Date:  Saturday, January 4, 2025

Distance: 65 miles

Start Time: 7:30 am
There will be a mass start at 7:30 AM and announcements and time for questions at 7:25.
Start Location: Fountain Hills Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ (Get directions)

Time Limit: 7 hours

Sunrise:  7:30 am
Sunset:  5:47 pm

Cost: $15 Pre-registration only. No day-of-event registration.

RUSA sanctioned.

WAIVER NOTE: You will be automatically directed to the online waiver after you submit your PayPal payment. If you are not automatically directed to the online waiver after your pay, you may press the "Return to Merchant" button to sign the waiver. The online waiver may also be found at tinyurl.com/AZBrevetWaiver.

REGISTRATION NOTE: Once you are registered for a ride, you will see your name in the Registered Riders tab. It may take a day or so for it to appear. Registered riders WILL be sent a "Last Minute Notes" email the day after registration closes, normally the Thursday before the ride. If you do not receive it, please let me know. Also, check your spam folder for the email.

RIDE VERIFICATION: All of these events are sanctioned by Randonneurs USA (RUSA). As such, all of them will be verified using approved RUSA methods. Click HERE to see the details of available options for AZ Radonneurs' events.

Description

Saguaro Lake 100k

This is a very scenic route through Fountain Hills & East Mesa. Enjoy grand views of the Superstition Mountains, Four peaks, Red Mountain & Saguaro Lake. If you're lucky, you might even catch a glimpse of the mob of Wild Horses who make their home in the Red Mountain wilderness. There are very few flat sections on this route, but the climbs tend to be short and evenly spaced. The Bush highway & Usery Pass section (about 45-miles), is arguably the most beautiful route in the Phoenix area.

This route has abundant climbing for an early season ride. The descents do pay you back, though.

Directions to the start

Location: Fountain Hills Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ

Address: Intersection at Palasades and Fountain Hills Blvd

13733 North Fountain Hills Blvd, Fountain Hills, Arizona 85268

Directions:  Safeway and Starbucks Coffee.

Google map: Click here

 

 

Route Map

View  RWGPS online map here

Note: The Ride With GPS map may be used to download a file for your GPS, if you wish. Remember, though, that the route sheet you receive at the start of the ride is official, this map IS NOT.

Cue sheets may be downloaded and printed by riders if they wish. Cue sheets will NOT be passed out at the start. Make sure you have a cue sheet as a backup in case your GPS fails.

Download cue sheet (xls)

Download cue sheet (pdf)

Elevation Profile

About 3,500 feet of climbing.
Minimum/maximum elevation: 1300 / 2100 feet above sea level

Requirements

Lights: Optional. However, if you're still riding after sunset, you need lights as required by law.

Services

Start: Safeway/Starbucks – The start/finish control is at the southeast corner of Palasades & Fountain Hills Blvd in the Safeway parking lot.

Address: 13733 North Fountain Hills Blvd, Fountain Hills, Arizona 85268

Google Map: http://goo.gl/maps/qIeED

The Start/ Finish will be located in Fountain Hills, AZ. A Google map may be found here.

Here is a detailed map of the Start/Finish. It can be confusing because we enter/leave the plaza from different directions and meet at different places at different times.

1) START: Park behind the Pizza Hut. We will meet there for the ride start

2) FINISH: Will be at Subway or any other biz in the plaza, your choice .

Click Image for a High-Rez View

Checkpoint #2 is at the top of the second climb (Usery Pass). This may be a staffed control with some snacks and water. If not staffed, then you will need to answer the question on your Brevet card.

Checkpoint #3 will be back at the Start/Finish location.

1 Registered Riders.

Rider Name	RUSA #	City	State/Prov
Mike Sturgill	1847	Phoenix	AZ