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Date:         Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:23:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: least steep California Sierra Passes/ THANKS!
Comments: To: Michael Diehr <md03@xochi.com>
In-Reply-To:  <38B902E6-536E-4FEA-B1AC-DF523AEE016B@xochi.com>
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Unsure if GEarth does so but a friend told me he did well surveying his
route using a fly by method several thousand feet up.  I tried the same
thing at a low altitude and mistakenly thought the passes I was trying to
judge were low and they weren't :-(


Guess it takes practice to fly google!  YAMV


On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Michael Diehr <md03@xochi.com> wrote:


> How about the 395 North from reno to lassen park via 89 or 44, then
> over to mt shasta via 89 -- any brutal passes that route?
>
> I wonder if any of the online mapping websites can show driving
> directions with altitude?  Google Earth perhaps?
>






--
Neil2
'86 Vanagon/Weekender in process (Savannah)
Nunquam Pendite Divendium
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