Winter Training Series #6: Auburn, Lake Tapps, Orting, Carbonado, Buckley (Self-Paced)

This is the sixth of this year's nine Winter Training Series rides.  WTS starts January 6th and will end on March 2nd. During this nine-ride series, distances progress from about 34 miles to 100 miles. WTS is a great way to do some early season training, with a natural buildup of miles, while enjoying the company of other riders. Winter riding is tough enough--this gives you a chance to do it with friends. 

PLEASE NOTE: 10:00 a.m. start time today, hoping for warmer temperatures later in the morning.

Directions to Start: Take 167 South from Renton. Take the 15th St NW exit and head east about 0.4 mile. Turn right on A Street at stop light. Go 0.2 mile to 10th St NE.  Look for parking lot around the corner on your right. Park in NW corner of the lot at corner of A St and 10th St away from the entrance to Fred Meyer.

WTS #6 is a wonderful route that takes in Lake Tapps, Orting, Carbonado, Buckley and lots of great back roads in between. This is one of the most rural rides of the series.  Gravity Coffee at mile 47.7 is a good refueling stop.  (Also there's the Pick & Shovel in Wilkeson at mile 33.7.)  Additional restroom in Orting @mile 22.4.  Please limit speed on any multi-use paths to the legal maximum (usually 15 MPH, occasionally 10 MPH).

 Please be at the start early enough to have your registration confirmed, pump up your tires, adjust your fenders, and put all your warm clothes on. Sign-in starts at 9:30 AM, mandatory ride & safety announcements are at 10:00 AM, and we start riding when that is completed.  All riders must attend the safety briefing to participate.

Though there will usually be a number of ride leaders on the course, these are self-paced and self-guided rides with friendly encouragement and lots of camaraderie. THERE ARE NO REGROUPS IN THIS SERIES. For more general information, please follow the link Introduction to WTS.

VERY IMPORTANT: If you want a cue sheet, please go to the Route Map link and print one out for yourself.  There won't be any available at the start.

All rides are rain or shine. We might shorten a route for really foul weather, but the only outright cancellation will be for snow or ice.  We may delay the start if we believe that the conditions will be safer a bit later in the day.  CHECK THIS WEBPAGE BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME.

Registration is required. There will be no sign-in at the ride start.  You must be registered by no later than 6:00AM on the day of the of the ride.  If you already have a Cascade account make sure you are logged in and click the green Register button and follow the prompts. If you can't make the ride, please remember to un-register. If you don’t have a Cascade account, setting one up only takes a couple of minutes and it's free.  Make sure you are registered by 6:00 AM the day of the ride.  Registrations after that will not be accepted and you will not be allowed to participate.

We hope you can join us!