Pomfret-Barnard w/Class IV

This route is marked by long steady climbs on some lesser-traveled roads for SMGR.  Starting out in West Hartford, the route crosses the White River and begins the first long climb up Pomfret Road and Allen Hill Road, then descends into East Barnard.  Up East Barnard Road to Royalton Turnpike, then a turn onto North Perry Road into the first Class IV road (variable gravel, some adventurous terrain in the middle, with a ledgy descent) to South Perry Road.  From there, the route turns left onto Route 12 then the next left onto Lakota Road to climb Schoolhouse Hill. A fast fun descent down Wayside Road ends with a coffee/bathroom stop at Abracadabra Coffee Co.  After refueling, it’s a quick road section on Route 12 into Woodstock, where we turn left before Billings Farm onto Old River Road.  Then comes the famous Cloudland  climb back over the hill into Pomfret, the second Class IV (semi-maintained gravel road) on Old Kings Highway, down Bunker Hill back to Pomfret Road, and Handy Road to the finish.