While we had about 25 riders planning to go, cold drizzle and fog caused many of our riders to skip Glendora Mountain Road on May 12th. Eleven intrepid riders set off from Boulder Springs Drive in Glendora to tackle the mountain and earn their Rule #9 bonafides.

The first climb to the maintenance shack was 8 miles and about 2,000 feet, with fog and drizzle all the way. From the shack to Mt. Baldy Village was only partly drizzly, but as the elevation approached 5,000 feet, the temperature dropped to the low 40s. The descent into Mt. Baldy Village was chilly to say the least. Keld Olsen and Gary Erhlich elected to go on to the ski lifts, another 4.5 miles and 2,100 more feet of climbing, while the rest of us headed to the Mt. Baldy Lodge for coffee next to the fireplace. The lodge now features wi-fi, so while warming up and drying out we checked the weather – 40s along Glendora Ridge Road, vs. a relatively balmy 60 degrees down in Claremont, the executive decision was made to ride straight down Mt. Baldy Road to get into warmer weather FAST.

And fast it was, and within 10 minutes we hit warmer air and had a pleasant ride down the mountain and back to Glendora along Route 66. For the main group we finished up with 41 miles and 5,000 feet. Keld and Gary went to the lifts and back down the ridge, finishing up with 53 miles and 7,500 feet.

We will try to schedule another GMR ride in hopefully better weather!

Riders were – Alex Lim, Bert Ohlig, Gary Erhlich, Jeff Cheechov, Jim Norman, John Condia, Keld Olsen, Marty Herrington, Matt Braley, Seth Challenger, Tom Skelley,

At the village, Matt Braley, Jim Norman, Seth Challenger (guest) and Tom Skelley.

At the maintenance schack, Jim Norman, Jeff Cheechov, Alex Lim, Seth Challenger, Matt Braley, Tom Skelley.