Mt Hotham - 21st November

Hotham Ride on Friday 20th and Sat 21st.

This is a must do ride and one voted by many as the best hill ride of the year.
Especially for anyone who has penciled in the 3 peaks for March, you need to make November the start of your mountain training.

Basic timetable

• Leave Melb by mid afternoon to avoid the traffic otherwise the ring road is a really pain
  Drive to Oxley for dinner at King River Cafe - I have a booking (contact number 57273461)
• Stay in 1 or 2 houses, depending on numbers – costs to be shared. Probably about $35 a head (maybe a little more)
• Breakfast is self cater (and needed to get up the hill)
• Depart once everyone is ready around 7:30am
• Ride distance approx 130 km return
• Climb distance 30kms
• Climb time 1.5 to 2hrs
• Gearing - a couple of spots really do need a 27 or compact cranks
• Coffee and muffin at the top
• Great descent
• Fantastic beer at the bottom
• Nice steady final 30kms home
• Shower and change (late checkout by 3pm)
• Head for Melb by approx 7pm
• Be nice to family before falling asleep.

Our Accommodation is at Whistler (not the Canadian ski field) but the same house we stayed at last year.See http://www.stayz.com.au/26539
The house bedroom configured is as follows:

• Master bedroom Queen size bed 2
• Bedroom 2 double bed and single bunk. 2
• Bedroom 3 1 x single bunks. 2x single beds (Upstairs) 4
• Bedroom 4 Queen bed (Upstairs) 1
• Dorma upstairs Sofa Bed Single 1 and
• the 2 sofas downstairs 2.

All linen, soap and towels are provided. Cost is $480 for the one night
Clothing
This is a mountainous area we are heading into so you should have good thermals and jacket, as well as arm and leg warmers.
I will bring my basic first aid kit (which I have no desire to use)
Riders - so far I have:

1. Ramon
2. Rowdy
3. Stats
4. Lucky
5. Mavis
6. Trevsy
7. Kiwi

And I think are coming (but need confirm):

1. Dave Blake
2. Tim Kirkham
3. Banger
4. Deb

If we go past 12 riders we will need to book another house so get in early to get the few remaining spot in the No.1 house.