Usless Climbing Data

DaViD AuKeR

2002-06-01

Good info, Ron!



Any idea on what the steepest Portland Metro streets are? College and

Brynwood have some notoriety. Sherwood Place below Fairmount is a

short, very steep one.



How steep are they?



David



Ron Magnus wrote:

 

(...) Springville and Thompson Roads both from the Washington County

side.



Thompson Rd at Saltzman is 360 feet. The motorcycle shop at Bonny Slope

is 1.4 miles from the start with an elevation of 600 feet. (240 of

climb). The top of Thompson is 1110 feet for a total climb of 750 feet.

Distance is 3.0 miles



The intersection of Springville and Kaiser roads is 340 feet. The top

of Springville is 1040 feet for a total climb of 700 feet. Distance is

2.8 miles.



Elevation is measured with a Kollsman altimeter which has resolution to

10 feet. Distance was from a car odometer that is known accurate when

measured on the 5 mile speedometer test section of Interstate 5 just

north of Woodburn.



There you have it....everything you would ever want to know.



Ron Magnus



Ron Magnus

2002-06-01

Hello all,



Here in the Portland (OR) area many people ride up various streets to

Skyline Blvd. As a testimony that I have too much time on my hands, I

measured the distance and elevation gain for two of the more popular

streets; Springville and Thompson Roads both from the Washington County

side.



Thompson Rd at Saltzman is 360 feet. The motorcycle shop at Bonny Slope

is 1.4 miles from the start with an elevation of 600 feet. (240 of

climb). The top of Thompson is 1110 feet for a total climb of 750 feet.

Distance is 3.0 miles



The intersection of Springville and Kaiser roads is 340 feet. The top

of Springville is 1040 feet for a total climb of 700 feet. Distance is

2.8 miles.



Elevation is measured with a Kollsman altimeter which has resolution to

10 feet. Distance was from a car odometer that is known accurate when

measured on the 5 mile speedometer test section of Interstate 5 just

north of Woodburn.



There you have it....everything you would ever want to know.



Ron Magnus