Here’s an elevation profile of the first thirty miles of my Thanksgiving ride:
And here’s a profile of the Skyline to 9 route that I could have taken:
Note the scale (the first seven miles, for example, are the same). As you can see, I took the road less steep, and it made a difference.
I used the HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler to generate these profiles.
Edit: equalized the horizontal scales and made the first seven miles actually identical.
Edit: equalized the horizontal scales and made the first seven miles actually identical.
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