Thimphu-Punakha
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 34.08 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,940 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 6,148 ft
- Max elevation
- 10,558 ft
- TrailRank
- 49
- Min elevation
- 4,646 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 3 hours 49 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 35 minutes
- Coordinates
- 7147
- Uploaded
- November 9, 2019
- Recorded
- November 2019
near Babesa, Thimphu (Bhutan)
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Itinerary description
Leaving from Thimphu cycling up to Dochula, for around 18 km, positive gain of 800 m aprox. At the top Dochula, (3100m), there is a beautiful view, clear days, to the Himalaya mountains and also a religious site.From that point we cicle down but instead of going through the road we take a downhill trail called by locals as mad man trail. Is a very technical downhill and sometimes can be a little bit dangerous, but for mtb lovers is a MUST. Dont take this trail with a not proper Bike or if you are not use to do downhill.
I will grade this track as difficult because of this part. The rest goes following the main road down to Punakka. Wonderful track except for the road, but still.
Sortida desde Thimphu fins a Punakka. Comencem pujant un port de 18 Km amb uns 800 de desnivell positiu fins arribar a Dochula a 3100m, desde alla fabuloses vistes a l Himalaya si el temps acompanya. Un cop a dalt desde Dochula despres de 2-3 km baixant ens desviem per un corriol de descens força tecnic pero preciós. Si no es te ls bicicleta adecuada o l experiencia adecuada en BTT, evitar lo, en cas contrari es obligatori. Per aquesta rao valoraré aquesta ruta com a molt dificil. Despres d aquest tram seguim baixant per la carretera principal fins arribar a Punakha.
I will grade this track as difficult because of this part. The rest goes following the main road down to Punakka. Wonderful track except for the road, but still.
Sortida desde Thimphu fins a Punakka. Comencem pujant un port de 18 Km amb uns 800 de desnivell positiu fins arribar a Dochula a 3100m, desde alla fabuloses vistes a l Himalaya si el temps acompanya. Un cop a dalt desde Dochula despres de 2-3 km baixant ens desviem per un corriol de descens força tecnic pero preciós. Si no es te ls bicicleta adecuada o l experiencia adecuada en BTT, evitar lo, en cas contrari es obligatori. Per aquesta rao valoraré aquesta ruta com a molt dificil. Despres d aquest tram seguim baixant per la carretera principal fins arribar a Punakha.
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9,459 ft
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