A week ago I went for a ride from Sonora, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, over Sonora and Monitor Passes to Markleeville and then back to Sonora via Ebbetts Pass. Here is a fuller description, written by Jobst Brandt.

Here are some pictures. Click on any of them for a larger, more detailed, but still-inadequate image.

Here are my companions Jobst, John and Brian looking down into Donnell Lake, with the Dardanelles behind them.

This is me, looking relaxed and fit and not at all tired at the turn just below the "Golden Stairs" section of the climb near the top of Sonora Pass.

Here's a view of the road descending fast down from Sonora Pass.

There's a breath-taking view of Leavitt Meadow and the meandering Walker River on the eastern side of Sonora Pass.

I have other pictures, but none can do justice to the beauty of the area.

Ride Bike!