Routes in United States / California / Berkeley




via Mt. Diablo, Morgan Territory and Mt. Hamilton



Hilly ride, 2-2:30 hrs, an east bay favorite



classic route with san pablo dam road and a climb up pinehurst



Pokeslow mostly flat ride from Solano Ave Peet's to Orinda Peet's



A staple (constitutional) ride for me with lots of great views along both sides of the Berkeley Hills Ridge.



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taken from mapmyride.com which is pretty annoying with ads



N Oakland -Tunnel Rd - Skyline - Pinehurst - Canyon- Lafayette - Pleasant Hill - Pig Farm - 3 Bears - Wildcat Canyon - Spruce - N Oakland

2010.03.21 - J&S - 4hrs



Classic Route with vistas of San Pablo Dam and Briones Reservoir. Vistas on the descend on Tunnel Road.



distance: 0.259 mile
start: 1007'
end:  1167'
gain: 160'
grade: 11.70%



distance: 1.402 miles
start elevation: 442'
end elevation: 833'
gain: 391'
grade: 5.28%



5.4% grade (approx, but based on their more precise figures).


1.887 mi.
start: 1154'
end:  1189'
gain:  535'

I ride this usually a couple of times a week and I can't remember two inches of downhill unitl you crest near South Park Drive.



Climb is actually 242' (1167' end elevation - 925' start elevation). Actual distance is .405 miles.

So, 11.3% grade

(See also "Shasta from Wildcat" route.)



N Oakland - Tunnel Rd - Skyline - Pinehurst - Moraga - Lafayette - Pig Farm - top of 3 Bears (easier) - Wildcat Canyon - Spruce - N Oakland



Classic Route with vistas of San Pablo Dam and Briones Reservoir. Vistas on the descend on Tunnel Road.



North Berkeley BART to Oxbow Market



distance: 2.085 miles

start: 383'

end: 885'

gain: 502'

grade: 4.56%



distance: 1.454 miles

start: 885'

end: 1095

net gain: 210'

gross gain: 229'

grade: 3.00%



distance: .581 miles
start: 895'
end: 1154'
gain: 259'
grade: 8.44%



distance: 0.640 miles
start: 849'
end: 1154'
gain: 305'
grade: 9.03%



distance: 1.963 miles
start: 383'
end: 1154'
gain: 771'
grade: 7.44%



distance: 1.116 miles

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distance: 1.417 miles
start: 948'
end: 1643'
gain: 695'
grade: 9.3%

Seems low to me although the grade is  considerably steeper near the top.



Goes up Centennial and El Toyonal/Lomas Cantadas for that short, lung-bursting feeling.



This is a good mix of hills & flats for a quick hour ride.  Or stop in Kensington for a cup of coffee or lunch.  The BART bike path can be used from the Del Norte Station back to Albany as an alternate to streets.



The zombie apocalypse has arrived, and you're stuck in Berkeley. What do you do?

Climb Centennial Dr., of course. No way lazy zombies, engorged with sedentary academics and Telegraph Ave. panhandlers, can climb such a hill - much less chase you down Wildcat Canyon or follow you up the next hills of Bear Creek Rd. and Happy Valley Rd.

You do run the risk of picking up zombies while going through the towns of Orinda and Moraga - prime zombie settings - but the townspeople of Canyon. most likely armed with rifles and shotguns, or at least bows and arrows, can pick off any zombie stragglers you might have in tow.



spruce GP pinehurst canyon moraga happy valley bear creek wildcat



Only rated it as "pretty flat" and not "pflat a pancake" because it's a slight uphill going back.



(1) wildcat flats

(2) gpb

(3) down claremont

(4) college to pasta pomodoro (lawton)

(5) college to parker

(6) piedmont

(7) euclid

(8) craigmont

(9) shasta/queens/fairlawn



(1) wildcat flats from brazil room to spruce

(2) back on wildcat to el toyanal

(3) back up wildcat to spruce

(4) down spruce

(5) up eunice

(6) up euclid

(7) up gpb

(8) down senior



(1) out wildcat to spruce,

(2) turn around on wildcat to spdr

(3) back up wildcat to spruce

(4) gpb to euclid

(5) down euclid to eunice

(6) down eunice to spruce

(7) spruce to gpb

(8) gbp to home



Spruce; Grizzly Peak; Skyline: Pinehurst; Diablo; Walnut Creek Bart



Nice, almost 10 mile loop with for a quick workout. Great in the early morning or late evening.



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