Mountain Bike Adventures In Washington S North Cascades And Olympics

* 60 mountain biking routes * Rating level identifies the most challenging routes * 90 photos and 60 detailed area maps This mountain biking guidebook for the North Cascades and Olympics offers routes from I-90 north to the Canadian border, as well as trails in the Olympic Mountains. These regions offer mountain bikers of all levels the choice of leisurely cruises on abandoned railroad grades, challenging tours of rarely used logging roads, and much more. With 60 routes to choose from, you'll have information on skill level required, distance, elevation gain, mileage, and best time of year to ride.

Adventure Cycling in Northern California is divided into six regions, featuring some of Northern California's best landscapes, including the North Coast's rugged coastlines and tall redwood forests, the majestic inland valleys of Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake counties, and magnificent Yosemite National Park. Each ride includes information on level of difficulty, terrain, traffic, best time to ride, points of interest, and accommodations, plus historical background on each region.

Covering every aspect of the sport for the 60 million mountain bikers in North America, this comprehensive resource comes complete with a full-color guide to America's favorite biking trails, 1996 national and regional race, tour, and festival information, a calendar of events, a photographic review of the latest gear, and more. 400 photos & illustrations, 300 in color.

This book contains more than 300 photographs and 75 detailed drawings illustrating everything from helmets to handlebars and brake maintenance to off-road racing.

Featuring more than 60 of Washington's greatest mountain bike rides, this one-of-a-kind guide takes you from the lush rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula to the rugged, glacier-capped mountains of the northern Cascades; from the moonscaped ridges of Mount St. Helens east over tulip fields and seas of wheat to the Selkirk and Blue Mountains. Mountain Bike America: Washington is a unique look into our northwesternmost state, capturing its history, culture and incomparable beauty. This guide contains comprehensive trail descriptions, from beginner to advanced, GPS-quality, digitally designed relief maps detailing each ride and accurate route profiles showing the ups and downs of each ride. Detailed directions get you to the ride without getting you lost. There are mile-by-mile directional cues, difficulty ratings, elevation gain, trail contacts, local information and much more. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 384 pages, b&w photos, maps, charts)