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Chico Noon Rotary celebrates its 100th birthday this year. This big milestone calls for a big project: building a park! Rotary Centennial Park is underway. Over 100 Rotarians have been showing up each Saturday to get’er done. People of Action! ... See MoreSee Less

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Rotary District 5160

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The Rotary sponsored Castle Crags Century event is truly a century ride with just the right amount of everything! Unfortunately, once again due to Covid fallout, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s ride. Although we expect to be “open” it has been difficult to plan, secure sponsorships, etc. with the ever-changing guidelines for public events. Optimistically, we are planning for next year’s ride and have it scheduled for Saturday, June 18th, 2022. If you have already registered, your registration will roll over to next year. If you’d like a refund, please message us on Facebook @CastleCragsCentury. If you need a reason to save next year’s date, or get some training in, you can find a detailed recap of California’s most beautiful Century ride on our website at CastleCragsCentury.com. Enjoy incredible views of some of nature's finest scenery as you ride this fabulous route. The event offers 5 ride options: Super Century, Full Century, Mountain Metric Century, Valley Metric Century, and a Half-Metric Century. The rides follow one or both of two loops – one to the south of Mt. Shasta City and one to the north. All rides are planned to start and end in Mt. Shasta City Park, convenient to lodging and restaurants in town. It is a great place to enjoy what we hope is one of the most enjoyable bike rides you’ll ever experience!The ride begins with a beautiful cruise along pristine Siskiyou Lake, then test your mettle with a challenging climb up a scenic one lane windy mountain pass to Mumbo Summit along the Sacramento River. The river should be rushing and wildflowers blooming along the way! Up and over the summit to enjoy a fantastic downhill segment with distant views of Trinity lake, the Trinity Alps and Scott mountain. Both the Metric and Full Century routes will circle around the sky-scraping 6,000 ft. spires of polished granite called the Castle Crags. The route then takes a scenic forested one lane road along the Sacramento River across the Pacific Crest Trail and through the bucolic little town Dunsmuir. One last gentle climb takes you back to the City of Mt. Shasta where the headwaters of the Sacramento River emerge.Northbound, you will ride through the Shasta Valley, crossing creeks and pasture lands along the way, all the while, Mt. Shasta looms overhead as you sail through Weed to the College of the Siskiyous, voted the most scenic college campus in California.This beauty is now yours to behold from the seat of your beloved bicycle -- the best place in the world to see the world! We hope to offer it in 2022 as a return event with well stocked rest stops, gourmet lunch and the kind of friendly service our local Rotarians are known for. Thank you! See you in 2022! ... See MoreSee Less

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