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PJAMM 2015 - Carson Pass - 5 for 5 - YEAH!
The Death Ride is an extremely challenging yet fun event. It is extremely well organized and in our 3 times participating have never had any form of bad experience - it’s all good . . . well, except for 127 miles and 15,000’ of climbing in one day - OUCH!
HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS
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Monitor West | 8.2 | 2,636 | 6.2% | 6.36 | 8,330 |
Monitor East | 9.5 | 3,227 | 6.7% | 7.91 | 8,330 |
Ebbetts East | 11.4 | 2,954 | 5.2% | 6.02 | 8,750 |
Ebbetts West | 5.2 | 1,678 | 6.0% | 4.78 | 8,750 |
Carson | 14.7 | 2,980 | 3.7% | 4.94 | 8,545 |
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2 Passes - Ebbetts East and West | 51.5 | 6,110' |
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2 Passes - Monitor West Ebetts East | 57.5 | 7,078’ |
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2 Passes - Monitor West and East | 50.3 | 7,176' |
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3 Passes - Monitor West, Ebbetts East/West | 67.7 | 8,789' |
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3 Passes - Monitor East/West, Ebbetts East | 76 | 10,284' |
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3 Passes - Monitor West, Ebbets East, Carson | 95.3 | 10,828' |
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4 Passes Monitor West/East, Ebbetts East/West | 86.3 | 11,988' |
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4 Passes: Monitor West, Ebbetts East/West, Carson | 105 | 12,555' |
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4 Passes: Monitor West/East, Ebbetts East, Carson | 114 | 14,055' |
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5 Passes: Monitor West/East, Ebbetts East/West, Carson | 124 | 15,740' |
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2020 Official Course Map
START
The ride begins at Turtle Rock - early!
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Nice pancake and egg breakfast.
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Bring your lights and a windvest/jacket.
MONITOR WEST
This will be the easiest of the day because it is first and fairly mild and consistent 6% average grade.
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Start
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Monitor Pass
MONITOR PASS EAST
This is the hardest climb of them all and a Top 100 US bike climb. It is a grueling 9.5 miles at 6.7% average grade. You will be ascending in the early morning so the temperatures, which can be stifling in the afternoon in the summer, will be mild and manageable.
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Bottom of Monitor East - Start of Climb #2.
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Monitor Pass . . . again . . .
EBBETTS PASS EAST
It’s starting to hurt now. This is the longest climb and while only 5.2% has some steep segments to it (e.g. ½ mile at 9.9%).
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The steepest segment (¼ mile at 10.9%)
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Ebbetts Pass
EBBETTS PASS WEST
The fourth leg of the Death Ride is blessedly short at 5.2 miles (6% average grade).
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Bottom of Ebbetts Pass West
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CARSON PASS
First, there is the 10 mile grinder from the bottom of Ebbetts Pass East, past Markleeville, past Turtle Rock to the Woodfords Rest Stop (our favorite - although they are truly all great). Then the brutal grinder begins. Carson Pass is the longest (14.7 miles) and least scenic of the 5 Death Ride climbs, although it is only 3.7%. However, that 3.7% seems more like 7 to 8 because of fatigue and the wind. This is also the only climb of the 5 that has highway traffic on it (Monitor and Ebbetts are actually closed to vehicular traffic during the Death Ride which is a very nice feature).
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Ice cream at the top!
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