Route Sheets

Following are links to the turn sheets & elevation profiles from many of our rides. All routes depart from Summit Bicycles in Burlingame unless otherwise noted. These turn sheets are provided as a service to the cycling community, and Velo Girls takes no responsibility for changes in traffic patterns, road closures, or if you discover that you can't navigate your way out of a paper bag!

CONTENTS:



Peninsula

King's Mtn Mini Loop from Woodside -- 10 miles -- 900' of climbing -- Easy to Moderate

Foothill/Elena Loop from Page Mill Park & Ride -- 16 miles -- 900' of climbing -- Easy to Moderate
(great route for climbing & descending drills)

Arastradero Loop from the Alpine Inn -- 16 miles -- 1,045' of climbing -- Easy

Portola/Alpine Loop from Menlo Park -- 18 miles -- 950' of climbing -- Easy

Edgewood/Woodside Loop from Menlo Park -- 20 miles -- 900' of climbing -- Easy

Arastradero Loop from Menlo Park -- 21 miles -- 800' of climbing -- Easy

Sawyer Camp Trail -- 22 miles -- 1,100' of climbing -- Easy

Edgewood/Mountain Home Loop from Menlo Park -- 22 miles -- 1,300' of climbing -- Easy

Old La Honda from Canada & Edgewood -- 22 miles -- 2,200' of climbing -- Moderate

Elena Loop from Menlo Park -- 23 miles -- 1,000' of climbing -- Easy

Mountain Home Loop from Sawyer Camp Trail -- 25 miles -- 1,700' of climbing -- Easy

Woodside Double Loop from Canada Road -- 26 miles -- 1,500' of climbing -- Easy

Portola Loop from Sawyer Camp Trail -- 26 miles -- 1,700' of climbing -- Easy

Bay Trail Out & Back -- 27 miles -- 31' of climbing -- Easy

Edgewood/Westridge Loop from Menlo Park -- 27 miles -- 1,500' of climbing -- Easy

Woodside out & back via Canada Road -- 30 miles -- 2,000' of climbing -- Easy

San Francisco via Skyline from Burlingame -- 31 miles -- 2,000' of climbing -- Moderate

Arastradero Loop from Belmont -- 32 miles -- 1,800' of climbing -- Easy

Bay Trail/Edgewood Loop -- 33 miles -- 1,500' of climbing -- Easy

Portola/Edgewood Loop from Menlo Park -- 34 miles -- 2,090' of climbing -- Easy

Arastradero/Natoma Loop from Menlo Park -- 35 miles -- 1,800' of climbing -- Easy

Edgewood/Alpine Loop from Menlo Park -- 36 miles -- 2,090' of climbing -- Easy

Portola Loop from Canada Road & Route 92 -- 36 miles -- 2,100' of climbing -- Easy

Mountain Home Loop -- 36 miles -- 2,300' of climbing -- Easy

Skyline/Ralston Loop -- 37 miles -- 1,900' of climbing -- Easy

Woodside Loop via Polhemus & Canada -- 37 miles -- 2,400' of climbing -- Moderate

Woodside Loop returning via Edgewood -- 41 miles -- 2,700' of climbing -- Moderate

Woodside Loop from Coyote Point -- 43 miles -- 2,000' of climbing -- Easy to Moderate

Old La Honda/Route 84 Loop -- 46 miles -- 3,800' of climbing -- Moderate

Burlingame from Menlo Park -- 47 miles -- 3,300' of climbing -- Moderate

Woodside via Canada with Alpine/Edgewood Loop -- 50 miles -- 3,300' of climbing -- Moderate

Woodside/Westridge Loop -- 50 miles -- Moderate

Alpine/Woodside Loop -- 51 miles -- 3,100' of climbing -- Moderate

Portola Loop via Canada Road -- 51 miles -- 3,200' of climbing -- Moderate

Portola Loop via Polhemus -- 52 miles -- 3,300' of climbing -- Moderate

Old La Honda, West OLH, Route 84 Loop -- 52 miles -- 4,800' of climbing -- Moderate

Bay Trail/Arastradero Loop -- 55 miles -- 2,200' of climbing -- Moderate

Moody/Arastradero/Woodside Loop -- 55 miles -- 3,500' of climbing -- Moderate

King's Mountain/Edgewood Road Loop -- 55 miles -- 5,000' of climbing -- Moderate

Old La Honda/King's Mountain Loop -- 55 miles -- 5,300' of climbing -- Moderate

Portola Loop from Coyote Point -- 56 miles -- 2,700' of climbing -- Easy to Moderate

BayTrail/Alpine/Arastradero Loop from San Mateo Caltrain -- 60 miles -- Moderate to Advanced

Old La Honda, Arastradero, Woodside Loop -- 60 miles -- 4,700' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

San Gregorio Loop -- 61 miles -- 5,000' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

Page Mill Road -- 62 miles -- 5,600' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

