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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234 km from Chosica to Chosica, about 5 h 25 of riding. On the way it passes Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco, Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi and back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 4,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
This part of the ride is 27 km of Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle → Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
East of Lima, the land climbs fast. The Rímac valley begins at the coast as a green ribbon through the desert and rises toward the Andes, and Santa Rosa de Chontay and Molle lie in the foothills above Chosica, a town of nearly ninety thousand about ten kilometres off. Here the coastal fog that blankets Lima for much of the year gives way to sun, which is why Chosica earned the nickname of the city of the sun and why wealthy Lima families kept weekend houses here.
Read the complete Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle is where the day begins. Next is Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
In the mountains east of Lima, high above the desert coast, a stone path clings to the slopes of the province of Huarochirí. It is a section of the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road system, which in this region linked the sacred coastal sanctuary of Pachacamac with Jauja and the central highlands. The segment between Casila Alto and Chillaco is one of the stretches listed by UNESCO in 2014 as part of the transnational Andean Road System. The Inca engineers built it with retaining walls, steps and drainage channels to cope with the steep terrain and seasonal rains, and parts are still used by local farmers and their animals.
Read the complete Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi.
The mountains above Lima rise quickly from the desert coast, and within a couple of hours the city's sprawl gives way to steep valleys, terraced slopes and high villages perched on spurs. The segment of the Inca road between San Juan de Tantaranche and Huarochirí runs through this country, part of the Qhapaq Ñan route that linked the sanctuary of Pachacamac on the coast with the highland centre of Xauxa, crossing near the sacred mountain of Pariacaca.
Read the complete Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 117 km into the recorded legs you reach Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi. Next is back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco, late in the day. Next is Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle. That is the ride.
Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle → Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi → back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 91 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → Segment Santa Rosa de Chontay - Molle is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.