Most folks divide the climb into three parts, each with its own feel and personality. Located in the Southwest corner of Silicon Valley, a few miles from the new Apple Spaceship campus and the infamous Hewlett Pakard garage, Montebello road is a sharp right turn off of Stevens Canyon, just past the Stevens reservoir. Let me take you on a trip up Montebello Road. It is, however, one of the most interesting and diverse climbs in the area.
Hamilton with almost 5,000 feet of elevation spread across 20 miles ( The Pez himself rode that here). It’s not the longest climb either, that belongs to Mt. It is not the toughest climb in the area, that distinction belongs to nearby Bohlman – On Orbit, a beast of some 2500 feet averaging closer to 10%.
Montebello road rises from the Silicon Valley some 2,000 feet in just over five miles. No, my favorite climb resides amongst the tech superstars and frenetic pace of life in Silicon Valley of California. As a kid from Colorado who grew up riding high into the mountains along such notable roads as Deer Creek Canyon, Lookout Mountain, and the Peak to Peak highway, you might imagine that one of these big grinds to 9,000 feet would be my natural selection for a favorite climb, but I’m here to tell you that my favorite is nowhere near the high elevations of Colorado.
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