Another thumbs up for trail 401
I've done sea level to 200om in Spain, on road but with panniers. Only realised after the holiday quite how much up we'd done. We are all stuffed that evening
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5300m in Bolivia, down Chacaltaya, where the world's highest ski resort is. The ride starts with mega rocks and scree, high altiplano scenery, and ends with semi tropical rainforest and dusty corners on lush doubletrack. Amazing...
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Does Entinox count ?
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@MH, I didn't do the 403 which was a shame - Strand Hill and Farris Creek were superb (in different ways - seeing bear claw marks on the aspens made me get a shift on...), as was Upper (and Upper Upper!) Loop.
And Lower Loop was the perfect first acclimatising ride at a mere 9,000 feet - was wheezing a bit on day 1! Fine the next day though.
Those local brews sure hit you at altitude
The bouldering at the trailside on Upper Loop looked fun but I'd not taken my stickies with me.
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The Andes, Somewhere near the Sacred Valley of the Incas - Probably about 2500-3000 metres. On a hired aluminum Trek hardtail which was rather knackered
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A few 10,000ft + in the same area as Snaps.
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It was 80 miles downhill after Posted 2 years ago # -
40mph.
Which company did you go with? Assume it's Tibet.
I'd have been tempted to have a bit of rear sus' myself on the downhill to make the ride a little smoother.Posted 2 years ago # -
13,000 or so feet on the Colorado Trail.
No lifts!
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however high the top of 'la varda' in les arcs is
jesus i loved that descent, i want to go back NOW
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Around 4,500m above La Paz in Bolivia. Tougn to pedal up or even along at that height on a big bike
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Apparently this is 6600ft. Rainbow Mountain.
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Went with Exodus (can highly recommend), and yes its tibet. Trails are mostly jeep tracks, a few options to take the fall line down for fun:
Problems are dust and constant stutter bumps where the trucks go up and down - having your head banging up and down for hours when you have a altitude sickness headache is very wearing.
More pics here
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however high the top of 'la varda' in les arcs is
2,574m.
Think my highest is here:
Although I have ridden down from the top of Mont Blanc (4,810m), just on a snowboard, not a bike!
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Be seeing you there in August Stevo!
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10,000ft at the top of a Jupiter Peak up above Park City UT. Went to the top and back down again from the base at 7000ft 3 times in a day - twice on foot, once by bike IIRC. A few days later we rode to the top again and then went straight from the top down to the bottom (previously we'd gone more roundabout routes) on a high speed straightish run - had some serious brake fade by the bottom. Oh, and that was also at night!
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Highest I've ever been is Worcestershire beacon on the Malverns, altitude is overrated
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7700 feet riding from the top of the lifts at Kicking Horse, Canada.
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Trails were a bit too dusty.
But otherwise 3000m.
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I've done the same descent that 40mpg has done (above) from Tibet down into Nepal, off the Lalung La pass (in 1995)
5200m down to 500m in Nepal (Dolaghat)
Took two days....
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Bolivia with the guys from gravity on their day off. Uplift starts at about 3600m then goes up.
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