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Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link

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Recorded distance
58 km
Riding-time estimate
52 min
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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.

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Why this ride

curated scenic road. escarpment, forest, mountain views. From Lydenburg it runs 58 km to the finish; allow about 52 min of riding. The highest point is about 2,150 m. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.

Scenic road chapters

Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link

Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 18 km this is Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.

Rider note

Check the pass is open before you commit to it.

Chapter facts
Length
18 km
Named road
Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link
Pass
Long Tom Pass

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Lydenburg

    The name Lydenburg means town of suffering, and there is real history behind it. In the 1840s, Voortrekker families settled at Ohrigstad, in the lowveld, but malaria drove them out, and in 1849 they moved up to higher, healthier ground and founded a new town, which they named in memory of what they had endured. Today Lydenburg sits at around 1,400 metres in the Mpumalanga highveld, a quiet market town of about twenty thousand people, with a wide main street, tree-lined avenues and a feel of farming country, where cattle and timber matter more than tourists.

    Read the complete Lydenburg write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link point 2.

  2. 2. Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link point 2

    Planning note

    Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link point 2 comes up 18 km in. Next is Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link point 3.

  3. 3. Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link point 3

    Planning note

    58 km in you reach Long Tom Pass and Panorama Link point 3.

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