Stoughton 400K
2023-06-10 06:00 - 2023-06-11 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Kwik Trip – Stoughton, 2400 Roby Rd, Stoughton, WI 53589, Stoughton, WI, 53589, United States
Note that there’s been a change of start location from Fitchburg to Stoughton but other than the changes needed to remove the segment to the old start location and add the cues to get to/from the start in Stoughton the route is otherwise the same.
We did this route for the first time in 2022 and the weather gods were not at all kind. This was especially disappointing because this is a beautiful route so let’s hope we’re favored with good weather in this outing!
The ride starts at the Kwik Trip in Stoughton and then heads east across the Lower Yahara River Trail boardwalk as we make our way out to Holy Hill through the Loew Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. From this high point of SE WI, we descend our way through Sinissippi Lake and the Horicon Marsh before we turn back towards home through the classic bucolic countryside of Southern WI.
After 194 miles we’ll head south for a loop that’ll complete the 400K distance.
Note that there are two hotels adjacent to the Kwik Trip start:
A Tru by Hilton: (608)-205-2566
A Quality Inn (608)-205-4201
Riders are responsible for their own reservations.
This is an ACP sanctioned event, 248.9 miles, 9,427 feet of climbing. Ridewithgps route here
Brevet card here
At 36ft/mi this isn’t a hilly route by typical Driftless standards, but bring your legs, just in case!
Many thanks to Andy Quandt for his work developing this new route!
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Stoughton 600K
2023-06-10 06:00 - 2023-06-11 22:00 | Kwik Trip – Stoughton, 2400 Roby Rd, Stoughton, WI 53589, Stoughton, WI, 53589, United States
Note that there’s been a change of start location from Fitchburg to Stoughton but other than the changes needed to remove the segment to the old start location and add the cues to get to/from the start in Stoughton the route is otherwise the same.
As noted on the 400K, we did this route for the first time in 2022 and the weather gods were not at all kind with cold temperatures and pouring rain. Fingers crossed for better weather this year!
The ride starts at the Kwik Trip in Stoughton and heads east across the Lower Yahara River Trail boardwalk as we make our way out to Holy Hill through the Loew Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. From this high point of SE WI, we descend our way through Sinissippi Lake and the Horicon Marsh before we turn back towards home through the classic bucolic countryside of Southern WI to where we started for a few hours sleep before heading out on day 2.
The second day will take us back across the boardwalk out to East Troy and up through the Southern Unit of the Kettles before making the turn back home.
Note that there are two hotels adjacent to the Kwik Trip start:
A Tru by Hilton: (608)-205-2566
A Quality Inn (608)-205-4201
Riders are responsible for their own reservations.
This is an ACP sanctioned event. 379.8 miles, 13,882feet of climbing.
Ridewithgps full route here
Day One here
Day Two here
Brevet card here
At 36ft/mi this isn’t a hilly route by typical Driftless standards, but bring your legs, just in case!
Many thanks to Andy Quandt for his work developing this route!
Complete the registration form below. You’ll receive an email which will contain a link to complete a waiver electronically and a PayPal link to pay for the ride. Note that there will be no day of ride registration – advance registration is mandatory!
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Tour of the Driftless
2023-06-16 04:00 - 2023-06-19 07:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
628.4 miles, 24,659 feet of climbing, ACP certified
Day One: 233.6 miles, 10,170 feet of climbing, ridewithgps day one: here
Day Two: 216.9 miles, 8,679 feet of climbing, ridewithgps day two: here
Day Three: 174.9 miles, 5,651 feet of climbing ridewithgps day three: here
Note (11 June): the day two route has been changed to avoid a road closure on US-60 near Wauzeka.
More details: here
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Rouleur 125K
2023-10-14 10:00 - 18:24 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is the penultimate event in our Rouleur Series. We’ll start a bit later to give those who are driving in the ability to do the ride without a hotel stay.
Route: Blue River – Spring Green Populaire, 79.6 miles, 2,314 feet of climbing
Brevet card: here
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Rouleur 150K
2023-10-15 08:00 - 18:32 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is the final event in our Rouleur Series. We’ll get an early start to allow those who came for the weekend to finish and get home at a reasonable time.
Route: Fennimore Rouleur, 98.5 miles, 3,632 feet of climbing
Brevet card: here
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Where Fledglings Dare 200K
2024-04-27 07:00 - 20:30 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
Changing it up a bit this year. Our normal opening day ride is the Fennimore 200K but for this outing we’re going to do our “Where Fledglings Dare” route. This route features long runs on the ridge tops (and some steady but not too steep climbs to get there!) with what in realtor parlance are lots of “forever views”. Here are the details:
128.1 miles, 5,354 feet of climbing, ACP sanctioned, ridewithgps route here.
Brevet card here.
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Where Eagles Dare 300K
2024-04-27 07:00 - 2024-04-28 03:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
What better way to kick off the year (and test the legs!) than with a route that has a great mix of climbing, spectacular ridge top vistas and some longer flat sections to let you regroup? We’ll celebrate the occasion with our “Where Eagles Dare” 300K route. We’ve done this one several times and it’s always a favorite.
Details: We’ll leave from the rear parking lot of the Ramada Inn at 1450 Veterans Drive at 06:00 sharp. Lights and reflective gear are required for this brevet
188.5 miles, 8030 feet of climbing, ACP certified.
Ridewithgps link: here
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Spring Green 200K
2024-05-11 08:00 - 21:30 | Spring Green Shell Station, 4905 US-14, Spring Green, WI, 53588, United States
Similar but different…
This is the same route as the 200K we held that started in Fitchburg with the start moved to Spring Green. There are a number of hotels in the vicinity of Spring Green and of course you can always stay in “the big city” and drive over in the morning.
Here are the details: ACP 200K, 6,440 feet of climbing, ridewithgps route here.

