About the Campaign
It’s that time of year again for our 5th annual ALS bike ride from Seattle to Spokane from August 5-10 to raise money for the ALS Therapy Development Institute. We are riding in honor of those living with ALS and raising money for research to end ALS. The ALS Therapy Development Institute is the world's foremost drug discovery center focused solely on finding a treatment and cure for ALS as quickly as possible. For more information go to www.als.net
We are on leaving on August 5th and heading over the North Cascade Highway again this year and arriving in Spokane (over 450 miles) August 10th for the Gleason Fest celebration with live music, beer garden and food. So far we have 7 riders Jimmy, John Neal, Denny Littlefield, Julie Gold, Joe Ozimek, Bruce Zornow and John Feren.
- Day 1: Seattle to Mt Vernon. Most of this day is on the Centenial trail. 72 miles
- Day 2: Mt Vernon to Colonial campground. South Skagit road to Marblemount then Hwy 20 with a big climb at the end of the day. 91 miles.
- Day 3: Colonial to Winthrop. Start the day with 35 miles of uphill climbing and then down hill to Winthrop. Stay at hotel in Winthrop and go out to eat. Last chance to be civilized for awhile. 65 miles.
- Day 4: Winthrop to Net Pins Campground. Winthrop to Twisp on a nice back road and then over Loup Loup Pass on Hwy 20. 2600' of climbing in 8 miles and then down to Omak, a climb out of Omak onto the Colville Indian Reservation and then to Net Pins Campground. 81 miles.
- Day 5: Net Pins to Hunter. 76 miles. Another day of pretty good climbing the first part of the day, the second half is mostly down to Lake Roosevelt where we take a ferry to the Spokane Indian Reservation and from there is a short ride to Hunters.
- Day 6: Hunters to Spokane. Back roads into Spokane to join the party at Gleason Fest. 86 miles.
We also have some cool Jerseys this year (which can be purchased).
We created this campaign for everyone to contribute at various impact levels. For sponsorship opportunities, please email: jimmymatthiesen@msn.com
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