Mountain bike California, St. Joseph's Hill, Los Gatos
Hello all, here is my mtb ride this morning/afternoon in Los Gatos, CA @ a park named St. Joseph's Hill. It was 16.7 miles and 1,500 feet of climbing. (For reference, the Statue of Liberty is 305 feet tall) Photo above is at Vasona which I passed on the way to the mountains.
GPS data is from a Garmin Vivoactive HR, Wahoo fitness HRM and uploaded to Strava
The city repaved the path at Vasona and it is really smooth now, compared to ruts before which were a trip hazard. It was a nice 54*f day for riding.
Vasona has various historical plaques set around the park. This one reviews the oldest adobe home that was built close to this spot in 1833. (When the population of California was Spanish, Mexican and native Indians)
On the Los Gatos creek trail, the boy scouts placed a bike stand, pump and misc tools for fixing any issues that you may have with your bike.
Do not eat the wild mushrooms around here
This is a view looking towards the Santa Clara valley, the left side is up the peninsula towards Cupertino/Palo Alto (If you keep going, you'll hit San Francisco...
Here is a map of the South Bay area with the specific view outlined with the red lines
Happy Hump Day!
What a great tour.
Making some cardio and enjoying the nature.
Great combo ;-)
Glad you enjoyed it, mtb'ing is the best for nature touring.
You must be in good shape. Because you ride more then anybody I know, way to go and very nice landscape pictures.
I think that I'm in decent shape for my age, and I am not young. Glad you enjoyed the pics!
It was such a nice day here in Virginia. Glad you enjoyed the weather by biking. Too bad Steemit doesn't have a platform for fitness.
There is a fitness tag here and someone made a run token. I'm sure in the future there will be a token for sports related activities, like giving kudo's on Strava.
Beautiful stuff, man. Ever do night rides around there?
I've always wanted to, but never setup bike lights. It is illegal to ride in these parks after sunset, but some people do.
good post..dear....thanks.for.sharing..
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