Alta Alpina Challenge
The personal challenge allows you to build your own adventure so that you can ride just your very favorite passes ride just in the morning or just in the afternoon or pick a combination of passes that just stretches your limits.
Alta alpina challenge. The alta alpina 8 pass challenge out of markleeville aka ride the wild sierra. The alta alpina challenge is a personalized event every participant bib is personalized with the rider s name. Riders collect special pass stickers on the bib as they ride and the resulting mosaic can be framed as a souvenir of the accomplishment.
The course is open until 8 30pm for a total of 14 5 hours. If you are a california triple crown participant and wish to ride both events we can accommodate you in our staff ride. We ve returned to the original sequence so that carson pass comes first when the temperature is cooler the wind is gentle and the traffic is light.
The nature of the alta alpina challenge makes it much more adaptable to virus safety than other events. The grand tour and alta alpina 8 pass challenge are both scheduled for the same date. This is the classic combination of passes that made alta alpina territory famous around the world.
Alta alpina would like every participant to achieve their own personal goal. It is the death ride on steroids with an extra 3 mountain climbs for an additional 5 000 of elevation gain and another 70 miles or so of riding. Or create new account not now alta alpina challenge.
Riding the wild sierra on facebook log in forgot account. See more of alta alpina challenge. The alta alpina cycling club aacc is a road and mountain bike club in the lake tahoe carson valley carson city and markleeville areas whose primary focus is to promote cycling and to create an environment in which cyclists of all ages and abilities can enjoy the sport and socialize with other riders.
The route timing and cut offs remain unchanged. Riding the wild sierra sports event community see all 781 people like this. You can choose a start window of 6 00am 6 15am 6 30am 6 45am 7 00am or 7 15am.
The alta alpina cycling club has taken the lead to develop new protocols and operational plans to adapt cycling activities to be virus safe. The alta alpina 8 pass challenge riding the wild sierra is basically a 198 mile death ride route with 3 extra passes to make for a total of over 20 300 feet of climbing.
