This cycling event has now morphed into multiple events at various locations.
Annual charity bike ride where folks ride a few hundred miles over days, learn about clean energy, support a great cause, and have fun cycling. Bike route changes every year.
San Francisco Bay Area / Santa Cruz Mountains
Redwood Glen, Loma Mar, CA
Annual event: May
Wildflowers bloom all over California – from the desert in winter months, to the High Sierra in mid summer. Remember that the timing is everything, since most of these precious, delicate beauties only last a week or so. Out there alone, all day in the bright sunshine, whipping in the seasons strongest breezes. Flora!
The higher the elevation, the later the bloom.
Lower elevation deserts begin to show as early as February and higher elevation peaks thaw in May. Wilderness meadows and flowers can be found in the mountains in summer. Generally in California, Springtime – between MARCH and JUNE is the best viewing time.
West coast wildflower blooms in relation to elevation; Order of bloom is typically
some recent finds:
Carrizo Plain Super Bloom – W of Taft, CA
Klipstein Canyon, Kern County @ Hwy 166
Cottonwood Canyon
W of New Cuyama, CA
School House Canyon
W of New Cuyama, CA
Figueroa Mountain Rd – Los Padres NF @ Santa Ynez, CA
Table Mountain – Cherokee Road, N Oroville, CA
Box Canyon @ Mecca, California
Turtle Mountain Road, Needles, CA
Mill Creek, Lassen NF
Lassen Peak Lupine Way Hike
Lassen NP (mid-to-late summer)
more pages on wildflowers –
Poppy Reserve Antelope Valley, LA Co.
