Humboldt Randonneurs is excited to announce its first 1200km Grande Randonée to be offered July 19-22, 2025! Building on its successful 1000 km randonee EP1K Coastal, Humboldt Randonneurs will offer an extraordinarily beautiful and challenging 1,200km point-to-point RM starting in Eugene, OR and finishing in Petaluma, CA. With total elevation gain is over 14,000 m (45,000 ft), this is truly a Humboldt route!

RWGPS draft here: Humboldt Coast 1200

The route will follow minor county roads over Oregon’s Coast Range out to the coast and then follow the Pacific Coast bikeway south to the first overnight in Coos Bay. The route continues south down the Oregon coast into California, skirts around Crescent City to visit old growth Redwoods of Jedediah-Smith State Park, then continues down the rocky cliffs of the Northern California coast and the coastal Redwoods through Trinidad and on to Arcata. The route departs from the Pacific Coast bikeway at Ferndale and follows Humboldt County roads over very steep, challenging and remote region of the Lost Coast, continuing up the Matole River through Petrolia and Honeydew before a big climb 3000′ over Panther Gap with an amazing descent back into the Giant Redwoods of Rockefeller Forest and up the Avenue of the Giants to Garberville and on up to Legget before turning west on CA-1 for another climb followed by a favorite descent to the coast. With the third day indicated 15,500 ft elevation gain, riders will find this third day quite challenging, rewarding and awesomely beautiful. Rest will be well found in Ft Bragg before the final day down the Mendocino and Sonoma coast, turning inland at Jenner heading up the Russian River to finish in Santa Rosa, CA.

Update: Humboldt Randonneurs are diligently working on route finalization as well as route logistics and securing volunteers to support the grande randonnee at controls.

1. Update: This is a Humboldt route, exquisitely beautiful and extremely difficult. There are some short unpaved sections generally a few hundred yards but one section through the Jededhia Smith Redwoods of a few miles of unpaved hard pack dirt road. There are long sections of very rough roads; there are very big, very long, very steep climbs, especially on the third day. The route total is about 14,000 m (46,000 ft) of climbing along the most beautiful sections of Oregon and California coast. Expect +300 km each of the first 3 days with the second being the longest and the third being the most difficult, the fourth and final day will be the shortest and easiest at about 130 miles and 8,100 ft.
3. Humboldt Coast 1200 is a point-to-point grande randonnee, so you might be wondering how to get to Eugene and how to get home. 
4. 1. AmTrak is a great way to get to Eugene! The Coast Startlight leaves the Bay Area about 9PM and arrives in Eugene at 12:30pm the following day. Buy your ticket early and remember to reserve a bike spot – you wont need to box it – take your bike to the train station and check it with baggage – YOU MUST DEPART from a station that allows baggage. We will have a vehicle at the train station for arrivals to transport luggage to the start – please let us know if you will be arriving on the train and what time.
5. 2. There’s an airport in Eugene.
6. 3. Coordinate a rental van with your friends.
7. The start is at the Springfield Denny’s there are a bunch of hotels very nearby. We are working on getting a group rate at the Best Western, but at this point it looks like hotels are very expensive the weekend of July 18. We recommend you book early.
8. Bag drops: please plan on having a single small duffel bag size drop bag for the overnight controls. Please use a second bag for your street clothes that don’t need to be loaded and unloaded at each control. We may be able to transport a few bike cases. Please contact me if you may need bike case transport.
9. We plan on having food at the overnight controls that will be things like tacos, lasagna, soup, pizza, sandwiches, fruit, instant oatmeal, juice and coffee, etc. we will have vegetarian options. Each overnight hotel has a meeting room set aside for us for bags and dining.
10. The finish control is at the Courtyard Marriott. We have secured a discount rate of $225 but the block will be released May 1. Please book early. Call them directly at +17075739000 and Reference the Humboldt Coast.
11. Getting home from Santat Rosa: 
12. 1. There is a light rail https://www.sonomamarintrain.org/
13. 2. There’s an airport https://sonomacountyairport.org/
14. 3. You have a bike!

Looking forward to a great ride! Keep the rubber side down!

Eric Larsen, RBA

Humboldt Coast Registration

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