Up the Mantiqueira to the highest town in Brazil: araucaria pine, cold nights and a road that climbs sixteen hundred metres.
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Taubaté is where the day begins. Next is Tremembé.
Tremembé comes up 31 km in. Next is Campos do Jordão, climbing 1038 m.
61 km in you reach Campos do Jordão. The road climbs 1038 m on the way up to it, steadily. Reckon on about 7 °C colder than the valley, and more in the wind. Nothing on this route is higher. Next is São Bento do Sapucaí, mostly downhill.
São Bento do Sapucaí closes the day. You lose 848 m on the way down to it, steadily.
A 464 km loop from Mogi das Cruzes
The ridge road between São Paulo and Minas: coffee on the slopes, cloud in the mornings and very little traffic once you are up.
Porto Alegre to Canela · 214 km home again