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Currently RegisteredJinwoo Oh Andy Quandt Eric White Jason Schroeder Michael Neumann Dawn Piech Mark Preston
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Spring Green 300K
2024-05-11 08:00 - 2024-05-12 04:00 | Spring Green Shell Station, 4905 US-14, Spring Green, WI, 53588, United States
Like the 200K on the same day, similar but different.
This route is identical to the 300K route we did out of Fitchburg (courtesy of Andy Q.) a few years ago but with the start in Spring Green.
Here are the details: ACP 300K, 190.9 miles, 11,840 feet of climbing, ridewithgps link here.

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Currently RegisteredEric Peterson Michael Mullery Sarah Rice
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Nowhere but Norwalk
2024-05-25 07:00 - 20:30 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is a route that we always enjoy doing. Why? Quiet roads, ample stops for refueling, through the Amish areas of Ontario, Norwalk and Cashton, challenging but not overly brutal climbing mixed in with some long stretches on ridge tops and through river valleys.
124.7 miles, 5276 feet of climbing, ACP certified
Ridewithgps link: here
More details: here
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Currently RegisteredDawn Piech David Marsh Peter Halper Andy Quandt Salvador Ortiz Ron Saluski
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Wildcat Mountain Wander 300K
2024-05-25 07:00 - 2024-05-26 03:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This was a new route for 2017 which shares the first few miles with our “Back in Black (River Falls) 400K” route so riders can roll out together. The controls for the first 90 miles are the same and there’s considerable overlap between the routes so riders doing any of the events typically held on this day should get a number of opportunities to see other riders during the first part of the ride.
The route has some testing climbs, especially the long climb up the eponymous Wildcat Mountain, but nothing too severe. Ridewithgps reports 7115 feet of climb in the 195 mile distance for an average of 36 feet/mile which is generally considered “hilly”. There aren’t any “shift all the way down and grind” sorts of climbs, mostly “pick your gear and spin” (assuming of course you aren’t riding a 39×25 as your easiest gear!).
There are plenty of food opportunities along the route with c-stores and/or restaurants available in Ontario, Norwalk, Warrens, Sparta, Cashton and LaFarge. This being the small town midwest you can expect everything to fold up at 22:00 so plan your food/water stops accordingly.
This is a lovely route on mostly quiet two-lane roads. Try it, you’ll like it!
187.2 miles, 8022 feet of climbing, ACP certified
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Back in Black (River Falls) 400K
2024-05-25 07:00 - 2024-05-26 10:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
The brief for this ride is the same as the Norwalk, Wildcat Mountain and Cranberry Country rides: challenging but not overly brutal climbs mixed with long stretches on ridge tops and rolling through river valleys. Store stops placed at regular intervals to give you a chance to refresh and regroup. Lots of beautiful scenery and quiet roads.
251.9 miles, 9,264 feet of climbing, ACP certified
Ridewithgps link: here
More details: here
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Currently RegisteredWayne Hanno Randy Anderson Eric Peterson
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Cranberry Country 600K
