Xi Shan loop with high road
Starting at stopping at the cable cars middle station car park, this has a huge initial climb, followed by a second pretty large one not soon after! Most of the run is through pleasantly forested areas, with about half the run off-road (or on uneven paved tracks) and half the run on-road but mostly on-road through forests! Note the run is likely closer to 10km as the GPS often cuts out due to tree/rock cover. The off-road section (map km 6-7) can be done using many different routes most arriving at a similar destination near the Gaohai Expressway after exiting through a temple and coming onto a road with a market. Turn right here and head along the road marked by restaurants and parking attendants calling for cars to park outside their restaurant. After this, unfortunately you are forced to run along under this highway for a 100m or so (about km 8.5) until you see a small road starting on the right - jump over the barrier and through a little bamboo patch to run along next to some restaurants (but watch for dogs!). At the end of the restaurants, take some stairs down, cross over the road and go behind the road barrier, turn left at the entrance to the gated compound (a chained dog should bark at you here, though he is used to me now so just sniffs!) and head along a little park back to the start. A run that, while not that long, will give you a good indication of the lack of oxygen at this altitude! - a 8968.9 m activity route in Kunming, China
Route Location
Start Lat/Lng: (24.960186, 102.63977799999998)
City: Kunming
Country Name: China
Country Code: CN
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Route Stats
Activity: Activity
Distance: 8968.9 m
Max Elevation: 2309.39 meters
Elevation Gain / Total Ascent: 529.6 meters
Data Source: run:RE
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