Owens Valley, part 1 virtual cycling route
USA Owens Valley, part 1
Distance: 27.93 km
Elevation Gain: 290 m
Elevation Loss: 296 m
Difficulty: 184 (Easy)
FIETS Index: 0.56 FIETS
Avg Grade: 2.07 %
Max cat climb: 3
Min elevation: 1330 m
Max elevation: 1601 m
Ride Category: Rollers

Owens Valley is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States, to the east of the Sierra Nevada and west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains on the west edge of the Great Basin. The mountain peaks on either side (including Mount Whitney) reach above 14,000 feet (4,300 m) in elevation, while the floor of the Owens Valley is about 4,000 feet (1,200 m), making the valley the deepest in the United States. The Sierra Nevada casts the valley in a rain shadow, which makes Owens Valley "the Land of Little Rain." The bed of Owens Lake, now a predominantly dry endorheic alkali flat, sits on the southern end of the valley.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 alan schmidt Jun 17, 2022 00:43:19 399 W 4.00 w/kg 38.72 km/h
🥈 SmP Oct 14, 2021 00:45:46 287 W 4.95 w/kg 36.64 km/h
🥉 Des Garrett Jan 03, 2019 00:46:22 322 W 3.51 w/kg 36.17 km/h
4 R VB May 04, 2021 00:46:27 322 W 3.79 w/kg 36.11 km/h
5 D Speelman Apr 27, 2023 00:46:46 299 W 3.83 w/kg 35.86 km/h
6 Raf Van Grieken May 08, 2021 00:47:11 291 W 3.88 w/kg 35.54 km/h
7 Tigo Star Jan 20, 2021 00:48:06 272 W 3.63 w/kg 34.87 km/h
8 Peter Kroon May 16, 2021 00:48:26 271 W 3.61 w/kg 34.63 km/h
9 Tom Smeets Jul 13, 2018 00:48:54 257 W 3.52 w/kg 34.30 km/h
10 Geir Skaugen Sep 16, 2021 00:49:00 278 W 3.27 w/kg 34.23 km/h
11 Martin Budd Jul 12, 2018 00:49:14 255 W 3.56 w/kg 34.06 km/h
12 Wojciech Oszkandy Apr 13, 2022 00:49:51 247 W 3.29 w/kg 33.64 km/h
13 Alex Vouillot May 06, 2021 00:50:08 245 W 3.31 w/kg 33.45 km/h
14 Rod McGovern May 04, 2021 00:50:51 253 W 3.20 w/kg 32.98 km/h
15 Magdalene Sep 08, 2021 00:50:53 222 W 4.04 w/kg 32.96 km/h
16 Tristan Kramers Jul 07, 2018 00:51:04 236 W 3.23 w/kg 32.84 km/h
17 Rene van Leeuwen Jan 04, 2022 00:51:50 233 W 3.11 w/kg 32.35 km/h
18 B E Sep 30, 2021 00:52:01 225 W 3.21 w/kg 32.24 km/h
19 Rainer Ertl May 03, 2021 00:52:26 219 W 2.92 w/kg 31.98 km/h
20 Chris Beswick Dec 10, 2021 00:52:45 222 W 3.04 w/kg 31.79 km/h
21 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Oct 26, 2021 00:52:48 223 W 2.53 w/kg 31.76 km/h
22 Uwe Altmann May 03, 2021 00:53:25 211 W 2.81 w/kg 31.40 km/h
23 Rainer Klee May 07, 2021 00:53:34 225 W 2.65 w/kg 31.31 km/h
24 Tjeerd Huisman Oct 06, 2021 00:53:36 235 W 2.83 w/kg 31.29 km/h
25 Stefan Baar Aug 29, 2021 00:54:15 213 W 2.48 w/kg 30.91 km/h
26 Eric Green Jun 17, 2021 00:54:27 218 W 2.67 w/kg 30.80 km/h
27 Joe Calderwood Dec 28, 2021 00:55:00 216 W 2.27 w/kg 30.49 km/h
28 Sławek Bikeman Feb 13, 2020 00:55:18 214 W 2.74 w/kg 30.33 km/h
29 Carlos Vieira Oct 28, 2022 00:55:47 190 W 2.88 w/kg 30.06 km/h
30 Jesus Ortiz Zabala Apr 18, 2022 00:55:50 179 W 3.25 w/kg 30.04 km/h
31 Igor Tatarinov May 07, 2021 00:56:39 202 W 2.47 w/kg 29.60 km/h
