I drove up Mt. Diablo one day and it was damn fun. It got me wondering why these isn't any kind of hillclimb event on it? It would be a great event having sanctioned hillclimbs on Mt. Diablo, or any other of the big mountains like Mt. Tam, Mt. Hamilton, or maybe even Twin Peaks.

 

mt diablo is like 3 miles long (to the gate) once you get out of the residential area. its way too short

mt hamilton is a much better canidate

but think of the insurance and liability of whoever puts on the event having cars race up uneven pavement on windy roads that is edged by a wall on one side and a cliff on the other. not really the safest thing, especially in street cars where stuff like roll cages aren't required

 

i meant from either northgate or southgate to the summit... that can't be 3 miles???

 

exactly, thats why i said 3 miles from end of residential to gate

i was also assuming the south gate as that is what i have driven most often, i have a tendancy to forget about the northside

 

park rangers would stick up our *****

 

you pretty much have to go out in the boonies to do a hillclimb these days.

But they are out there:

http://www.nhahillclimb.org/