road bike: frontside friday: zoo - u - city creek loop

This loop will take us east by the zoo, through the university and along the avenues to the beginning of City Creek Canyon where we will stop to make a decision: if we're feeling ambitious, we can ride up City Creek to the water treatment plant and back (it will add about 7 miles round-trip and about 600 feet of elevation gain); if we're not, we'll just go down through Memory Grove and on south to Artesian Well Park where we can fill our water bottles with delicious, superior water, then head back through Liberty Park. This is a social ride: ride at your own pace but we'll stop to regroup a few times along the way. The pace will be about MOD- or about 12-15mph average.

Level:NTD+
Miles:21.0
Vertical:800'
Route:Loop
Pace:Moderate
Organizer:Robert Turner
Phone:801-467-1129 (home); 801-560-3378 (cell)
Date:Fri Apr 26 2013
Meeting Place:Parking lot at about 230 E Claybourne Ave (2770 S), SLC (former elementary school). The lot is about 1 1/2 blocks east of the Reams on State Street. Link to a Google map of the location: http://g.co/maps/jff5m
Meeting Time:10:00 am
Web Link:Map of ride