Tour de Cure Update #4

Our planning for the Tour de Cure this July is going very well - the name of the event is Summit to Surf. This is because the longest route is 100 miles and starts on Mt. Hood and end in Hood River on the Columbia River, a great spot for wind surfing.

Our team - Team Tegan and her Daddy - is up to 12 members now, and we have raised $960 of our $5,000 goal. The goal thermometer on our team page is almost to 20% - just $40 more will get us there. Might we have to increase the goal? Stay tuned to find out - or help us get going faster and donate! There are 29 teams signed up so far. Our donations at this point place us in 3rd place. But we are just getting started!

Take a look at these routes listed below - maybe you want to join. You can take a fun 10 mile ride with 1,200 feet of elevation change or the 100 mile endurance test with the 9,500 feet of elevation change. What looks good to you?


100 mile route
Starting up on Mt. Hood at Welches - the course then goes up to Timberline Lodge (try just doing that!) and then down again to Hwy 26 and Government Camp, up to Bennett Pass, then to Hwy 35, and downhill (most of the way to Hood River) and then over to the Mosier Tunnels and back to Hood River.

75 mile route
Same start in Welches and route as the 100 mile route, but skips the trip to Mosier near the end.

68 mile route
Similar to the 75 mile route...not sure where the differences are.

56 mile route
Start at Welches and skip the Timberline climb, up to Bennett Pass and down the hill to Hood River.

48 mile route
Start at Government Camp, up to Bennett Pass, and down to Hood River.

36 mile route
Start at Mt. Hood Meadows on Hwy 35 and go downhill (mostly) to Hood River.

10 mile route
This route starts at Port Marina Park in Hood River, goes to Mosier on the old Columbia River Highway, through the twin tunnels, and park to the start.

July is coming soon!