2024-05-25 07:00 - 2024-05-26 23:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is “Version 2” of an event that we’ve held several times. The original route was the classic 400/200K split with considerably more climbing on day 2. Although quite a few riders finished the old version (and quite a few didn’t!) the general feedback was the 400K first day followed by a hard 200K second day was a big ask.
V2 breaks things up a little differently. The first day is shorter than it was in the original version of the route, the second day is therefore longer (it’s still a 600K!) but has less climbing (in feet/mile) than the original version. Here’s the brief:
ACP sanctioned, 373.7 miles, 14,015 feet of climbing, full ridewithgps route here
Day one route here
Day two route here
A few notes about the ride:
Although it appears there’s a long way from the start to the first control at Norwalk (49.8 miles), there are a couple of opportunities to refill bottles or refuel:

Note the POI at Yuba (19 miles). There’s a water spigot on the side of the community center building.
There’s a convenience store (Cenex) in Ontario at 41 miles.

The Central Express in Cashton (mile 170) closes at 22:00. Most riders should be able to make it there and they have the usual c-store fare. If you don’t think you’ll be able to get there before they close you can stock up at West Salem (145 miles) but note that the food you take on there is going to need to get you to the day one finish at 223 miles so if in doubt – stock up!
There are soda machines (with water) at La Farge (188 miles) so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have singles or change to purchase water/soda from the machine. The control is likely to be closed for all but the fastest riders.
As noted on the route, there’s a water fountain at Boaz (212 miles) in the pavilion.
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Excelsior! Populaire
2024-05-26 09:00 - 16:32 | Kwik Trip, 378 W. Seminary St, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
I developed this route a few years ago as a special favor for a friend who then never rode it.
So you get to be the first! This is a beautiful route that includes the famous Excelsior climb that was included as part of the Coulee Challenge 1200K. You can test your climbing skills against the Coulee riders although in fairness they were on day 2 at that point 😉
Here are the details:
70.2 miles, 3,472 feet of climbing, RUSA sanctioned, ridewithgps route here
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Currently RegisteredSalvador Ortiz
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Summertime Super 8 Silliness
2024-06-22 05:00 - 2024-06-23 21:00 | Marsden Park, 895 Cleveland St, Fennimore, WI, 53809, United States
The 8K600K A.K.A “The Super 8” (my term which you have to admit is catchier than the ACP moniker “BRM of 600K with 8000 meters of climbing”) is newly formulated beginning in late 2022. The new rules are that it be an ACP approved 600K with 8,000 meters of climbing as verified by OpenRunner. Other than that, all of the “normal” brevet rules apply: 40 hours to complete, no support except at controls, etc.
An 8K600K is one of the requirements for an R10000 award which is the capstone award given by the ACP.
We all knew the Driftless was hilly but here’s proof! This route meets all the requirements for the 8K600K. Make no mistake – this one is a toughie so you’d best be prepared for a lot of climbing and not a lot of stopped time.
Here’s the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41074277
And here’s the brevet card
and here are the stats (from OpenRunner): 606 Km, 8,166 meters of climbing.
See this page for important details about the ride.

