CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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599 km from Chosica to Chosica, about 13 h 04 of riding. The stops in between: Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac, Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi, Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera and back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 4,700 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The Peruvian coast is a desert, and the road up from Lima to the mountains is one of the most dramatic climbs in the Andes. Sisicaya and Santa Rosa de Chontay lie in the Huarochirí province, in the hills above the Rímac valley east of Lima, where the Inca road once climbed from the coastal plain to the high sierra. This stretch of the Qhapaq Ñan, part of the six-country UNESCO listing of 2014, follows ridges and dry valleys, with stone steps, retaining walls and terraces that are still visible if you know where to look.
Read the complete Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay write-up.
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Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay is where the day begins. Next is Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac.
Lima is one of the driest capitals on earth, and yet just south of it, in the hills above the Lurín valley, the desert turns green for a few months every year. The Lomas de Quebrada Verde are fog oases, where the winter mist called garúa, rolling in from the cold Pacific between roughly June and October, condenses on the hillsides and brings to life a brief explosion of grass, flowers, cacti and shrubs, attracting birds, butterflies and the people of Lima, who come here to walk. The segment between Quebrada Verde and Pachacamac is part of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road system, which linked the coast with the highlands.
Read the complete Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac write-up.
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Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac comes up 64 km in. 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.
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129 km in you reach Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi. Next is Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera.
It is part of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road network, a web of about thirty thousand kilometres of paved and stepped paths that linked the empire from Colombia to Chile and Argentina, and which UNESCO listed in 2014 across six countries. A segment named for a portachuelo, a small pass, and a lake, Laguna Escalera, suggests a path that climbs from a valley through a notch in the ridge and drops to a lake on the far side, as Inca roads often do.
Read the complete Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera write-up.
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Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera, about halfway. Next is back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi.
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Read the complete Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi write-up.
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back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi sits at 257 km, about halfway. Next is back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac.
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Read the complete Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac write-up.
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back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac comes up 322 km in. Next is Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay write-up.
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Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay closes the day.
Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay → Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac → Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi is 103 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi → Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera → back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi → back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac is 103 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac → Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.