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 Bike

 13.734 mi

 01:01:50

 100.30 Watt(s)

 02/07/2020

 07/07/2020

 1047 ft

 602 W Main St, Grass Valley, CA 95945, USA

 6 N Main St, Colfax, CA 95713, USA

Description

Ride to the Old West town of Colfax starting from Downtown historic Grass Valley. Grass Valley’s claim to historic fame is embedded in the vast amounts of gold discovered and extracted from its rich underground mines. In more than 100 years of mining, the mines of Grass Valley made it the richest of all California gold mining towns.

Originally known as Alder Grove, Colfax began as a winter camping spot for trappers and gold miners in the mid 1800s. Soon a camp grew into a village and the name was changed to Illinoistown. When the railroad was designed, the grade they selected bypassed Illiniostown and the entire town was uprooted and moved to its present location. The name was again changed to Colfax in honor of Schulyer Colfax, then Speaker of the House of Representatives, who visited the town in 1865 while inspecting progress of construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the first transcontinental railroad. He later became Vice President under U.S. Grant. Today, entrance to the town sits alongside Interstate 80, while historic U.S. Route 40 runs through the historic downtown area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_40#California). Passenger and freight trains still travel through, and Colfax, with its historic depot, is a stop on the Amtrak line. Known as the “Gateway” to the High Sierra Mountains, our motto is, “Above the Fog, Below the Snow”.

Colfax is also mentioned in Chapter 26 of, Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne.

If you like exploring old Western towns, I also recommend Auburn, Grass Valley and Nevada City!

 Strava segments

Portions of this video are actual Strava segments

Lower Colfax Rd. Brooks Rd. To Chicago Park
 00:19:44
 6.076 mi
  151 ft
The Snake to Ozomatli
 00:12:51
 3.512 mi
  138 ft
Main Street from 174
 00:01:03
 501 yd
  0 ft
Colfax Hwy Climb
 00:09:26
 1.548 mi
  276 ft
E Empire St climb
 00:06:31
 1687 yd
  203 ft
Kinomap rank
Pos. Username Chrono Date
1 00:29:42 3/12/2021
2 00:29:45 2/13/2023
3 00:30:50 7/13/2020
4 00:33:51 6/24/2021
5 00:36:08 7/14/2020

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