking, bike riding, and low summer rates, or camp at White River camp ground in the park and then staff a food station for a few hours during RAMROD ( I really appreciated those smiling faces handing out chocolate eclaires last summer!) The group could actually do a ride the next day from Crystal Mountain to Sunrise on Mt. Rainier which would be the most scenic section of last year’s ride and cut out 60 miles and all the 12% grades .
