CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
From Ulan Bator it runs 212 km to Ulan Bator; allow about 4 h 45 of riding. It goes by way of Noyon Uul’s Khujirt, Noyon Uul’s Zuramt, Noyon Uul’s Sujigt and back through Noyon Uul’s Zuramt. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,700 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Ulaanbaatar is the coldest national capital in the world, and it sits in a valley at about thirteen hundred and fifty metres, surrounded by bare hills, with the Tuul River running along its southern edge. About eight hundred and fifty thousand people live here, nearly half the country's population, in a mix of Soviet-era apartment blocks, glass towers and the ger districts that spread up the hillsides, where families live in felt tents with a stove and a fence. In winter, coal smoke fills the valley, and temperatures drop to minus thirty or lower.
Read the complete Ulaanbaatar write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Ulaanbaatar is where the day begins. Next is Noyon Uul’s Khujirt.
Khujirt is the name given to one of the quiet valleys in the folds of Noyon Uul, a range of forested hills in northern Mongolia where the horizon is all grass and sky. Hidden among the larch and birch on the slopes are the burial mounds of the Xiongnu, the nomadic empire that dominated the steppe from about the third century BC to the first century AD and troubled the Han dynasty of China. The tombs, which number over two hundred in the area, were dug deep, lined with timber and covered with a low mound of stones, and some of them are the graves of very important people.
Read the complete Noyon Uul’s Khujirt write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Noyon Uul’s Khujirt comes up 37 km in. Next is Noyon Uul’s Zuramt.
Zuramt is another of the valleys that open off Noyon Uul, and it feels a little wilder than its neighbours. The slopes on the north side of each hill are covered in dark larch and pine, while the south sides are open grass, and the pattern gives the whole range a striped, patchwork look. Streams run down through meadows full of wildflowers in June and July, with edelweiss, gentians and wild onions, and the air smells of thyme and woodsmoke. This is a land of nomadic herders, who move their animals between summer and winter pastures, and in the valleys you will see the round white gers, the horses tethered outside and the wooden frames for drying cheese.
Read the complete Noyon Uul’s Zuramt write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
At least 79 km in you reach Noyon Uul’s Zuramt. Next is Noyon Uul’s Sujigt.
Noyon Uul’s Sujigt, about halfway. Next is back through Noyon Uul’s Zuramt.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Noyon Uul’s Zuramt write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Noyon Uul’s Zuramt sits at 147 km, about halfway. Next is back through Noyon Uul’s Khujirt.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Noyon Uul’s Khujirt write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Noyon Uul’s Khujirt comes up 183 km in. Next is Ulaanbaatar.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ulaanbaatar write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Ulaanbaatar closes the day.
Ulaanbaatar → Noyon Uul’s Khujirt is 105 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Noyon Uul’s Khujirt → Ulaanbaatar is 105 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.