Hi Lee, Sounds like you'd come down St. Helena / Spring Mtn road out of the mountains heading into St. Helena. I would probably opt for White Cottage / Ink Grade instead of Howell Mtn Rd, as there's less traffic, for sure. Old Howell Mountain Road is the best climb up from Silverado. However, they've blocked it off at the top where it hits Howell Mountain Road so you would probably need to throw it over the barrier when you hit the top.... Anybody else ridden Old Howell Mountain Rd recently?
If you are there another time (maybe w/o camping gear) I definitely suggest Mt Veeder and Dry Creek roads. Super low traffic; I'm usually out there by myself! Cheers, -br On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 9:57:59 AM UTC-8, LeeC wrote: > > Hey RBWers, hope you are all enjoying a good fall! > > I'm thinking about doing the following ride this Saturday morning and > wanted to get your thoughts on how difficult, how much time, relative > safety and traffic conditions, etc. Note, I'll be traveling with a camping > load on the bike. > > I'd appreciate any input you may have on: > > 1. Bothe-Napa Valley State Park to Pope Valley via either Howell Mountain > Rd or White Cottage Rd + Ink Grade > > 2. Chiles and Pope Valley Rd to Lake Hennessey > > 3. Lake Hennessy down to Yountsville, likely via the Silverado Trail > > Cheers, > Lee > SF, CA > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/65c855ea-18c1-4fcf-a97c-2b8beaab23c5%40googlegroups.com.
