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Permalink Reply by Joe TV on March 8, 2010 at 7:30pm

Good forensic work H3N3. Must be a strange atmostpheric response to the extreme steepness of the area.

(and there are some hills in the west side of the state. Not mountains maybe, but some hills)

H3N3 said:

Never heard of it. And never heard much about hills in Michigan before.
From a naturalist point of view it looks quite fascinating-- check out this picture of "The Wall" (what ride doesn't have a climb called "the Wall?")-- none of the vegetation is growing upright-- surely this needs to be studied and documented.

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Permalink Reply by Aaron Bussey on March 9, 2010 at 1:57am

totally awesome

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Permalink Reply by Paul Nicholls on March 9, 2010 at 9:58am

It a new ride this year and I plan on doing it. I have riden in that area and the hills are short and steep. I cant imagine what 10,000 feet of them is going to do to me.

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Permalink Reply by Craig S. on March 9, 2010 at 10:29am

This is during the TOMRV weekend. http://www.qcbc.org/tomrv/index.html

200 miles, 10,000 feet in two days. Very enjoyable, very well organized and there's a "wall" right outside of Galena and then another "wall" which is more of a bad joke on the last two miles up into Clark College in Dubuque.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on March 9, 2010 at 11:56am

I rode through that area last year on a self supported tour. The miles on the itinerary looks WAY easier on paper. But, i did get up to +40mph on a couple descents. That was amazing.

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