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10.1 miles
Distance
1,864 ft
Climb
-1,861 ft
Descent
2,562 ft
High Point
1 ft
Altitude change
1,062 ft
Altitude min
1,062 ft
Altitude start
1,063 ft
Altitude end
-47.3%
Grade max
69.2%
Grade min
6 miles
Distance climb
4 miles
Distance down
2,156 ft
Distance flat
TL;DR;: It's Reverence, but skips the last 300 vertical feet. This means you need to stop after the fifth segment, turn right, and ride up the forest road, ford an easily crossable creek (well, at least when we don't have record flooding) and continue on until you pick up Raging Tiger again.
When you're time (or energy) constrained, you'll save 20-30 minutes and 300+ vertical of climb-out.
Reverence is a feeling or attitude of deep respect, veneration, and awe, often accompanied by love for something deemed sacred, noble, or profound. The builders and most riders agree that the trail lives up to the name. Deference is similar -- all the love and respect but without the awe. Similarly, the Deference route is 5 of the 6 segments of Reverence. You get all of the fast flow, a lot of steep gnar (but not the steepest) and some of the best technical bits of Reverence. Surprisingly, it's only 0.6 of a mile shorter that the full route, but it avoids the steepest downs and ups.
To be clear, Deference is not an improvement on Reverence; Reverence should be experienced in its full glory whenever possible. But on those days where you don't have quite the time or energy for the full loop, Deference lets you defer that part until next time.
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Deference is a 10 mile popular expert route located near Snoqualmie Washington. This mountain bike primary route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 6 trails. This route climbs 1,864 ft with a max elevation of 2,562 ft then descends -1,861 ft.
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Distance10 miles
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Altitude min1,062 ft
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Altitude start1,062 ft
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Altitude end1,063 ft
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Climb1,864 ft
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Descent-1,861 ft
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Grade max-47.3%
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Grade min69.2%
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Distance climb6 miles
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Distance down4 miles
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Distance flat2,156 ft
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