Elevation Gain: 7,685 ft
Total Distance: 64.7 miles
Average Grade: 4
Rest Stops: 3
Stages
A) Harris Park to Barneveld: 20.7 miles
B) Barneveld to Tower Hill: 24.8 miles
C) Tower Hill to Pleasant Ridge: 9.4 miles
D) Pleasant Ridge to Harris Park: 9.7 miles
Compare to HHH 100K, PDF
Elevation Gain: 14,988 ft
Total Distance: 127.0 miles
Average Grade: 4
Rest Stops: 6
Stages
A) Harris Park to Barneveld: 20.7 miles
B) Barneveld to Tower Hill: 24.8 miles
C) Tower Hill to Pleasant Ridge: 9.4 miles
D) Pleasant Ridge to Tower Hill: 27.2 miles
E) Tower Hill to Clyde: 18.9 miles
F) Clyde to Pleasant Ridge: 14.3 miles
G) Pleasant Ridge to Harris Park: 9.7 miles
Compare to HHH 200K, PDF
Elevation Gain: 19,423 ft
Total Distance: 163.4 miles
Average Grade: 4
Rest Stops: 8
Stages
A) Harris Park to Barneveld: 20.7 miles
B) Barneveld to Tower Hill: 24.8 miles
C) Tower Hill to Pleasant Ridge: 9.4 miles
D) Pleasant Ridge to Tower Hill: 27.2 miles
E) Tower Hill to Clyde: 18.9 miles
F) Clyde to Highland: 16.8 miles
G) Highland to Clyde: 18.2 miles
H) Clyde to Pleasant Ridge: 14.3 miles
I) Pleasant Ridge to Harris Park: 9.7 miles
* Note: Elevation Gain’s are from Delorme Topo V6
Elevation Gain: 22,360 ft
Total Distance: 181.7 miles
Average Grade: 4.2
Rest Stops: 9
Stages
A) Harris Park to Barneveld: 20.7 miles
B) Barneveld to Tower Hill: 24.8 miles
C) Tower Hill to Pleasant Ridge: 9.4 miles
D) Pleasant Ridge to Tower Hill: 27.2 miles
E) Tower Hill to Clyde: 18.9 miles
F) Clyde to Highland:16.8 miles
G) Highland to Highland: 21.2 miles
H) Highland to Clyde: 18.2 miles
I) Clyde to Pleasant Ridge: 14.3 miles
J) Pleasant Ridge to Harris Park: 9.7 miles
How does the Dairyland Dare compare to other popular Southwest Wisconsin hill rides?
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With a sunrise of 6:00 AM and a sunset of 8:04 PM, there are only 14 hours of riding time available. A quick check of the calculator will tell you that in order to finish the 300K, an average speed of 13.3 miles per hour must be maintained. That speed includes both time on the bike and off. If you take off 15 minutes for each of 8 rest stations, then time on bike is down to 12 hours. The caclulator now says that an average speed of 15.5 miles per hour is needed. Is it possible? Perhaps. Perhaps not...
Looking at the Results of the 2005 HHH 200K it becomes apparent that only 176 of the 361 finishers maintained 13.3 miles per hour or better (including rest stops). But could they maintain that speed for another 100K? Could they maintain ANY speed for another 100K? That is the question. That is the Triple (dog) Dare! If you are on the fence between the 200K and the 300K, we've provided the Double Plus Dare, a route including all of the 200K and 66K of the 300K route.
Are the 100K and 200K harder than the HHH? If you go strictly by the numbers - No and Yes. According to Delorme Topo, the DLD 100K has 7,685 feet of climbing as compared to 8,427 feet on the HHH route (The advertised HHH climbing elevation is 5,700 feet and was obtained using a different methodology). The 200K has 14,998 feet as compared to 14,252 feet on the HHH (advertised as 10,200). But that's not the end of the story... The HHH is an EARLY season ride giving only limited opportunity for training. Also, nothing compares to climbing the notorious Mounds Park Rd (twice). In my mind, it's a toss up. Given two extra months of training, I think that the Dairyland Dare 100K and 200K options will offer a very similar physical challenge. I envision both routes as great late season goals for those who participate in the HHH or those who missed the registration due to the enormous demand.
