From 78da0322932f17ed4d5b54f630e4139752b12129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Newbold Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:01:16 -0700 Subject: refactor under outdoorsing --- outdoorsing/long_routes.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 outdoorsing/long_routes.txt (limited to 'outdoorsing/long_routes.txt') diff --git a/outdoorsing/long_routes.txt b/outdoorsing/long_routes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5aa3eb --- /dev/null +++ b/outdoorsing/long_routes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + +Multi-day through multi-week, mostly road and gravel bike routes! + +Northern Summer +---------------- + +Washington, USA: North Cascades and Yakama loop + +Loads of routes in the USA; see [Adventure Cycling Association][aca]. Notably: + +- "Sierra Cascades": parallel to the pacific crest trail, on bike +- Pacific Coast itself +- Route 66 (at least the western subset); Santa Monica +- Western Express: SF to Pueblo, Colorado; ~1600 miles, a month or so. +- Southern Tier: San Diego throuhg El Paso; route continues cross-country +- Great Parks North: Montana inot Canada (Banff, Jasper) +- Utah Cliffs: short (300 mile) loop aroun dZion. + +[aca]: https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/ + +Iran: paved roads? + +Scandanavia: routes on the "EuroVelo" network + +Northern Winter +---------------- + +Tasmania: paved roads? + +Patagonia/Chile/Argentina: Carretera Austral; ~500 miles, roughly 10 days; or +770 miles in full; gravel road. Very popular with cyclists. + +- https://medium.com/get-there/carretera-austral-cycling-guide-covering-650-km-of-deserted-road-in-two-to-three-weeks-69953e85faf9 +- http://www.thebikeramble.com/2017/01/carretera-austral/ + + -- cgit v1.2.3