Tour de Gorham

CANCELLED

Although I can see sun on Eagle Mountain as I write this, the rain clouds on the NWS radar appear to be on the state's western border.  It's unlikely that we could complete the ride without getting wet.  See you next week.

This perennial favorite is about a 14 mile circumnavigation of Gorham on mostly dirt roads and trails with a bit of paved road thrown in too. Starting by the common in downtown Gorham. We'll cross route 16 and take a residential road to a foot bridge across the Peabody River and get on the pipeline trail. Here there will be a short but very steep hill to walk up with the bikes. And then it's pretty much of a straight shot on the pipeline trail back to Route 2 and North Road.

Next we’ll follow Hogan Road west for about 5 miles on the virtually untraveled north side of the Androscoggin River where there will be awesome views of the river and several power dams. Then we’ll take a left onto the Presidential Rail Trail which will take us to Route 2. Across route 2 is the gravel Gorham Emergency Road which is closed to motorized vehicles except in (you guessed it) emergencies when Route 2 through the center of town is impassable. Most of this ride will be on pretty flat and smooth trails and roads. The pipeline trail and Hogan Road do have some manageable hills.

For those of you who want to carpool meet at The Old Town Hall in Jackson, across the road from the post office at 9:50.  Let's start the ride at 10:30am.
 

Directions: Drive north on route 16 to Gorham. Just before the T intersection with route 2 there will be railroad tracks. Immediately after crossing the tracks turn left onto Railroad Street. Hook a U turn and park on the other side of the road across from the Common.

We have a mixed forecast for tomorrow, so be sure to check this blog tomorrow morning around 8am.  Please let me know if you plan to ride tomorrow.