288km 5500m. To Qiandao Hu & Back. Still a work in progress. Need to think about the best way around for best morning and sunset light / views.
A smaller option but still not easy.
Tag: East
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Easy XiaoXu Village
30km 400m. Grab a gravel or mountain bike and cycle up to around Xiaoxu village. A nice, hard, steady climb up from the main road to Xiaoxu village and then up the road there. Be careful on the way down!!! Some great views of Qingliangfeng, but please don’t enter the nature reserve’s buffer or core zones.
Check out some other local rides:
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QianNiuGang (Daming) Epic
160km 2000m
Daming Epic (from south). All the way from Wildhomestay, 25km to Daming and then onto Tunkou Hotsping. Then up from there all the way to the top – 32km uphill. Then 25km down to the noodle shop in Daming and 25km home. 165km total. Bit more elevation than the classic.
Xingzhe: 2748855
If you want something longer combine with the botanical garden climb or south sanyang route or add it into a trip from Qiandaohu.
If you want something shorter drive to start of Daming and do epic loop from there and drive back:
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The Botanicals
102km 1600m. A stunning climb to the mountain botanical garden in Zhejiang and back. Various options, including a nice gravel reservoir ride.
GPX To the Botanical Garden and back.
Strava Routes
Botanical and back: https://www.strava.com/routes/8234821
[icon name=”map-signs” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Botanical and Daming Classic: https://www.strava.com/routes/8235011
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QianNiuGang Daming Classic
100km 1800m. A classic hill climb in East China! 25km from Wildhomestay to the bottom of Daming. Then 25km 1250m up. The climb is great and described as the Chinese Baby Mont Ventoux. .
Download: GPX File
QianNiuGang – Daming Mountain
Xingzhe: 2748850
Some photos of a great fun race – Serk Nearly World at Daming!
There is a south route up Daming as well as a offroad area. Check out the route page for more info.
Gallery:
A short drone video (still learning that) with John.
