Post Work Mill Creek Canyon Ride

After work today, Justin, Paul, and I rode 6 miles up the Mill Creek Canyon road. Unfortunately, in my rush out the door I left my precious Garmin on the counter. I put the image below together using the gmap pedometer and then overlaying it onto a topographic chart. Its really cool to see the mountains like this. I wish I had the typical elevation change and speed charts because this was one of extremes. While Mill Creek isnt the most difficult canyon, its not easy. It was 90% up hill while heading into the mountains. The climb took us about 51 minutes. The decent was amazing. The roads through the canyon are very well maintained, and with the exception of areas surrounding the restaurant traffic was very minimal. I estimate a decent speed of around 45mph max. Justin's Spedometer stopped registering on the way down at 41 but I imagine we broke that speed during a later decent. I will be sure to ride this one again and next time to wear the Garmin.