Why this ride
Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Monte Alban.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Oaxaca Sierra Norte
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 219 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 30
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Verify security, road condition, daylight-only routing and local advisories. Specific flag: fog; landslides; security review.
Seasonal context
Nov-Apr
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Oaxaca
Oaxaca sits in a high valley in southern Mexico, at about 1,500 metres, with mountains on every side and an old city at its centre that feels more like a village in its pace. The Zapotec and Mixtec peoples have lived in this region for thousands of years, and their influence is still strong, with a number of indigenous languages spoken and local crafts such as woven rugs, black clay pottery and carved wooden animals sold in the markets. The Spanish added churches and convents, and the cathedral and Santo Domingo, with its gilded interior, are among the finest in the country.
Read the complete Oaxaca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Oaxaca sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Tuxtepec.
2. Tuxtepec
Tuxtepec is hot. It sits barely above sea level on the banks of the Papaloapan River, in the steamy lowlands of northern Oaxaca, where the state reaches toward Veracruz and the Gulf coast, and in summer the air is so thick and humid you feel it on your skin as soon as you take off the helmet. With more than a hundred thousand people, San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec is the second city of Oaxaca and the commercial centre of the Papaloapan basin, surrounded by sugar cane, pineapple fields, pastures and banana groves.
Read the complete Tuxtepec write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tuxtepec comes up 219 km in.