H!3DUE Number 2

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Summary: 

• Approximate distance: 30km
• Approximate riding time: 97 minutes
• Area Covered: Old Ottawa South, loop around Alta Vista/Kilborn/Walkley area

Exploro #2 was really another close-to-home adventure for our crew. The focus of this ride was the Alta Vista area. Here is a rough idea of the route in bullet form: 

• From Brighton Beach Park to Hurdman
• Across Riverside and up and over the embankment south-east of the Cancer pathway into the "Little League to the Link" segment that runs behind Abbey Road 
• Across Alta Vista Drive and climb up and over the Hospital link hydro road until you can exit on Peter Morand
• Due south across Smyth into the pathways/greenspace that connects the hospital and Walkley Road- gravel road between Pleasant Park and Kilborn- far left grass trail from Kilborn to Walkley
• The hydro road heading west between Conroy and Albion (High Voltage segment)
• Through the Walkley arena parking lot across the fields behind Ridgemont High
• Across the soccer fields at Heron into Orlando Park
• Orlando Park system to Heron Corridor heading north
• Across Kilborn into Grasshopper Hill Park straight down to Cunningham
• Loop through Cunningham Park (see Clever Pig Park segment)
• Back to Grasshopper Hill turning first left to take you to Pleasant Park Woods
• Across fields at Pleasant Park school to Lynda Lane
• Back to Hospital- onto hydro road and back down to start of Little League to the Link. 
• Left onto Riverside, left into Corsica Private, down to bridge over transitway
• Back through Hurdman to whatever route takes you home. 

There is a lot of riding on grass in this route. Like a lot. 30km looks short, but the pace on this terrain is a bit of a crawl. At least it is on Frankenbike. I suspect a cross bike could be quicker. Still it took 90 minutes total for the group to navigate this, with one hour of moving time. 

As always, this was a game of follow the leader and this route had a lot of turns to keep people awake. We had 8 people out, which was just about perfect. 

Give it a shot and have fun. Route file for your bike computer can be downloaded below. 

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