Comments on: Santa Barbara – Gibraltar Road Climb

By: rallison

rallison — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:14:50 +0000

Snow on La Cumbre! Nice. Glad you enjoy the blog!

By: larryatcycleitalia

larryatcycleitalia — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:42:50 +0000

Just rode this today and linked our blog viewers to you as you can see here
http://cycleitalia.blogspot.com/2013/01/still-in-southern-california.html
Nice blog by the way!

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:56:03 +0000

Just did this one. Much better than going down Gibraltar! Nice ride and thanks again for the info.

By: rallison

rallison — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:23:54 +0000

Given what Carmen has said about you, I’m sure you could get up to that level in no time.

By: rallison

rallison — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:20:58 +0000

Gibraltar is an amazing climb. Sulphur Mountain is quite the unknown climb it would seem. And, given the grade, it is a rather slow climb. Great climb though. Glad you enjoyed reading through my ride reports. Happy riding!

By: heather

heather — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:44:53 +0000

Love your photos. When I lived in Santa Barbara, Gibraltar was absolutely my favorite ride. I now live in Ojai and climb to Rose Valley or Lake Casitas. Yesterday, I stumbled upon Sulphur Mountain Road! I had no idea what I had gotten myself into, but managed to claw my way up. I was going slow enough that a cloud of gnats tormented me the entire climb. I found your site looking up that ride today. What a great site with excellent information, photos, maps, etc. Thanks for collecting the info for these rides. See you on the road!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:27:34 +0000

One day maybe I too can do that ride….very impressive Carmen!

By: Carmen

Carmen — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:53:57 +0000

Absolutely nothing wrong with slow and steady. Not only do you get there, but you get to enjoy the scenery along the way!

By: rallison

rallison — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:25:09 +0000

Hi turtle and welcome to Tough Ascent! Slow and steady is better than blowing up before you get to the top of the climb, so no shame in going slow. For me, sometimes I like to hammer up a climb. Other times, it is nice to take it slow and just enjoy the scenery as the elevation numbers tick upwards. Anyway, I hope you get a chance to try Gibraltar soon before it gets really hot and before all the green disappears.

By: the turtle

the turtle — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:43:00 +0000

I haven’t done Gibraltar yet. I’ve done Old San Marcos and Painted Cave. I met a bicyclist yesterday on the Pass, her name is Madeline. SHe called me The Turtle ‘cuz I am slow but steady.