This rides starts strong with Las Laureles Grade a 1.7 mile climb with 8% average grade and 700ft in elevation, this will be the warm up of a long ride. After a quick downhill to Carmel Valley Village, we now ride on Carmel Valley Road, slowly climbing on this quiet remote road, but then it is time to turn right onto Cachagua, a grinding 1.9mile long climb at 8.5% average grade which will test your lungs but delivers amazing vistas of the surrounding valleys.
After a quick downhill, we come back onto Carmel Valley road for the remaining of the climb.