Crown Camp Rd. Jct. Loop

We headed north, from Crown Camp Rd. Jct. along an older, less used logging access to the "Summit" on this route.

Summit is 1,097 ft. -- From 320 ft. at Crown Camp Rd. Jct. Walking from "Road 14" to "Road 10" (Summit) -- 0.91 miles and steep.

Back tracked at the "summit" along a flat stretch between "Road 10" and "Road 27" -- back and forth four times, to check routes, junctions, road numbers. This is where not having a GPS gets you lost. Altitude here reads 1,147 at "200 - 31/35".

Chased a black-tail deer about a mile along the road. I was moving probably 12 mph, and it was not able to pick a spot to get into the woods. I should have stopped to let it get away (but the chase was interesting). Coyote out on the road coming south on the descent.

Then south, back down from the "Summit" (Road 10) across Loowit Creek and Shweeash Creek, to the Lewis & Clark River, along Crown Camp Rd and return to start.

16.57 miles. 1 hr. 57 min. moving time. 8.5 mph (We don't keep moving.) Max speed 28.3 mph (I believe it on some of the descents!)

We'll ride the northern loop out to Youngs River Falls at some later date. It looks like a lot of descent and climbing. (But I was surprised that the return south down to Crown Camp Rd. was more distance than the Youngs River loop.)

Protein shakes, bananas, frozen fruit . . . 220 lbs. 27%

This was one serious, hard paced ride.