Because this is a PBP year and PBP is fairly hilly, we added this route to our spring calendar (usually, it's one of our fall favorites). It also gets you ready for the Nelson Challenge the following weekend which is one of most challenging 200k routes we can offer.
This is a classic tour of Western Wisconsin, with great roads, a reasonable allotment of hills (6k') and beautiful scenery. From New Richmond, we'll take scenic roads to Glennwood City and Knapp. Going further south until Dunnville where you'll cross the Red Cedar River for the first time. Going up north again to Downsville for your second Red Cedar River crossingFrom there. From there on, you'll work your way up Menonomie, often along the Red Cedar River, and then back top New Richmond.
Thanks to Gary Baake, an honorable lifetime member of Minnesota Randonneurs, for designing it years ago.
The ride starts in the parking lot across from the Kwik Trip in New Richmond, WI, not far across the MN/WI border, north of I-94.