Heat Wave Alternate RIDEs:
On really hot days in summer, DCP#31+ is offered as an alternate choice from Deerfield Park and on Tuesdays we suggest Tu06 from University Park- both rides head toward the coast and closer to the beach. If there is a heat wave and our scheduled rotation ride heads inland into the heat, some members may choose to ride the alternate.
If the forecast is for extreme heat - print the alternate as well as the scheduled ride and see what your friends are doing at the ride start.
See this Heat can Kill PaceLines article about
severe heat dangers posted back in 2018.
ALTERNATE FOR WEEKENDS & THURSDAYS:
ROUTE SLIPS: DCP#31+ (3/15/26)
Regroup: Mag’s Donuts / Starbucks @ Bison and MacArthur, Newport Beach
Short: 17.5 miles (8.1) +401 ft {CF 2 22.9’/m}
Yale Loop, Harvard, Turtle Rock, Ridgeline
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40145438
Medium: 33.7 miles (21.3) +1,322 ft {CF 3 39.2’/m}
Laguna Cyn/Shady Cyn, Back Bay
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40156188
Long: 42.2 miles (24.9) +2,926 ft {CF 6 69.3’/m}
Newport Coast, Ridge Park/Vista Ridge, San Joaquin Hills, Spyglass, MacArthur
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40156316
Long Plus: 55 miles (24.9) +3,072 ft {CF 5 55.9’/m}
Newport Coast, Ridge Park/Vista Ridge, San Joaquin, Brookhurst, Victoria
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40156536
CAUTION ! ON DCP#31 LONG & LONG PLUS:
CLIMB UP NEWPORT COAST: FAST TRAFFIC MERGING FROM RIGHT
ALTERNATE FOR TUESDAYS:
ROUTE SLIPS: Tu06 Corona del Mar (3/17/26)
Starbucks or Bruegger’s @ PCH & Goldenrod in Corona del Mar - Newport Beach
30.1 miles (16.4) +1,645 ft {CF 5 54.7 ’/m}
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14751662
Heads out University to Newport Beach, up Spyglass then down Newport Coast into the cool air onto PCH to CDM; After coffee it rolls up Back Bay Drive, and up Mesa/Birch to Von Karman then back East on Michelson.
25.1* miles (11.1) +934 ft {CF 3 37.2’/m}
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/11728676
Skips the climb over Spy Glass, San Joaquin Hills & Newport Coast, dropping sooner into CDM on Marguerite from the top at Bayview.