32 W van Koetsveld Dec 20, 2022 00:56:49 192 W 2.56 w/kg 29.52 km/h
33 Ian Clark May 03, 2021 00:57:01 191 W 2.73 w/kg 29.41 km/h
34 Dinald Maatman Dec 29, 2021 00:57:03 189 W 2.52 w/kg 29.40 km/h
35 Gu Po Muc May 19, 2021 00:57:07 184 W 2.45 w/kg 29.36 km/h
36 J F Jul 26, 2022 00:57:11 200 W 2.27 w/kg 29.33 km/h
37 Indalecio Lekerika Oct 08, 2021 00:57:22 178 W 3.12 w/kg 29.23 km/h
38 Paul Smith Jan 18, 2022 00:57:31 183 W 2.44 w/kg 29.16 km/h
39 Tim Oldham Feb 07, 2023 00:57:33 178 W 2.66 w/kg 29.14 km/h
40 GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ Mar 01, 2022 00:57:36 188 W 2.85 w/kg 29.12 km/h
41 Tomislav Mikulin May 18, 2021 00:57:46 204 W 2.13 w/kg 29.03 km/h
42 Anthony Russell May 05, 2021 00:57:53 170 W 2.69 w/kg 28.97 km/h
43 Fabio Zanirato Jan 08, 2023 00:57:57 159 W 2.84 w/kg 28.94 km/h
44 Roman Mospan Dec 10, 2021 00:58:00 184 W 2.56 w/kg 28.92 km/h
45 Rafał Kaczorowski Jul 19, 2021 00:58:04 197 W 2.19 w/kg 28.88 km/h
46 Jan Theron Jan 26, 2024 00:58:14 172 W 2.46 w/kg 28.80 km/h
47 Jos Carboex May 06, 2021 00:58:15 180 W 2.40 w/kg 28.79 km/h
48 Bob Anderson Jan 29, 2022 00:58:19 199 W 2.21 w/kg 28.76 km/h
49 Markus Mayer Jan 29, 2023 00:58:22 186 W 2.45 w/kg 28.73 km/h
50 Markus Leitner Nov 09, 2021 00:58:27 173 W 2.28 w/kg 28.69 km/h
51 Ron Peterson Dec 18, 2024 00:58:27 181 W 2.15 w/kg 28.69 km/h
52 jeanette peterson Jan 18, 2023 00:58:33 160 W 2.61 w/kg 28.64 km/h
53 Mesozoid Nov 17, 2021 00:58:34 173 W 2.40 w/kg 28.64 km/h
54 Carsten Juhler Mar 01, 2022 00:58:46 221 W 1.87 w/kg 28.54 km/h
55 Yannick Lavalley May 11, 2021 00:58:49 178 W 2.37 w/kg 28.51 km/h
56 David Neilson Mar 31, 2024 00:58:55 164 W 2.34 w/kg 28.47 km/h
57 Gino Pino Mar 07, 2022 00:59:00 165 W 2.54 w/kg 28.42 km/h
58 David Oldfield May 08, 2021 00:59:14 188 W 2.28 w/kg 28.31 km/h
59 Patrick Kerr Dec 20, 2021 00:59:19 182 W 2.28 w/kg 28.27 km/h
60 Walter Lunsford May 04, 2021 00:59:23 185 W 2.29 w/kg 28.24 km/h
61 JJosef Kluson May 07, 2021 00:59:32 163 W 2.17 w/kg 28.17 km/h
62 Boštjan Avbar Nov 24, 2021 00:59:55 168 W 2.10 w/kg 27.99 km/h
63 Markus Geiger May 16, 2021 01:00:10 177 W 2.27 w/kg 27.87 km/h
64 Jason Evans Nov 14, 2021 01:00:12 173 W 2.31 w/kg 27.86 km/h
65 Wayne Smith Sep 08, 2021 01:00:15 167 W 2.17 w/kg 27.84 km/h
66 Szilard Krizmanics Aug 19, 2021 01:00:25 171 W 2.34 w/kg 27.76 km/h
67 Christopher Epo Sep 11, 2018 01:00:26 170 W 1.98 w/kg 27.75 km/h
68 Hans Petiet Apr 26, 2019 01:00:43 162 W 2.25 w/kg 27.62 km/h
69 shurtha riftcrag Jun 17, 2022 01:00:43 159 W 2.52 w/kg 27.62 km/h
70 Brad Ashton Jul 14, 2021 01:00:58 161 W 2.15 w/kg 27.51 km/h
71 Fred Gaidies Dec 03, 2023 01:01:00 184 W 2.30 w/kg 27.49 km/h
72 Hendrik Thielemann Dec 24, 2024 01:01:10 170 W 2.21 w/kg 27.42 km/h
73 Mike 8008 Apr 17, 2026 01:01:16 166 W 2.44 w/kg 27.37 km/h
74 Izabela Stryjecka Dec 23, 2023 01:01:21 151 W 2.52 w/kg 27.34 km/h
75 Stephen Gunn May 12, 2022 01:01:28 154 W 2.36 w/kg 27.28 km/h
76 Eva Klusoňová May 03, 2021 01:01:33 160 W 2.13 w/kg 27.25 km/h
77 Keith Jackson May 03, 2021 01:01:37 159 W 2.16 w/kg 27.22 km/h
