Descent: 840 feet (256 m)
Description:
This is my usual route from the Rains houses bldg. 28 at Stanford to my
parent's house in Belmont.
Altimeter grade
(Grade linearly interpolated from altimeter
samples, and smoothed with a 0.20mi gaussian.)

Each horizontal line is 2% grade. Each vertical
line is 1.0 miles. Altimeter altitude
(Altitude linearly interpolated from altimeter
samples, and smoothed with a 0.04mi gaussian.)

Each horizontal line is 100 feet. Each vertical
line is 1.0 miles. Raw Data:
Dist Grade Alti. Location
---- ----- ------ --------
0.00 0 80 start - Rains Houses, Stanford, 3-29-97, 5:38pm
0.14 0 90 on Campus Drive at Bowdoin St.
0.57 0 120 at Mayfield Ave.
1.05 0 160 onto Foothill Expressway
1.43 0 160 at Campus Drive West
1.66 0 170
1.85 0 150
1.99 0 150 onto Alpine Road
2.07 0 150 onto Sand Hill Road
2.30 0 180 at Sharon Park (1st stoplight)
2.51 0 210 2nd stoplight
2.82 0 240 Saga Lane (3rd stoplight)
3.06 0 290
3.20 0 330 SLAC (4th stoplight)
3.41 0 310
3.47 0 300 stoplight at 280
3.70 0 320 overpass over 280
3.86 0 310 starting climb
4.02 0 330 Lawler Ranch Road
4.30 0 410 approaching crest
4.38 0 420 crest
4.70 0 380 descending...
4.90 0 350
5.04 0 310 onto Whiskey Hill Road
5.11 0 300 on whiskey hill
5.30 0 310 starting to climb...
5.50 0 360 flattening slightly
5.62 0 370 flat now
5.75 0 370
5.90 0 380 crest
6.05 0 370 valley
6.28 0 400 crest
6.39 0 390 onto Hwy 84
6.62 0 370 onto Canada Road
6.73 0 380 crest
7.17 0 400 at Glenwood (stopsign)
7.30 0 420
7.49 0 430
7.83 0 470
7.95 0 470 280 underpass
8.35 0 510 Jefferson Ave (climbing now)
8.54 0 540 nearing top
8.62 0 550 crest
8.79 0 550 speed limit 50mph
8.90 0 550 heading downhill
9.23 0 500
9.55 0 490 280 underpass #2
9.81 0 460 dropping...
10.05 0 440 Edgewood Road
10.23 0 410
10.31 0 400
10.40 0 390
10.77 0 390 beginning to drop
10.98 0 360
11.11 0 340 flattening
11.35 0 330 white stripe across road
11.50 0 340
11.67 0 330
11.76 0 320 at the watertemple, starting to climb
12.15 0 360 close to the top
12.25 0 370 crest
12.35 0 370
12.63 0 350
12.95 0 320 valley
13.15 0 330
13.32 0 350
13.40 0 360
13.80 0 360 onto bike path to Ralston
13.86 0 370
13.96 0 360
14.05 0 400 start overpass over 280
14.11 0 430 overpass crest
14.19 0 410 descending
14.30 0 390
14.35 0 380 valley
14.43 0 390 roller coaster mini-peak
14.49 0 400 climbing...
14.80 0 510 onto Ralston Ave
14.92 0 550 Christian Drive (stoplight)
15.16 0 590 lookout point
15.26 0 610 crest
15.32 0 600 Hallmark Drive (stoplight)
15.53 0 580 Belmont Canyon Road (stoplight)
15.68 0 560 Ralston middle school
16.17 0 380 onto Cipriani Blvd
16.22 0 380 onto San Juan Blvd
16.39 0 340 home
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