100 Kilometer
Want more than 50 miles, but aren’t ready for the full 100-miler? Ride the new 100K (62 miles). It follows the same up & back route as the 50-miler, but continues on from the 50-mile turnaround with an added 6-mile out & back section of the beautiful Avenue of the Giants for a total of 62 miles.
h3. Route Slip
* *Start/Finish* Humboldt County Fairgrounds, Ferndale. Head west on 5th St. three blocks to Ocean Ave., turn left and head south out of town.
* *Mile 3.7* Waddington Rd. continue on through the Ferndale Bottoms toward Rio Dell on Grizzly Bluff Rd.
* *Mile 5.4* Grizzly Bluff School intersection, turn right to Rio Dell
* *Mile 8.3* Continue on toward Rio Dell.
* *Mile 13.1* Intersection –STOP SIGN!!!— Watch traffic control officer / CHP RIO DELL CHECK-POINT / AID STATION. Turn right onto Wildwood Ave., go through Rio Dell, cross the historic Scotia Bridge.
* *Mile 14.4* Continue through Scotia, the road turns to the left as you pass the lumber mill offices and the old locomotive. Continue on to Highway 101.
* *Mile 15.9* Enter Highway 101 southbound. SINGLE FILE PLEASE
* *Mile 21.7* Take Pepperwood exit from 101 south. Turn left at STOP SIGN and enter Avenue of the Giants south. Continue on next 8.2 miles.
* *Mile 25* Rest Stop / Aid Station at Immortal Tree Gift Shop
* *Mile 31* Turnaround at Dyerville Overlook. DO NOT CONTINUE ON UNDER HWY 101
* *Mile 36* Rest Stop / Aid Station at Immortal Tree Gift Shop
* *Mile 42* Turn right onto Highway 101 North. Stay Single File Please
* *Mile 48* Take first Rio Dell / Scotia exit right off Highway 101. Turn left at STOP SIGN and go under the freeway. Turn right at STOP SIGN and go back across Scotia Bridge.
* *Mile 48.5* Proceed through Rio Dell on Wildwood Ave. to Bellvue (Blue Slide Rd.)
* *Mile 50.3* Turn left heading back on Blue Slide Rd. to Grizzly Bluff Rd. back over the three hills and back to Ferndale. Single File Please
* *Mile 61.1* Turn right on 5th Street.
* *Mile 62* You’ve made it! Great job! You did it. See the finish line staff for your finishers patch.
