Start/Finish Location Weisel Youth Hostel
7347 Richlandtown Road
Quakertown, PA
(215) 536-8749 DIRECTIONS
Traveling far? Thursday and Sunday night accommodations are available at the hostel. Make reservations on the registration form.
Qualification (one of the following)
- 400k and 600k in 2010
- 1200k in 2009
- Permission of the RBA
Registration includes:
- Preride breakfast buffet
- A single Drop Bag at each overnight stop (15 lb limit).
- Postride dinner buffet
$5 discount for PA Club Members
Event runs rain or shine.
Refund policy: 90% before event. 50% for no-show
Schedule
3:00AM Sign-in, Bike Inspection
3:50AM Rider meeting
4:00AM Riders depart (75 hr. time limit)
Daylight hours: 5:40AM - 8:15PM
Start Controle
At the start/finish hotel, breakfast will be provided approximately 1 hour before the start.
Sleep Over Controles
The route is designed with sleep-over stops at hotels in Halstead and Lewisburg (make your own in reservations). Bag drops are also included for each sleep-over stop. Pack one bag, which you will see at each stop. Food is available near the hotels.
Post Ride
Volunteer rooms available at start/finish hotel for showers and resting before traveling home.
Ride Description
The Endless Mountains 1000k offers a challenging tour of northeastern PA. Participants are expected to be fully self-sufficient and confident of their ability to complete a challenging course with minimal support. Participants are responsible for making arrangements for alternate transportaton, if they cannot finish the ride under their own power.
The course is a loop that starts out from Quakertown, PA.
Day 2 starts off with some gentler terrain along the NY Southern Tier and Susquehanna Valley where we trace the historic route followed by the Sullivan Expedition into Towanda. From Towanda, we'll take Rt 414 into the scenic Pine Creek Gorge region where a challenging climb out of Waterville awaits us, up along Rt 44. After a long, twisty descent into Lockhaven, we tackle the second major climb of the day as we enter Bald Eagle State Forest. Exiting the forest, we descend back into the Susquehanna River valley into Lewisburg for the second over-night controle stop.
Day 3 continues south along the Susquehanna River into the Hegins Valley Region where we eventually head up across the Appalachian Trail for the fourth and final time. Our descent takes us into the Pennsylvania Dutch Region and eventually back through French Creek State Park and to the finish at Quakertown.
As shown in the route profile, there are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
Rider Comments "...The difficulty with these Pennsylvania climbs isn't that they continue for 20 miles; nothing on those roads stays the same for 20 mi. The grades are never constant, and there's usually a lot of up and down before you start going up for good. When you start really going up, it often gets extremely steep. But while they aren't that long, they are relentless, and the space in between big climbs is filled with little rollers, some of which are quite steep little kickers in their own right..." -Emily O'Brien 2008 PA1000k
"...The scenery was absolutely fantastic - almost enough to take your mind off of the brutal climbs..." -Craig Martek 2007
"...Thanks for your good organization on this ride and the brevet series. I doubt there are many, if any, series in the U.S. that are as well conducted and offer such challenging and scenic terrain..." -Ed Pavelka 2007