| Southern California Certainly has its Mountain | | | | recommend, but I also wish to warn you that you |
| Ranges. The Santa Monica Mountains are a tough | | | | will need a warm up first. So start in Hemet CA |
| row to how while transversing them on a bicycle | | | | and ride to Parris CA and then head up Highway |
| and in doing so I have seen broken down cars, | | | | 74 and at Lake Elsinore straight up and over the |
| which could not make it thru the Mountain Passes. | | | | Mountain you go. The Cleveland National Forest |
| But the Santa Monica Mountains are foothills | | | | Mountains that is.Once you hit the top you will |
| compared to the San Bernardino Mountains with | | | | coast into San Juan Capistrano for lunch and then |
| peaks of Nearly 8,000 feet. Yes, it gets mighty | | | | 1 mile more and you are at the Pacific Ocean in |
| cold up there indeed. Then there is Mount | | | | beautiful San Clemente, CA. A nice 25-mile ride |
| Whitney, which is the tallest peak in the | | | | along the beach to New Port Beach takes you |
| Continental US, which is connected to the Sierra | | | | past Laguna Beach and there are bike paths too. |
| Nevada Mountain Range.There are some other | | | | Make a day of it.Lance Winslow - Online Think |
| tough mountain ranges in California and one | | | | Tank forum board. |
| extreme bicycling route I would like to | | | | |