The Route
Here's the route for 2019. Every time I map the thing it calculates less and less elevation. I'm guessing it's around 9,300 feet... unless someone's actually up there shoveling dirt off the mountain tops.
You will need a Ride with GPS account to get this route on your device!
You will need a Ride with GPS account to get this route on your device!
Full Meal Snow Route:
- 82 Miles
- 7000 Feet
- Starts @ 7AM at MOJO Cyclery:
- 1405 N Argonne Rd, Spokane Valley, WA
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A word of warning...
The spirit of this ride is light hearted and goof-ball as all get-out, BUT it's also a serious endurance adventure ride. If you haven't done a long hard gravel endurance ride, this is one hell of a way to start. Some parts of the course are pretty straight forward, others are hard to spot and difficult to ride. The course will not be marked! There are places where you'll swear there is no trail at all where you'll have to go bush whacking through. There will be snow on the Day Mt Spokane climb as well as the portion of the Kit Carson Loop we'll be riding. Just thank your lucky stars I didn't find out about John's Swamp of Doom until after I finished making this thing!
Anyway, if you read this in time, NOW is a good time to get a dropper post from your LBS.
Anyway, if you read this in time, NOW is a good time to get a dropper post from your LBS.
Tips
If you're new to endurance gravel riding, this is one hell of a way to get started. For some solid non-hyperbolic or tongue-in-cheek wisdom on how to do a ride like this check out the website for the midnight century… After all, The Dirty Spokanza IS the bastard son of The Midnight Century!