78 John Savill Jun 29, 2022 01:01:40 164 W 2.04 w/kg 27.20 km/h
79 Hennie Dekker Jan 20, 2024 01:01:48 156 W 1.97 w/kg 27.14 km/h
80 Robert Rheault Sep 04, 2021 01:01:53 169 W 2.32 w/kg 27.10 km/h
81 Markus Albert Aug 29, 2021 01:02:02 161 W 1.79 w/kg 27.03 km/h
82 JAREK MALCZEWSKI Jan 04, 2022 01:02:04 165 W 2.20 w/kg 27.02 km/h
83 Jan Olav Kvisli May 05, 2021 01:02:16 145 W 2.23 w/kg 26.93 km/h
84 steve pennycooke May 13, 2021 01:02:33 168 W 2.00 w/kg 26.81 km/h
85 Eric Guinee May 02, 2021 01:02:39 153 W 2.33 w/kg 26.77 km/h
86 Ian Rob Feb 03, 2022 01:02:49 168 W 1.81 w/kg 26.70 km/h
87 Hans Couvreur Apr 01, 2023 01:02:51 147 W 1.79 w/kg 26.68 km/h
88 Dimitrios N Servis May 06, 2021 01:03:29 153 W 1.96 w/kg 26.42 km/h
89 Lesquale Dec 05, 2021 01:04:08 155 W 1.78 w/kg 26.15 km/h
90 ricrog May 04, 2021 01:04:09 180 W 1.80 w/kg 26.14 km/h
91 Yves Livernois May 04, 2021 01:04:18 149 W 2.04 w/kg 26.08 km/h
92 Rick Davis Jan 04, 2025 01:04:28 144 W 1.92 w/kg 26.01 km/h
93 Graham Lowe Sep 20, 2022 01:04:29 155 W 1.95 w/kg 26.01 km/h
94 Joseph Dec 04, 2021 01:04:35 150 W 2.08 w/kg 25.97 km/h
95 Audrey Schmidt Jun 17, 2022 01:04:38 135 W 2.30 w/kg 25.95 km/h
96 Dick van der winden Feb 18, 2022 01:04:49 151 W 1.89 w/kg 25.87 km/h
97 John Hawkins Oct 03, 2021 01:04:50 146 W 1.92 w/kg 25.87 km/h
98 Alexey Demenev Oct 04, 2022 01:05:01 157 W 1.55 w/kg 25.79 km/h
99 Michael Quast-Cojocaru May 02, 2021 01:05:14 158 W 1.88 w/kg 25.71 km/h
100 Vincent Labussière May 04, 2021 01:05:22 143 W 2.01 w/kg 25.66 km/h
101 low wai ming Jul 21, 2021 01:05:28 140 W 1.71 w/kg 25.62 km/h
102 Paul Shields May 03, 2021 01:05:35 151 W 1.99 w/kg 25.57 km/h
103 Michael Spyra May 21, 2021 01:05:41 164 W 1.80 w/kg 25.53 km/h
104 Konrad Arnold May 19, 2021 01:05:53 141 W 2.01 w/kg 25.46 km/h
105 Bojan Gorenc Sep 30, 2021 01:05:54 172 W 1.77 w/kg 25.45 km/h
106 Marcin Spychała May 13, 2023 01:06:39 166 W 1.44 w/kg 25.16 km/h
107 Matt Cagniot May 06, 2021 01:06:47 137 W 1.83 w/kg 25.11 km/h
108 Dru Dixon Apr 04, 2026 01:07:02 134 W 1.98 w/kg 25.02 km/h
109 Cesar Franco Jul 02, 2021 01:07:48 123 W 1.54 w/kg 24.74 km/h
110 Matz Schmanski May 16, 2021 01:09:17 153 W 1.39 w/kg 24.21 km/h
111 Giuseppe Gigante Jun 15, 2021 01:09:19 126 W 1.83 w/kg 24.19 km/h
112 Edward Redfoot Feb 20, 2022 01:09:40 125 W 1.79 w/kg 24.07 km/h
113 Sir Steve May 08, 2021 01:10:59 127 W 1.69 w/kg 23.63 km/h
114 Michael B 1947 Feb 20, 2023 01:12:41 123 W 1.64 w/kg 23.07 km/h
115 Keith Loveman Sep 20, 2021 01:15:30 105 W 1.43 w/kg 22.21 km/h
116 christian soulard Jan 15, 2025 01:16:30 91 W 1.75 w/kg 21.92 km/h
117 Flaviu Bozga Feb 24, 2024 01:18:09 108 W 1.44 w/kg 21.46 km/h
118 Sonja Thoms May 19, 2021 01:18:33 85 W 1.63 w/kg 21.35 km/h
119 David Milongo Aug 30, 2021 01:19:51 94 W 1.25 w/kg 21.00 km/h
120 Gianluca Ierpi Dec 11, 2021 01:20:53 98 W 1.56 w/kg 20.73 km/h
121 Michael Gibbons Jan 20, 2023 01:21:40 91 W 1.39 w/kg 20.54 km/h
122 kc Claffy Jun 23, 2021 01:32:54 80 W 1.07 w/kg 18.05 km/h

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