CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. 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.
It goes by way of Longhushan: Longhushan Section, Mount Wuyi and back through Longhushan: Longhushan Section. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Sheer red cliffs rise out of the green hills of Jiangxi, and in some of them, high above a stream, there are dark rectangular holes in the rock. They are the cliff tombs of the Guyue people, who lived in this area about 2,600 years ago and who placed their dead in wooden coffins in caves and ledges on the face of a cliff above the Lushui river. How they hauled the coffins up the cliff is a puzzle that was never fully solved, and when archaeologists excavated some of them in 1979 they found well-preserved cloth, musical instruments and tools, as well as skeletons. Guifeng, the Ghost Peak, is the best-known site, and its name reflects the awe the place has long inspired.
Read the complete Longhushan: Guifeng Section write-up.
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Longhushan: Guifeng Section is where the day begins. Next is Longhushan: Longhushan Section.
Longhushan means Dragon and Tiger Mountain, and the name is only slightly more dramatic than the scenery. In northeastern Jiangxi, thirty-odd kilometres from Guixi, the Luxi river winds between red sandstone cliffs and pinnacles that look like animals, towers and, with a little imagination, a dragon and a tiger staring each other down. The rock is Danxia, a reddish landform that China has recognised as a world heritage group of sites, and it glows when the sun is low.
Read the complete Longhushan: Longhushan Section write-up.
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Longhushan: Longhushan Section comes up about 69 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mount Wuyi.
Mount Wuyi is the home of some of the most famous teas in China, and the mountains that grow them are almost as remarkable as the leaves. Straddling the border between Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, the range is made of red sandstone and granite carved into steep cliffs, sharp peaks and deep gorges, with a winding river, the Nine-Bend Stream, flowing between them. The highest point, Huanggang Shan, is about 2,158 metres, the highest peak in south-east China. UNESCO listed the area in 1999 for both its nature and its culture.
Read the complete Mount Wuyi write-up.
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about 273 km into the recorded legs you reach Mount Wuyi. Next is back through Longhushan: Longhushan Section.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Longhushan: Longhushan Section write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Longhushan: Longhushan Section, late in the day. Next is Longhushan: Guifeng Section.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Longhushan: Guifeng Section write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Longhushan: Guifeng Section. That is the ride.
Longhushan: Guifeng Section → Longhushan: Longhushan Section is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Longhushan: Longhushan Section → Mount Wuyi is 204 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Mount Wuyi → back through Longhushan: Longhushan Section is 229 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Longhushan: Longhushan Section → Longhushan: Guifeng Section is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.