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Currently RegisteredMichael Mullery Fred Tompkin
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Fennimore 200K
2024-07-13 06:00 - 19:30 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
One of our favorite routes that we’ve ridden many times. We usually do it as a season opener since it includes long flat stretches with a few testing climbs – ideal for early season fitness. This time we should all have our legs (except of course, for your faithful servant) so it should be a very pleasant ride.
The route includes an open control in Fennimore where you can either do a quick stop at one of the convenience stores (Kwik Trip or Casey’s) or have lunch at the Subway. There are ample stops on the route for refueling:
– Boscobel 29.7 miles
– Fennimore 52.5 miles
– Muscoda 75.8 miles
– Spring Green 103.8 miles
127 miles, 4096 feet of climbing, ACP certified. Ridewithgps link here
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Currently RegisteredBill Nauseef Joseph Murphree James Johnson Ron Saluski
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Going for the Green 300K
2024-07-13 06:00 - 2024-07-14 02:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This route is identical to the Scale the Mound 400K for the first 120 miles so riders will have the opportunity to ride with others for a considerable distance before the routes separate. The route has a moderate amount of climbing but also features some lengthy stretches on relatively flat roads or ridge tops so it’s fairly accessible for a 300K.
There are ample stops for refueling:
– Boscobel 29.6 miles
– Cassville 79.7 miles
– Hazel Green 119.9 miles
– Belmont 141 miles
– Muscoda 180.9 miles
ACP sanctioned, 192.3 miles, 9,361 feet of climbing, Ridewithgps route here
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Currently RegisteredEric Peterson Andy Quandt Eric White Mark Preston
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Scale the Mound 400K
2024-07-13 06:00 - 2024-07-14 09:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This route is identical to the Going for the Green 300K route all the way to Hazel Green so there should be ample opportunity to ride with others for the first part of the ride. Most of the climbing on the route is stacked toward the last two thirds of the ride so make sure you don’t burn too many matches early in the ride!
Refueling stops (usually controls) are well spaced along the route:
– Boscobel 29 miles
– Cassville 79 miles
– Hazel Green 119 miles
– Shullsburg 141 miles
– Belmont 160.5 miles
– Muscoda 200 miles
– Spring Green 228 miles
Note in particular the optional stop at Shullsburg. The stretch between Shullsburg and Belmont is tough, especially if it’s hot and/or there’s a North wind! Whether or not you stop is up to you but don’t underestimate this stretch (or overestimate your reserves!).
ACP sanctioned, 248.8 miles, 11,278 feet of climbing
Ridewithgps route here
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South and West 600K
2024-07-13 06:00 - 2024-07-14 22:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This will be the first time we’ve run this event since 2019. It’s the standard format for a 600K: 400K on the first day with a 200K second day and combines the 400K “Scale the Mound” with the 200K “Nowhere but Norwalk” routes. Here are the details:
