CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 220 km round trip from Asheville - roughly 3 h 34 in the saddle. On the way it passes Great Smoky Mountains National Park and back through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Asheville lies in a bowl of the Blue Ridge, where the French Broad River slides past old brick warehouses and the mountains stand on every side in layers of blue. At about six hundred and fifty metres it is cooler than the Carolina lowlands in summer, and the air smells of woodsmoke and wet leaves in autumn. The town has long attracted people who like to be away from the crowds: artists, craftspeople, musicians, brewers, and, a century ago, invalids seeking mountain air.
Read the complete Asheville write-up.
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Asheville is where the day begins. Next is Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The Smokies get their name from the haze. Water vapour and natural compounds released by the forest rise from the ridges and form a blue-grey mist that settles in the valleys, so that the mountains look like layers of smoke. They are among the oldest mountains on Earth, worn down for hundreds of millions of years, and rounded and green. This is the most visited national park in the country, and strangely, it charges no entry fee.
Read the complete Great Smoky Mountains National Park write-up.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park comes up 54 km in.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Great Smoky Mountains National Park write-up.
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108 km in you reach Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Next is back through Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Great Smoky Mountains National Park write-up.
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back through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, late in the day. Next is Asheville.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Asheville write-up.
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Back at Asheville. That is the ride.
Asheville → Great Smoky Mountains National Park is 108 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Great Smoky Mountains National Park → Asheville is 108 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.