MEXIQUILLO PUENTECILLAS
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MEXIQUILLO MTB ADVENTURE
Dates: Available Spring, Summer and Fall, 2012
Duration: 4 days
Persons: 12 people
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Day 1 -Durango/Sierra Madre
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Transfer in the afternoon to the town of El Salto to the Hotel Real del Bosque or to the Mexiquillo Cabins where we will stay, about an two and a half hour drive. Dinner and hotel night.
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Day 2 -Sierra Madre |
After breakfast, we begin a superb ride on the Mexiquillo Tunnels bike trail. It is about 437 km and 5 hours of pedaling through great country with awesome views and about 4 tunnels, one of them 1.2 km long almost a mile. The ride is a little technical, but it is ok to just get off the bike and walk the difficult parts. There is not any support vehicle following us all the way but we will met our support half way down the trail. Lunch on the way, free afternoon so you can visit the beautiful rock formations near by, dinner and cabins night .
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Day 3 -Sierra Madre |
After breakfast, we transfer in our support vehicle, about 20 km to Las Adjuntas where we begin our pedaling on single track and very rustic logging roads, ascending to Puentecillas lake and on down to the Santa Barbara creek where we will have lunch and maybe take a dip in the creek. Here we can see a pristine forest taken out of a story book. Pedal out a steep climb and go on to a great 20 km. downhill where you almost don't have to pedal , in Santa Lucia we meet again our support vehicle and transfer back up to Mexiquillo . 50km ride ups and downs 6 hrs.
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Day 4 -Sierra Madre/Durango |
After breakfast, we pack all our luggage into the support vehicle, and pedal out of Mexiquillo for an interesting ride on the old railroad bed going towards Coscomate this is about a 4 hr ride with a good descending section down to Chavarria. Great country, friendly people, we will meet our support vehicle for lunch and then transfer on back to Durango dinner hotel night, end of tour. .
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