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TransMexico Norte Part 2: Cycling from Durango to Zacatecas, Mexico

TransMexico Norte Part 2: Cycling from Durango to Zacatecas, Mexico

Pedals and Puffins
Bike Touring, Bike Travel, Bikepacking, Cycling, Ecosystems, Mexican High Plains, Missions and Churches, Pueblos Mágicos, TransMexico Norte, Wildlife, Sierra Madre Occidental, Forest Fires

The TransMexico Norte bikepacking route hugs the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains on its way from Durango to Zacatecas. As we followed the route, we found ourselves alternately climbing up into the cool, pine-cloaked mountains, then plunging back down onto Mexico’s hot, arid, central plateau. There, at the edge of the desert, we cycled between bustling cities and magical towns that trace their histories to the Spanish empire’s hunger for silver and gold.

TransMexico Norte Part 1: Cycling from Mazatlan to Durango, Mexico

TransMexico Norte Part 1: Cycling from Mazatlan to Durango, Mexico

Pedals and Puffins
Mexican High Plains, Wildlife, Bike Travel, Forest Fires, Ecosystems, Bike Touring, La Paz Mexico, Missions and Churches, Cycling, Bikepacking, TransMexico Norte, Sierra Madre Occidental

Saying farewell to Baja, we voyaged across the Sea of Cortez to mainland Mexico. From there, an arduous but spectacular 9,000 ft ascent (2,750 m) would take us from the coast to the heights of Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains. Along the way we officially crossed into the tropics and rode through grand, colonial-era towns built on the mining of silver and gold.