Sorry, I found the start: at Rincon, right? But I'd still be interested in the course sharing idea.

Richard

start at the corner of Highway 76 and S6 and go 5 miles east. You will be on 76. Then after 5 miles S6 will vere off to the left and go for 7 miles to the intersection of S6 and S7. That is the store to store route.

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Correct.

Jiliberto's Taco shop (now on a brand new traffic circle) is the bottom store. Palomar Mountain General Store / Mother's Kitchen is the top store.

We used to start at that bottom store, and the finish was the stop sign at the top(for a time) the store there is right to your left around the corner, so kind of store to store. But I never heard of anyone not stoping their watch at the stop sign..

All time great climb in Southern California, think it was the queen stage in the tour here one year..

I parked at the Casino and road up to the store at the top in 2005. This thread is more out of date than my information.

Yeah, I park at the casino too. That ride just out of Rincon is a bonus climb. So other bonus climbing is of course, the ride to the observatory itself. There's even a sign at the gates with the elevation suitable for selfies

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Start at mile 13.5, finish 25.7 on this map:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38622495


doing nate harrison after this climb was probably more exhausting

you dug deep to find that thread. we don't actually stop at the store at the top. we stop the watch at the stop sign, when the ascent hits east grade road. the store is to the left of that intersection. the fact that there's a traffic circle at the bottom is news to me. i haven't been there in many, many years. down at the bottom where you start the climb, that's on a route that i used to call the 5 casinos ride, and it tells you all you need to know about how that area has developed.

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Dan Empfield
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I didn't mean to! It was right at the top of threads in my view so I thought it was current, and I'm embarrassed to find it was so old!

no problem. climbing palomar never gets old. the riders get old, but the ride is timeless.

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