Edgewood/Arastradero/Edgewood (yep, twice) -- 63 miles -- 4,400' of climbing -- Moderate

Old La Honda/Pescadero/Half Moon Bay Loop -- 73 miles -- 7,000' of climbing -- Advanced

Los Gatos from Canada & 92 -- 76 miles -- 3,600' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

Los Altos Triple Loop -- 78 miles -- 5,000' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

Old La Honda/Pescadero/Tunitas Creek Loop -- 85 miles -- 9,500' of climbing -- Advanced
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San Francisco & North Bay

Lake Merced Loop from Golden Gate Park -- 16 miles -- 450' of climbing -- Easy

Tiburon Loop from Sausalito -- 22 miles -- 1,100' of climbing -- Easy

San Francisco Loop from Golden Gate Park -- 29 miles -- 1,200' of climbing -- Easy

San Francisco via Skyline from Burlingame -- 31 miles -- 2,000' of climbing -- Moderate

San Francisco Scenic Loop -- 37 miles -- 1,900' of climbing -- Moderate

Tiburon Loop from Presidio Sports Basement -- 38 miles -- 2,200' of climbing -- Moderate

Nicasio Cheese Factory from Fairfax -- 39 miles -- 3,300' of climbing -- Moderate

Tiburon Loop from McLaren Lodge -- 41 miles -- 2,700' of climbing -- Moderate

Tiburon Mini Loop from Sports Basement -- 44 miles -- 2,200' of climbing -- Moderate

Headlands and Tiburon Loop from the Presidio Sports Basement -- 44 miles -- 3,500' of climbing -- Advanced

Tiburon Loop from Sports Basement -- 50 miles -- 2,500' of climbing -- Moderate

Fairfax Out & Back from Sports Basement -- 50 miles -- 2,300' of climbing -- Moderate

Tiburon Loop with the Marin Headlands from Sports Basement -- 56 miles -- 3,600' of climbing -- Advanced

Silverado Trail -- Napa to Calistoga & Return -- 57 miles -- Moderate

Nicasio Out & Back from Presidio Sports Basement -- 58 miles -- 4,000' of climbing -- Advanced

Pt. Reyes Out & Back from Mill valley -- 60 miles -- 4,600' of climbing -- Advanced

Alpine Dam Loop/Mt. Tam from Sports Basement -- 63 miles -- 5,400' of climbing -- Advanced

Nicasio-Cheese Factory Loop from Presidio Sports Basement -- 77 miles -- 5,300' of climbing -- Advanced

Nicasio-Pt. Reyes Station loop from Presidio Sports Basement -- 80 miles -- Advanced
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East Bay

Devil Mountain Half from Walnut Creek BART -- 25 miles -- 3,000' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

Martinez/Lafayette Loop from Walnut Creek BART -- 29 miles -- 1,800' of climbing -- Easy

Three Bears and Pinole Valley Drive from Orinda BART -- 33 miles -- 3,600' of climbing -- Easy to Moderate

Calaveras Mini Loop from Fremont BART -- 38 miles, 3,200' of climbing -- Moderate

Three Bears and Lamorinda Loop from Orinda BART -- 40 miles -- Moderate to Advanced

Dublin Grade from Bay Fair BART -- 44 miles, 4,000' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

Skyline Loop from Castro Valley BART -- 46 miles, 5,500' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

Martinez/Danville Loop from Walnut Creek BART -- 52 miles -- 3,100' of climbing -- Moderate

Three Bears and Carquinez Scenic Drive from Orinda BART -- 53 miles -- 6,400' of climbing -- Advanced

Calaveras Loop from Fremont BART -- 57 miles -- 5,600' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced

San Ramon Loop from Rockridge BART -- 66 miles -- Advanced
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South Bay

Arastradero from Los Gatos (Pierce & Mt. Eden) -- 45 miles -- 3,100' of climbing -- Moderate

Reservoir Ride from Los Gatos -- 63 miles -- 5,600' of climbing -- Moderate to Advanced
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"Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammeled womanhood."
— Susan B. Anthony

"Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine."
— Richard Ballantine

"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking."
— Arthur Conan Doyle, 1896

"I thought of that while riding my bicycle."
— Albert Einstein

"Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing."
— Helen Keller

"The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community."
— Ann Strong — 1895

"Cycling satisfies so many needs. If you're in a gregarious mood, you can go out with a group. Or you can go alone- solo. If you're in an aggressive mood, you can go fast, or if you're tired and want to unwind you can go slow. A bicycle doesn't discriminate in age, either."
— Georgena Terry

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
— Mark Twain

"The bicycle supplies ... a new pleasure — the pleasure of going where one wills, because one wills... Riding the wheel, our own powers are revealed to us... You have conquered a new world, and exultingly you take possession of it."
— Marie E. Ward, 1896

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."
— H.G. Wells

"She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life."
— Frances E. Willard,
How I Learned to
Ride the Bicycle