Warrior\'s Society to again host the 50 Mile Ride for Project Rwanda
21.12.2007
Mountain bike enthusiasts in Orange County are a resilient bunch. Those that participated in last year\'s successful 50 Mile Ride for Project Rwanda are determined to do it again this year - even if half of their intended route was nearly destroyed in the recent Santiago fires.The second annual 50 Mile Ride for Project Rwanda will be held as planned on Saturday, December 29th. The event will again be staged at Cooks Corner in Trabuco Canyon, beginning at 7:00am. \"People have been asking me if we\'re still having the event, even after the recent fires\", says Doug Grant, event co-founder. \"We answer them - absolutely YES. We need this event now, more than ever before.\"
50 Mile Ride organizer Roger Toubeaux is excited about the newly revised route he and his team have developed. \"We\'ve mapped out a new route, and we think it is even better than last year\'s crowd-pleaser\", says Toubeaux. \"We will offer two ride options, a 50 miler and a 25 miler.\" The 50 mile route will start at Cooks, enter the back side of O\'Neill, proceed out of the park near the RSM lake, head to the Dove Canyon waterfall, and ride the ridge trails all the way to Caspers Wilderness Park. Then it drops down Star Rise, for a few fun loops inside Caspers to reach the outer checkpoint and refueling/aid station. From there the trail heads back and up Star Rise, tracing the original route all the way back to the waterfall at Dove Canyon.
>From the Dove waterfall, riders head back out to what was basically last year\'s second leg. They will pass the Coto main gate, traverse Chiquita Ridge, head down Tijeras Creek trail to Arroyo Trabuco Trail, turn back to O\'Neill, through the park and back to Cooks Corner for the full 50 miles.
The 25 mile route will start at Cooks an hour after the 50 mile route commences. This shorter route will be basically the same as last year\'s second leg, with some fun single-track added for this year.
