Why this ride
A highland corridor with elevation, open views and lower-density roads. It links naturally to El Angel Ecological Reserve.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Tulcán to El Angel Paramo
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 75 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 13
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
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
Jun-Sep
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Tulcán
Tulcán is the last big town in Ecuador, a high, cold border city at close to 3,000 metres with Colombia a few kilometres up the road. It is a place of traders, lorries and families crossing for the day, and its streets are busy with shops selling clothes, electronics and cheese from the surrounding dairy farms. The air is thin and crisp, the wind carries a chill, and a woollen layer is normal clothing even in the dry months.
Read the complete Tulcan write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tulcán sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is El Angel.
2. El Ángel
The village of El Ángel is the gateway to one of Ecuador's strangest landscapes. It is a small farming town of around four thousand people in the northern province of Carchi, at roughly 3,000 metres, with a tidy main square, a church and streets lined with simple houses. A short ride above it lies the El Ángel Ecological Reserve, a protected area of páramo where thousands of frailejones, the tall, silver-green plants with furry leaves and yellow flowers, stand across the hills like a crowd of strange sentinels.
Read the complete El Angel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
El Ángel comes up 75 km in.