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RATING:
-Moderate to moderate; some hills |
TOUR
TYPE:
-Loop |
TOTAL
DISTANCE:
-45 km |
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START
/ FINISH:
-Village of Golden Lake
-Park at North Algona Community Centre, corner of Hwy 60 and Lake
Dore Rd
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HIGHLIGHTS:
-Golden Lake Village
-Pickwakanagan First Nation Community
-Augsburg
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SURFACE:
-Pavement: 22.5 km
-Gravel: 22.5km |
TIME
ALLOWANCE:
-Beginner: 4 hr
-Intermediate: 2.5 hr
-Advanced: 1.5 hr |
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Golden Lake > Augsburg > Ruby
Information
This 45 km tour takes you from
the Village of Golden Lake, through the Pikwakangan First Nation Community,
to the hamlet of Augsburg, and the corners of Castile and Ruby. Pack
a lunch, take your time, and enjoy the scenery. There are also plenty
of options on this route if you are looking for a shorter tour.
Directions
- Start ride by
crossing Hwy 60 onto Kokomis Inamo.
- Ride for 1 km
and turn left onto Mishomis Inamo; follow this road for a total of
9 km; upon leaving the First Nation Community the road will become
Crimson Maple Rd; from 4 km to 8 km this road is gravel.
- At 10 km you
will come to a T-intersection at the Salem Evangelical Church.
- Turn left on
Silver Lake Rd and continue following road around curve and go straight
at the stop sign in Augsburg.
- Continue straight
for 2 km and turn at first right onto Risto Rd; turn right on Budd
Rd for 1 km to T-intersection; turn left on Corrigan Rd.
- Follow Corrigan
Rd to T-intersection at Cormac Rd. The Corrigan Rd is hilly but worth
the effort. At Cormac Rd it is a 1 km detour to the left into Cormac
Village (site of the annual Cormac Pilgrimage and small store.)
- Turn right on
Cormac Rd for 4 km; turn right on Silver Lake Rd; the road turns to
gravel.
- Take Silver Lake
Rd for 1 km and turn left on Wolfe Rd (at 30 km). Wolfe Rd travels
downhill on hard packed dirt for 4.5 km.
- At intersection
turn right onto paved Ruby Rd for 10 km. Ruby Rd becomes Kokomis Inamo;
follow this back to the village of Golden Lake.
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