Rare day to ride high
BISHOP, Calif. - In the Eastern Sierra near Bishop is a mountain route unofficially known as the highest motorable road in California.
The dirt section at the top is maintained by the University of California scientific research facility at Barcroft Station and access is open just two days a year. (Dates for 2017 have passed, and those for 2018 haven't been announced. For information, call (760) 873-4344 or go to lat.ms/opengatedays.)
Hikers can do the last piece of road on foot any time between June and October by driving within two miles of the facility. But riding up is a special treat.
To me, that was catnip. I contacted Bike-urious blogger Abhi Eswarappa,
