How long are the loops?

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I don't have a reliable computer on my bike.

Would these be pretty close to accurate?

I leave the parking lot and at the first intersection, I have been about 3/8 of a mile - that's .375 on a computer.

I go straight on the Great Wall and ride a full circle back to this intersection. Is this full circle about 7.5 miles, so now I have been 7.875 miles? And if I rode back to the car, it is a 8.25 mile ride with a 3/8 mile out back and a 7.5 mile loop.

Is the Brown Wave 5.6 miles?

Is the Skinny a 6 mile loop?

How long is the short connector between the Skinny and The Brown Wave? I'd guess 1/4 mile, maybe a little more.

Feedback appreciated.

[no name]

The Skinny is a little over 4

[seenvic]

no said:

The Skinny is a little over 4

Thanks.

Just to clarify, the "Skinny" is a loop made up of the "connector" down to the Brown Wave plus the 4 miles we just opened. But if you rode the top side of the Skinny and didn't turn left toward the Brown Wave, you'd go straight into the 4 mile section and this would loop you back up to the main junction. But it's all the "Skinny" loop.

What throws folks off is that we opened one side of it in March and the other side in May. We just weren't done building the other side yet when we opened the first side and the Brown Wave.

Thanks for the reply.

[Scott]

I rode from the parking lot to the brown wave CCW then to the Skinny CCW, to the Brown Wave CCW, then back up the connector to the parking lot. I had 20.05 on the odometer.

Scott

[Scott]

Correction......Great Wall CCW, Skinny CCW, Brown Wave CCW, and back up the connector to the parking lot.....20.05 miles.

Here's a little more detail.

From the parking lot down Great Wall to the Skinny 7.62 miles. The "Backside" of the Skinny to the connector, I had 11.82 (the Skinny backside being 4.2 miles). The intersection of the Brownwave, 11.98 (.16 miles to the BrownWave). Did the BW loop at 17.54 (5.56 for the BW Loop) and back to the parking lot at 20.05.

Scott

[seenvic]

Scott,
Thanks for the detailed miles! What you wrote confirms a few things and fills in a few blanks.

I figure we have about about 19.5 miles of trail out there in those three loops and the 2 connectors linking them to each other and the trailhead.

Anyone else get something much different from these numbers?