375.8 miles, 16,060 feet of climbing, ACP sanctioned
Day one 251.4 miles, 10,868 feet of climbing, route here
Day two 124.4 miles, 5,170 feet of climbing, route here
Full route here
Ride notes for day one:
This route is identical to the Going for the Green 300K route all the way to Hazel Green so there should be ample opportunity to ride with others for the first part of the ride. Most of the climbing on the route is stacked toward the last two thirds of the ride so make sure you don’t burn too many matches early in the ride!
Refueling stops (usually controls) are well spaced along the route:
– Boscobel 29 miles
– Cassville 79 miles
– Hazel Green 119 miles
– Shullsburg 141 miles
– Belmont 160.5 miles
– Muscoda 200 miles
– Spring Green 228 miles
Note in particular the optional stop at Shullsburg. The stretch between Shullsburg and Belmont is tough, especially if it’s hot and/or there’s a North wind! Whether or not you stop is up to you but don’t underestimate this stretch (or overestimate your reserves!).
Ride notes for day two:
Again, opportunities for refueling are well spaced and usually at controls:
– Yuba 19.9 miles – spigot on side of community center
– Ontario 45.6 miles Cenex station
– Norwalk 54.1 miles Convenience store (control)
– Cashton 65.7 miles Convenience store (control)
– Liberty 88.4 miles Liberty bar (control) – nice people who fill fill your bottles
– Boaz 111.2 miles Convenience store
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Ten Year Anniversary!
2024-08-18 08:00 - 17:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
I founded the region on 18 August 2014 so it’s time for a party! We’ll do the always populaire Spring Green 100K with breakfast at the Spring Green General Store then head back to the “big city” .
Here’s the route we’ll use, RUSA sanctioned, 103 km, 1,693 feet of climbing. The route is the “usual” Spring Green route with a stop at the General Store in Spring Green for a leisurely breakfast.
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Currently RegisteredHollie Long Craig Plesco Bill Nauseef Dawn Piech Ron Saluski Eric Peterson John Loesch Greg Smith Eric White
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Driftless Rouleur 100K
2024-09-14 10:00 - 18:30 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is the first outing in our Rouleur Series. We’re doing a later than normal start to allow those who are coming for the weekend (there’s another event on Sunday) to drive up in the morning. This is a shorter ride so we should all get finished early to late afternoon.
We’ll be doing the always populaire (get it?) route over to Spring Green. We’ve made Spring Green an open control so those who are so inclined can stop at the Spring Green General Store for lunch and of course there are always the alternatives of Culver’s or the Shell station that’s the official control.
64.3 miles, RUSA certified, ridewithgps route here
Brevet card here
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Driftless Dart Rouleur
2024-09-15 08:00 - 16:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is the second event in our 2024 Rouleur Series. We’ll start this ride a little earlier for an early finish to allow everyone to get home.
We’ll be doing a Dart Populaire Team Event for this ride. This is a ride with a minimum of 120 Km that must be completed in 8 hours. Briefly, the rules are as follows:

