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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392 km from Mapimí to Mapimí, about 7 h 56 of riding. On the way it passes Town of San Pedro del Gallo, Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a, Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien and back through Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
The suspension bridge at Ojuela is the first thing most visitors see, and it hangs across a canyon in the desert of Durango like something out of a Western. Built in 1898 by the firm of the Roebling family, the engineers behind the Brooklyn Bridge, it spans about three hundred metres and carries the old mine track across the gorge to the entrance of the Ojuela mine. For years the bridge was in a bad state, and it has been restored for walkers, though you should cross carefully and listen to the guides.
Read the complete Mine of Ojuela write-up.
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Mine of Ojuela is where the day begins. Next is Town of San Pedro del Gallo.
San Pedro del Gallo is a very small town in a very big landscape, and that is precisely its appeal. Fewer than a thousand people live here, in the high desert of northern Durango, among dry plains, low mountains and endless sky, and the town grew up as a stop on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that linked Mexico City with the northern frontier and Santa Fe. San Pedro del Gallo is one of the places included in the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real, with its church, simple adobe houses and the quiet atmosphere of a place where time moves slowly.
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Town of San Pedro del Gallo comes up about 89 km into the recorded legs. Next is Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a.
For nearly three centuries, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was the royal road linking Mexico City with Santa Fe in New Mexico, a route some 2,600 kilometres long that carried silver south and settlers, missionaries, soldiers and goods north. In the state of Durango, it crossed a vast semi-desert of scrub, cactus and rocky hills, and the stretch between Nazas and San Pedro del Gallo is one of the sections inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2010. Along the road, haciendas, chapels and waystations grew up wherever water could be found.
Read the complete Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a write-up.
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about 125 km into the recorded legs you reach Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a. Next is Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien.
Hacienda chapels tell you a lot about colonial Mexico. They were built by landowners who controlled vast estates of cattle, crops or mines, and they served as places of worship for the owners, their families and the workers who lived and laboured on the estate. The Chapel of the Refugio, once part of a hacienda near Cuencamé in the state of Durango, is one of the sites included in the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe and carried silver, goods, missionaries and settlers across the northern frontier for nearly three centuries.
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Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien, about halfway. Next is back through Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a write-up.
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back through Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a sits at 235 km, about halfway. Next is back through Town of San Pedro del Gallo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Town of San Pedro del Gallo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Town of San Pedro del Gallo comes up about 302 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mine of Ojuela.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mine of Ojuela write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Mine of Ojuela closes the day.
Mine of Ojuela → Town of San Pedro del Gallo is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Town of San Pedro del Gallo → Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a → Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien → back through Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a → back through Town of San Pedro del Gallo is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Town of San Pedro del Gallo → Mine of Ojuela is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.