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15.8 mi Gravel Ride Alewife to Middlesex Fells

 

IMPORTANT

 

CRW Rides are open to members and limited guests. Guests may only attend two rides before joining.
All riders (both Members and Guests) must REGISTER

Register here: https://www.crw.org/memberrideregistration?rid=10239&date=

If a rider has not pre-registered, that rider must do so online at the start of the ride. 

The online registration will include a liability waiver that all riders will need to review and accept. 

The online registration will also require all riders to review CRW’s Safety and COVID Guidelines and to agree to follow those guidelines on the ride.

 

A 16 mile gravel ride starting at the Alewife MBTA station, North along the Alewife Greenway to the Middlesex Fells. We'll take the carriage roads around the reservoirs and return through Medford and the Middlesex Parkway.
Bring your gravel or mountain bikes. It's bikeable on a gravel bike but larger tires and low pressures will help deal with the occasional rocky terrain. We'll meet at the Alewife T station. If you're driving to the start, park at the Fresh Pond Mall and bike over the bridge to the start.

PLEASE MEET AT THE ALEWIFE SUBWAY ENTRANCE NEAREST THE PARKING GARAGE. THIS IS NEXT TO THE RT 2/16 OVERPASS. SEE THE PHOTO

For strong gravel and CX bikers, plan on less than 2 hours round trip. For average persons, about 2:15. For those who walk the ups and downs, about 2:30. Once we are in the Fells, the route is entirely on carriage roads but their smoothness varies considerably. GPS reception can be sketchy. If you're not familiar with the Fells, it's best to stick with another rider. Asking directions of passersby (of which there will be many) isn't always productive.

 
Date: Sunday Sep 5, 2021
 
Time: 
10:00 AM
 
Ride Leader(s): 
Gene Ho (6176101875)
 
Ride type: 
Gravel
 

Click HERE for descriptions of the ride types.

 

Routes and Cue Sheets from RWGPS

Miles Elevation Print Download
16 636 ft Cue sheet GPX

Club members can create custom formatted cuesheets. Details HERE

This is the meeting spot
 

Ride Start

Alewife Station

135 Alewife Brook Parkway
Cambridge , MA
See map: Google Maps
Directions: 

Alewife Station is reachable by car on Route 2, and there is ample paid parking; by car or bicycle on Alewife Brook Parkway; on paths from the west (Fitchburg Cutoff path), north (Minuteman Commuter Bikeway) and east (Linear Park). And Alewife Station is the terminus of the Red Line light rail, which takes bicycles except during peak hours in the peak direction. Ride groups meet in front of the parking garage on Steel Place.

 

registered riders

16 miles