Saturday Snohomish Co. ride (Monroe/Lk. Roesiger)
KEEPING RIDERS SAFE
- Advance registration required for all participants. If you decide not to ride, please click Cancel My Registration below to open space for others. (How to cancel)
- Attendance at the pre-ride safety briefing is required to participate in the ride.
- If you have tested positive for COVID or have been exposed to someone with COVID, follow the quarantine and isolation guidelines. In general, if you have COVID or are displaying COVID symptoms, or if you are sick with the flu or a cold, you should not participate in group rides.
- Carry a face covering in case a business or public transit requires their use.
- Please, no spitting or “snot-rockets” while participating.
- A CPSC certified helmet is required to be worn to participate.
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Join us for a 42-mile ride with 2,590 feet of elevation gain at a Moderate pace (14-16 mph on the flats), starting from Tye Lake Park in Monroe.
This route goes through downtown Monroe and then explores some of the lovely rural areas north of the city, including the loop around Lake Roesiger. It will be used as the second mentored ride for Ride Leader candidate Jeff Beers.
Let's meet at the south parking lot of Tye Lake Park. Please, be ready to ride at 8:55 a.m. We will start with a required safety briefing, and roll out when that's done. If you miss the briefing you will not be able to ride with the group.
We will climb and descend hills at our own pace, and our goal will be to regroup occasionally. Much of the route is on rural roads without shoulders or bicycle lanes.
Restrooms are available at the start. We will stop along the way for restrooms/snacks/water at Lake Roesiger Store at mile point 21.4.
Bring a spare tube and tools to fix a flat, just in case. Please have full fenders if the roads are wet, or you may be asked to ride at the rear of the group.
Note: If weather conditions meet the weather cancellation criterion listed above or if there are unforeseen hazardous riding conditions or other unexpected events, the Ride Leader will post a ride-canceled note in the Comments section below at least two hours prior to the start and Ride Leader(s) will not be at the start location.
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Rain route
If the weather requires it, we'll use this route, which is 12 miles shorter
9/18 rain route
Before you leave for the ride
As of 8 p.m. Friday, the forecast I use shows a window of weather that would allow us to get the rain route done in relatively dry conditions. I will check again in the morning and make a decision by 6:45 a.m. about whether conditions make it worth driving to Monroe. Please, check for that posting before you leave your home.
Let's ride
The forecasts now agree there is a window of dry weather that will let us get the rain route (linked above) done. There is no store stop on the 30-mile route, so bring a bar or snack if you think you will need one.