Why this ride
A named mountain-road corridor with sustained elevation change and pass scenery. It links naturally to Aconcagua Provincial Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Uspallata Aconcagua and Las Cuevas
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 88 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 19
- 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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Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
Oct-Apr
Scenic road chapters
Paso de los Libertadores
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 14 km this is Paso de los Libertadores, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Rider note
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 14 km
- Named road
- Paso de los Libertadores
- Pass
- Cristo Redentor Pass
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Uspallata
Uspallata is a high, dry valley with a lot of history. The village sits at nearly two thousand metres in the Andes of Mendoza, in a wide basin ringed by brown, bare mountains, and it is a halfway point on the old road between Argentina and Chile. In 1817, the Army of the Andes under General José de San Martín crossed the mountains in several columns, and one of them marched through the Uspallata valley on its way to liberate Chile, a story that every schoolchild here knows.
Read the complete Uspallata write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Uspallata sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Aconcagua Park.
2. Aconcagua Park
Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside Asia, at almost seven thousand metres, and the provincial park that protects it lies a short way off the main road between Mendoza and Chile. Most riders will not climb it, but you can see enough from the valley to feel its scale. The huge, snow-streaked mass of the mountain rises from a high, stony valley, and on a clear day the summit shows above the nearer ridges, with the colour of the rock changing from red to ochre to grey as the light moves.
Read the complete Aconcagua Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Aconcagua Park comes up 38 km in. Next is Las Cuevas.
3. Las Cuevas
Las Cuevas is a tiny border village at the top of the Argentine side of the Andes, at about 3,200 metres, and it stands at the mouth of the tunnel that carries traffic under the pass to Chile. It is a collection of low buildings, customs offices and a few shops huddled in a high, windswept valley, with steep slopes of loose rock rising on every side and snow lying well into summer. In winter, the village is often cut off by storms and avalanches, and the road is closed for days at a time, so it can feel like the edge of the world.
Read the complete Las Cuevas write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
88 km in you reach Las Cuevas.