2026 Grand Tour General Discussion

[Lapchik]

A 56 mile, 36°F ride today for 1 Grand Tour point. The church is on roadside America already, but I need to submit the totem pole to RA before I can claim it for points.

These were the two closest sites to where I live; the next closest one is on a steep and ice covered gravel road. I have the feeling that I'm going to have to wait a while to get that with the temperature diving back down into the teens.

The nearest paved location requires an 85 mile Ride, which is not something I'm going to attempt after work with such limited daylight hours and low temps this time of year.

I did consider driving from the totem pole across Lake Minnewaska to the little church in Long Beach, but my trailmax missions are nearly down to the wear bars and I don't have any ice screws in them. A quick check with the binoculars did not reveal a maintained ice road to where I needed to be, so I took the asphalt paved shore road instead.