Vertical climb: +5413 ft
Start: Lake Merritt
Finish: Pleasant Hill BART
Major climbs: Wildwood - Butters - Burdeck, Little Pinehurst (South), Mt. Diablo South Gate
Rest Stops: Mt. Diablo Ranger Station
Route sheet: Mt. Diablo (IA) [107K]
Ride from Lake Merritt and learn just what quadriceps and gluteus muscles are good for: a warm-up climb through the Montclair district of Oakland, then a journey to the summit of Mount Diablo at 3,850 feet and finish in Pleasant Hill.