Roadrunner Tracks

Bike Tours for the Old and Infamous

Along highway 101 from Astoria to Nehalem Oregon State Park

Roadrunner Tracks

The Astoria to Missoula has turned out nothing like what I had been planned and I was on my own to explore and travel the beauty of the Oregon coast.  There is no doubt that the splendor of the pristine beaches and forested cliffs must have left Louis and Clarke spellbound.   Astoria is on the Oregon side of the mouth of the Columbia River.  A river large enough for ships to navigate a considerable ways inland before bottoming out.  This is no small expanse of water and with suspension bridges crossing the flow several times between Washington and Oregon.  A

The coastal mist added a mystical and sometimes ominous sensation to the journey.  The first day had several small hills which added up to over 1400 accumulative ascent.  Accumulative ascent is the total altitude gain over a section of the journey.  To many trans-continental bicyclist this accumulation is a more accurate measure of the difficulty of the ride than the number of miles.  The repetitive ups and downs along the coast tends to wear on me more so than the great distances of ascent indicative  of the Rocky Mountains have their rewards of equally long distances of decent. 

The 47.9 mile trip from Astoria through Warrant, Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Gerhart, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Arch Cape, Oswald West State Park, Nehalem, to end at Nehalem Oregon State Park took just under 5 hours of moving time.

 

Odometer—47.0

Max Speed—37.2

Moving Time—4:57

Departed Astoria 12:30 PM

Arrived Nehalem Oregon—7:00PM

Accumulated Ascent—1929

Maximum Elevation—585

Overall Average Speed 7.6 mph

 

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Phone: 505-269-1058

 

E-mail: mikebike@roadrunnertracks.com