Morgan Territory Road was one of my favorite Bay Area roads four years ago (see that post for more details), and a few weeks ago a group of us finally made it back.
The ascent and descent on windy one-lane roads with minimal traffic were even better than I remembered (riding on a cool day helped):
This time, for variety, I charted a new route (44mi, 2800’ climbing) with a more roundabout intro/outro, picking up a range of paved and gravel trails through various parks, to take us off the busy + boring suburban roads. This probably added at least an extra hour (partly due to riding slow on multi-use trails with more pedestrians and dogs) but I felt they were a great addition. A few examples:
Crossing Lime Ridge Open Space:
The scenic California Riding (horses) & Hiking trail (there was one short steep gravel bit we had to walk to get up onto it, but the rest of it was delightful):
And various gravel paths in the flats of Livermore on the way back to BART…
