BELOW INFORMATION IS BASED ON ROUTE WHEN SR-160 IS OPEN TO BIKES. Construction has been ongoing and may require route changes to the 2nd half of Gran and Ultimo Fondo routes.
Note – Route sheets are available in excel format to registered riders if requested via email between 2 weeks and 5 days before the event. However, we can’t guarantee that the route sheet will be 100% accurate. Though not anticipated, last-minute routing changes may be required. Links to the RideWithGPS.com maps and download files are below.
Gran Fondo Route: 70 miles with about 5,500′ climbing. You’ll enjoy a nice, flat warm-up before you hang a left on Charleston, which becomes Highway 159. It’s a gentle climb to the right turn onto the Scenic Drive heading into Red Rock Canyon. From here the climbing begins. It starts gradually and then pitches up a bit as the scenery becomes more and more beautiful! At the top of the climb you’ll enjoy the view and drinks and snacks at the first checkpoint.
You’ll climb a bit more before you reach the summit – then it’s a wonderful, rewarding descent down to Highway 159 where you’ll make a right. The road rolls gently along Highway 159 all the way to the right turn to Blue Diamond, where you’ll find the second checkpoint. Then you head back to Highway 159 again until you come to the t-intersection at Highway 160, where you’ll turn right.
Here the climbing begins again. About 8 miles of climbing to the summit of Mt. Potosi and the 3rd checkpoint (and turn-around).
Click here to view the Gran Fondo route map and download-able GPS files.
Ultimo Fondo Route: (Division NOT available in 2019 due to road construction)
Just shy of 100 miles with about 8,000′ climbing. Same as Gran Fondo route except from the summit of Mt. Potosi you’ll enjoy a screamin’ downhill descent to the right turn onto Lovell Canyon. Lovell Canyon is an 11-mile, very gentle climb. At the end of the road you’ll refuel, make a u-turn and retrace the route back the way you came. The return is a straight shot down Highway 160 to the left on Highway 159 and back to Las Vegas Cyclery. Of course you may re-visit the Blue Diamond checkpoint on the way back to refuel and rejuvenate.
Click here for the Ultimo Fondo route and download-able GPS files. Click here for the Ultimo Fondo route map and download-able GPS files via Lovell Canyon (permit issues for 2018 are keeping us off this route).
Mini Fondo Route: Just over 43 miles with about 2,800′ climbing. Same start as the Gran and Ultimo Fondo routes, but turns around at Blue Diamond.
Click here for the Mini Fondo route map and download-able GPS files.