Teams consisting of minimum of 3 and no more than 5 riders.
Minimum distance of 120 Km.
A minimum of 25 Km must be ridden in the last 2 hours. This must be verified by a timed and dated receipt.
Three team members must finish together in order to receive credit for the ride.
Any team members not finishing with the rest of the team will not receive credit for the ride.

The complete rules can be found here.
Note that the Dart Populaire counts as a team event for a RUSA cup!
Here’s the plan for the day:

Assuming there will be a lot of solo riders who are interested in doing this ride, we’ll form teams on the day of the ride. The main ground rule is: everybody rides! So don’t worry if you don’t have a team – come anyway! We’ll form or reform teams as necessary to make sure that everybody rides!
Although for longer events e.g., a flèche, it’s customary for riders to form their own teams and develop their own route for this event we’re assuming that most people will be unattached and won’t want to do their own route design. Accordingly, we’ve developed three routes that meet the rules criteria.
The Blue River – Spring Green populaire
The Boaz to Boscobel populaire
The Plain and Fancy populaire

Note that the three routes are within .1 of a mile of each other for distance with the Boaz route having about 1,000 feet more climbing.
It sounds more complicated than it is – the absolutely most important thing is we’ll ride in small groups and HAVE FUN!
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Currently RegisteredRandy Anderson Greg Smith Dawn Piech Bob Booth Hollie Long
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Driftless Rouleur 125K
2024-09-21 10:00 - 18:30 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is the penultimate event in our Rouleur Series. We’ll start a bit later to give those who are driving in the ability to do the ride without a hotel stay.
Route: Boaz to Boscobel Populaire, 79.2 miles, 3,358 feet of climbing
Brevet card: here
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Currently RegisteredValentin Bitsin Joseph Murphree Greg Smith Dawn Piech Hollie Long Dallas Harty Bob Booth
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Driftless Rouleur 150K
2024-09-22 08:00 - 18:32 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
This is the final event in our Rouleur Series. We’ll get an early start to allow those who came for the weekend to finish and get home at a reasonable time.
Route: Kickapoo Rouleur, 95.8 miles, 4,553 feet of climbing
Brevet card: here
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Currently RegisteredHollie Long Greg Smith Dawn Piech Dallas Harty Bob Booth
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Baraboo Bound 200K
2025-05-03 07:00 - 20:30 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
A new route to kick off the 2025 randonneuring season! A bit more climbing than our traditional season opening route (the Fennimore Frolic) but since we’re getting a later start we should all have gotten in enough early season mileage to get it done.
The clockwise route starts in the back parking lot of the Ramada Inn and heads North then East toward Rock Springs and Baraboo. Then we’ll head South toward Spring Green on some new roads before heading toward Muscoda then back to the “big city” to complete the ride.
Here are the stats: ACP certified, 200.1 km (no bonus K’s here!), 5,814 feet of climbing (46 feet/mile).
Breaking news! (Isn’t that redundant?)
I’ve previewed the route and there was a crew replacing a culvert on the route out of Baraboo. Three possibilities:

They’re done and the original route is good.
They’re not done but the construction area is walkable.
They’re not done and it’s not walkable.

To allow for all three, I’ve created a route with a short detour. I’ll note that the detour includes a rather steep, windy descent followed by a rather steep, whiny climb 😉 So I’d recommend loading both the original route and detour route and at least checking out whether you can go through. If not, you’ll only have to retrace a very short distance to the detour.
The ridewithgps route is here
Detour route is here.
And if you don’t want to (or haven’t) downloaded the detour for the construction, it’s pretty simple: from the construction (assuming it’s not walkable) retrace your route to Fairview Rd, turn left on Fairview, 2 more lefts and you’re back on the route past the construction.
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Currently RegisteredAndy Williams Carol Bell Bill Nauseef Eric Peterson Heather Diehn Dan Diehn Andy Quandt Dan Nordstrom Jeff Brown Bob Booth Hollie Long Valentin Bitsin John Shelso Richard Burnside Dawn Piech Eric White Jake Atherton
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Baraboo and Beyond 300K
2025-05-03 07:00 - 2025-05-04 03:00 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
The longer version of our season opening 200K route. This one is exactly the same through the first 100+ miles to Muscoda then continues on for a bit more distance (and a good bit more climbing!).
Here are the stats: ACP certified, 303.4 km, 8,346 feet of climbing (44 feet/mile).
Update!
Part of the route leaving Boscobel is closed due to construction so I’ve put together a detour route. The good news is the detour has a bit less climbing!
Breaking news! (Isn’t that redundant?)
I’ve previewed the route and there was a crew replacing a culvert on the route out of Baraboo. Three possibilities:

They’re done and the original route is good.
They’re not done but the construction area is walkable.
They’re not done and it’s not walkable.

To allow for all three, I’ve created a route with a short detour (so for those of you keeping score at home, that’s a detour of the detour :-(. I’ll note that the detour includes a rather steep, windy descent followed by a rather steep, whiny climb 😉 So I’d recommend loading both the original route and detour route and at least checking out whether you can go through. If not, you’ll only have to retrace a very short distance to the detour.
Detour route here.
ACP certified, 302 km, 7,570 feet of climbing, ridewithgps route here.
And if you don’t want to (or haven’t) downloaded the detour for the construction, it’s pretty simple: from the construction (assuming it’s not walkable) retrace your route to Fairview Rd, turn left on Fairview, 2 more lefts and you’re back on the route past the construction.
To register for this event:

