マリン郡の峠・トップ5

これは良いグラベルバイクライドです。好むより少し多めにロードライディングがありますが、ドライバーはバイクを意識しており、十分なスペースをくれます。そのほとんどは舗装されており、シングルトラックセグメントはサスペンションのないグラベルバイクでも走行可能です。携帯電話の電波は限られており、Komootからの音声案内も同様です。

Paved section riding on the ridge between Pan Toll Road and Fairfax-Bolinas Road where it contains as Bolinas Ridge Trail, with spectacular views along the way toward the Pacific Ocean and Stinson Beach far below. The road is open during daylight hours only, in winter that means 9am to sunset.

This "Four Corners" intersection on the saddle of Panoramic Highway is the transition for Sequoia Valley Rd crossing over to the Pacific side into Muir Woods Rd. There are also three trails arriving from the Bay side at this point. The views reach from the Bay on one side to the Pacific Ocean on the other.

Pay attention to the "no parking" signs along the road. We got an $80 ticket!

Crossing this saddle is a good excuse for a stop to take in the views, and maybe even hike down to Carson Falls from the nearby trailhead

First of a surprising number of hills to climb on the way out toward the Point Reyes lighthouse station.

At the end of the winding Mesa Rd begins one of the most spectacular coastal trails in the Bay Area: the southern tip of the Point Reyes National Seashore, closest to San Francisco less than one hour away, the Coast Trail leads along beaches (don't miss Palomarin Beach just below here), cliffs, lakes, and a mix of forested and open meadows to the unique tidefall of Alamere Falls, one of only two in California that fall right onto the beach.

Homestead Valley Trail leads downhill a few yards off this big Trailhead parking at the intersection used as a key meeting place by many hikers and bikers, some dropping down to the bay, others over to Muir Woods when that National Park parking is overflowing on Summer weekends