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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

2398.0. "Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid" by STAR::ZIELONKO () Fri Aug 28 1992 17:16

hi,

 i did a DIR/TITLE=WHITEFACE and found nothing so i assume there's no note for
this...

my wife and i will be spending the week after labor day in lake placid. in the
tourist propaganda we got from the lake placid chamber of commerce i saw a road
up a mountain called whiteface. in another note somewhere i recall someone
saying that they'd raced up it. does anyone know anything about this climb? how
steep is it (average and peek grade)? is the road open for cyclists?
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2398.1STARCH::WHALENPersonal Choice is more important than Political CorrectnessFri Aug 28 1992 17:327
I recently biked in that area, but we didn't climb any specific mountains.
I can't quote grades, but onthe climb from Keene to Lake Placid we gained almost
all of the altitude in the first half of the distance.  One of the maps we used
in planning the route was the Adirondack Park map, I'll try to remember to look
at it this evening and see what sort of road it might show up to Whiteface.

Rich
2398.2STARCH::WHALENPersonal Choice is more important than Political CorrectnessSat Aug 29 1992 00:299
    Ok, here's what I can figure out from the Adirondack park map:
    
    From Lake Placid take state route 86 towards Wilmington, from there
    route 431 is the road to the top of Whiteface Mtn. (El. 4867).  It's a
    paved, secondary road, so I see no reason why bicycles should be
    restricted from the road.  The map gives no information about the
    amount that you will climb or the steepness.
    
    Rich
2398.3Olympic bike climb?FLUKES::SUTTONHe roams the seas in freedom...Mon Aug 31 1992 12:094
    It might give you some idea to know that Whiteface was the venue for
    the downhill events in the last winter Olympics held in Lake Placid....
    
    	/Harry
2398.4Placid area is beautiful!USIC02::MREIDThu Sep 03 1992 02:1120
    I've biked up WHiteface during a USCF development camp a few years
    back.  Not sure exactly, but I'd estimate 7% average grade and perhaps
    couple/few miles in length. 
    
    We did WHiteface in the middle of a long training ride, and prior to
    the Mt we were flying 40+ down a misty mountain road when the dude in
    front of me swerved and led me into a serious pothole.  I don't know
    how this happened - but my large waterbottle flew out and jammed in
    the spokes of my rear wheel, yanking out many spokes.  Follow car
    gave me a wheel and motorpaced me to the group.  I climbed Whiteface
    in a borrowed wheel that skipped every time I stood, maybe 21 or 23
    tooth cog.
    
    The really scarey part was the descent on the backside of Whiteface;
    steep, sandy, and major curves - wild!  We got to practice out our
    bike handling skills that we had just learned!
    
    No problem cycling up the road; no restrictions that I know of.
    Have fun!
    Mark
2398.5thanks everyoneSTAR::ZIELONKOThu Sep 03 1992 16:013
re .-1

sounds like i won't be needing the pieplate freewheel.