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Where Fledglings Dare 200K
2025-05-17 07:00 - 20:30 | WI
Last time we tried this route (in 2024) the weather was pretty uncooperative so in true randonneuring style we’re going to keep plugging away at it ’til we get it done! Why? Because it’s one of the most beautiful routes in the Driftless – that’s why!
Here are the details:
206.1 km, 5,354 feet of climbing, ACP sanctioned, ridewithgps route here
Brevet card here
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Currently RegisteredCarol Bell Sagar Sudhakar Greg Smith Eric Peterson Mike Fox
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Where Eagles Dare 300K
2025-05-17 07:00 - 2025-05-18 03:00 | WI
As noted in the “companion route” for this ride, the last time we held it the weather was pretty dreadful and we all wisely decided to put it in the can and save it for later.
Later has arrived!
One of the nice things about these two routes is they’re exactly the same until the control at Spring Green so everybody rides together for a good long way before the routes diverge.
Here are the details:
303 km, 8,030 feet of climbing, ACP sanctioned, ridewithgps route here
Brevet card here
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Currently RegisteredBob Booth Mark Preston Kelley Wegeng Eric White Richard Burnside Doug McLerran
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The Driftless flèche
2025-05-30 16:00 - 2025-05-31 16:00 | Private: Vintage Brewing, Sauk City, WI, 600 Water St, Sauk City, WI, 53583, United States
The first ever flèche in the Driftless!
Here’s your opportunity to be a route designer! The flèche is a team event made up of no fewer than 3 but no more than 5 bikes (note that a tandem counts as a single bike) with at least 3 finishers from the team in order to get credit. A brief overview of the rules:

Teams ride for 24 hours.
Each team must ride a minimum of 360 km with no more than 2 hours stopped in a single location.
Teams develop their own route which arrives at the designated finish location no later than 24 hours after the official brevet start.
A minimum of 25 km must be ridden in the last two hours of the event. Teams must present documentation (receipt, time stamped photo showing the location) as proof they rode at least 25 km in the last two hours.
Complete rules are here.

Our finish location is Vintage Brewing, 600 Water St, Sauk City.
Here are a few other details:

The recommended hotel is the Cedarberry Inn, 855 Phillips Blvd, Sauk City, WI. Telephone for reservations (608)-643-6625.
Alternate hotel is the Holiday Inn Express, 747 Phillips Blvd, Sauk City. Telephone (608)-370-8002
Of course we’ll have a post ride celebration at Vintage Brewing to talk about our rides and how great we are!
We’ll meet for breakfast on Sunday at the Spring Green General Store, 137 South Albany St, Spring Green. We’ll work out a time later. Note that the General Store is roughly a 25 minute drive from Sauk City.
Teams should identify a team captain who will be responsible for providing proof of passage for the team. Each team must develop its own route. Traditionally, a flèche route is point-to-point but loop routes are also acceptable if desired to simplify logistics. Routes must be submitted to me no later than 30 days prior to the event – no exceptions!

The flèche is my favorite randonneuring event – get a few of your friends together and find out why!
I’ve put together a presentation that covers the rules and offers some tips. Disclaimer: I didn’t develop these as “standalone” slides, I’ve tried to add enough verbiage so it all makes sense. Further note: please do not post these on other web sites. I don’t mind if you share a link to the Driftless site but request that they not be posted elsewhere. Thank you!
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Currently RegisteredMark Preston Hollie Long Ethan Wells Dawn Piech Jeffrey Nichols Keith Wells Eric Peterson Greg Smith
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Spring Green - Blue River 200k
2025-06-07 06:00 - 19:30 | White House Ramada Inn, 1450 Veterans Dr, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
A shorter option for those that don’t want to ride the Mt Horeb 300k/400k. This route allows riders to roll out as a group and is identical to the 300k/400k routes for roughly the first 100k then it splits off to start heading back to the “big city”. Here are the details:
RUSA sanctioned, 209 km, 4,500 feet of climbing. Ridewithgps route here.
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