Location:
At "Altas Cumbres", in the middle of Cordoba Province.
Duration:
Four days (Easter long weekend holiday travel)
Departure: Last work day at night.
Return: First work day between 7.30 and 8.00 a.m.
Activities:
Day 1:
We arrive at Villa Carlos Paz, where another local guide join
us and then leave towards "Altas Cumbres" the High
Hills of Cordoba that lay at 1900 meters over the sea level
and that keeps "Quebrada del Condorito" a National
Park that owns the biggest Condor Reserve in South America.
At "El Condor" we unload the bikes from the trailer
and start biking a strenuous and chilly down hill towards
"Mina Clavero". This stone road was constructed
at the beginning of XX Century and now holds the International
Cars Rally that is performed every winter, calling all international
racing teams and receiving lots of spectators. During the
afternoon we cover more than 40km enjoying some technical
riding and great landscapes.
Type of road: 37km of gravel roads
Day 2:
Leaving Mina Clavero by Minibús in the morning will
allow us to arrive early to another great gravel roads that
it´s also used for the International Rally. This path
will make us cross the "Seven Hanging Bridges" remaining
from old times where there were no paved roads to cross the
High Hills from Villa Carlos Paz to Mina Clavero. The incredible
views and strong downhill will help us enjoy the adventure.
After 20km we stop for lunch and then we´ll arrive at
Villa Carlos Paz after 30km paved down hill roads.
Type of road: 20km of gravel roads and 30km of paved
roads
Day 3:
We arrive at San Clemente, where an awesome hilly path
begins from north to south by the Sierras. We´ll cross
many water streams to finally arrive to Estancia "La
Granadilla", where we have lunch. In the afternoon we
keep on mountain biking up and down to arrive after a strenuous
down hill to Villa Ciudad America. We load the bikes up at
the trailer to go to our camp at Villa General Belgrano, a
German looklike town.
Type of road: 40km of gravel roads
Day 4:
We have breakfast and head out with the support vehicle
towards La Cumbrecita, definitely an Alps looklike town that
keeps the Swiss and German immigration influence, that is
close to Cerro Champaqui, which is the highest mountain in
Cordoba.
There we visit the town and have lunch. After that we leave
the equipment at our support vehicle and start one of the
best down hills of your life, forty kilometers of pure gravel roadss and adrenaline! We descend more than 800 meters and
arrive in camp at Villa General Belgrano in time for a shower
and to depart to Bs As.
Type of road: 35km of gravel roads
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