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        My favorite Huntsville area rides...

   bikegirl  Metric century distance
Cotaco Backroads
Dam Grant
Guntersville Parks Hytop Loop

   bikegirl  3/4 century distance
Grant-Nat Mountains
Lynchburg Hills
Paint Rock Valley
Skyline Loop
Huntsville area map
        Great out of town rides

Exploration Routes

Road on the Joyce Kilmer loop - October 2006
        Touring from Huntsville

Far away rides

Tom and Jim on Mt. Evans
        Huntsville Area Climbs

The mountains in and around Huntsville offer some excellent cycling. The climbs don't gain a lot of elevation, ranging from 350 to just over 1,000 feet, but some are very steep. This webpage charts 32 local climbs with elevation profiles and other useful information.

Elevation chart
        Odds & Ends Trip reports

      biker  Colorado Mountains - July 2006
      biker  French Alps trip photos - August 2006

Lowgap road
        Climbing Power Calculator

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Angie and Mark on l'Alpe d'Huez
        Links Riding in Annecy France