Hell's Gate Hundred Results, Images, and More
Hell's Gate Hundred™, a century held annually in March from 2009 through 2012, was created to include locations and sights that are not visited in any other one-day cycling event in Death Valley National Park, including Artist Drive, Hell's Gate, Daylight Pass, and the ghost town of Rhyolite. This annual 100-mile cycling adventure features 8500 feet of elevation gain, while a 65-mile version is also offered. It features a FANTASTIC, panoramic view of Death Valley from Hell's Gate! It visits a natural, beautiful geologic WONDER: Artist Palette! And it visits a real ghost town: Rhyolite! Route Info
Here are ten things that make Hell's Gate Hundred different from our Spring & Fall Death Valley Century and Double Century:
- Century riders rule the day! (No double century option.)
- A 100km "Metric Century" version (65 miles) is offered!
- The route visits a real (and awesome) ghost town: Rhyolite!
- HGH has much more elevation gain than our Spring and Fall centuries: 8,500 feet, compared to about 5000!
- HGH route has eight turns on the whole route (instead of two in Spring and Fall)!
- HGH route goes not just to, but OVER, a pass: Daylight Pass (elev 4317 feet)
- EVERYONE will finish long before dark, leaving time to enjoy the park off the bike and attend the evening Ranger Program at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center!
- It features a FANTASTIC, panoramic view of Death Valley from Hell's Gate!
- It visits a natural, beautiful geologic WONDER: Artist Palette!
- Bill Walton Loves it! So did the 2009 riders! So did the 2010 riders!
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