Welcome to the second route in the state of California! Unlike route 1, this goes through some of the National Parks in this state, avoiding the coasline in favor of the natural beauty found inland.

The image on the left (courtesy of Perfect Zero from Los Angeles, CA, US / CC BY) is of Mammoth Lakes Village, a beautiful village in eastern California, and the second stop on this route. This is also the only stop on this entire route which is not within a national park.

This route totals 308.2 miles, making it a very long route. It also only features 4 checkpoints. This means that the points are spaced quite far apart from each other. Distances in between checkpoints can go up to 122 miles. It is not expected that riders will make it to a new checkpoint each day they ride, as 122 miles in a single day is a fairly extreme distance for such a short period of time.