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Boone Bike Viaduct Loop

Cycling Route

Details

48.62 mi

3,914 ft

48.62 mile loop down scenic Poplar Grove Rd., Shull's Mill Rd., Highway 221, and the Blue Ridge Parkway - including riding over the iconic Lynn Cove Viaduct - returning to the shop via the gravel Flannery Fork Rd.

Created By

Charlie D

August 5, 2025·Public

Route and Elevation

Segments

Name	Distance	Elev. Diff.	Avg. Grade
High School gruel	0.23 mi	72 ft	5.5%
Clark's Curve SB	0.33 mi	3 ft	0.2%
Speed Limit	0.38 mi	23 ft	1.1%
Boone GF section 1	3.87 mi	646 ft	3.2%
Winkler-Russ Cornett	3.25 mi	663 ft	3.8%
Up and out of town	0.51 mi	108 ft	4.0%
MGCC Russ Cornett	2.53 mi	528 ft	4.0%
Russ Cornett (Winklers Creek to Diamond Ranch)	1.43 mi	364 ft	4.8%
Russ Cornett	1.27 mi	341 ft	5.1%
Russ Cornett (Apple Cr to Diamond Ranch)	0.35 mi	125 ft	6.7%
Poplar Grove Descent	0.89 mi	-318 ft	-6.7%
shulls from poplar	2.69 mi	413 ft	2.6%
Shulls Mill Rd. top	1.10 mi	269 ft	4.6%
To Rim Rock	0.40 mi	95 ft	4.4%
Top of Shulls	0.50 mi	-85 ft	-0.4%
Up Up and Away	11.78 mi	906 ft	1.5%
221 to big rock test	7.25 mi	502 ft	1.3%
221 Backside of Grandfather	9.28 mi	643 ft	1.3%
Up past Holloway	1.41 mi	312 ft	4.2%
Boone Gran Fondo 25 Timed Section 2 (NOT official, but close)	7.70 mi	390 ft	1.0%
the fast fun curly part in between	4.33 mi	-108 ft	-0.1%
Blowing Rock Highway Climb	0.79 mi	269 ft	6.3%
221 to Pilot Mtn Overlook	3.81 mi	180 ft	0.8%
Cold Prong Decent	3.22 mi	-823 ft	-4.8%
After The Fall	1.64 mi	-144 ft	-1.5%
Sims (BRP)	1.28 mi	384 ft	5.7%
Flannery fok gravel	4.17 mi	-509 ft	-2.3%
Flannery Dirt Throwdown	1.72 mi	-144 ft	-1.3%
The Winkler Challenge	3.11 mi	-505 ft	-2.9%
winkler's creek descent	2.16 mi	-279 ft	-2.4%
The half wink descent	1.81 mi	-220 ft	-2.2%
Winklers Flats	0.49 mi	-49 ft	-1.8%
Reverse Speed Limit II	0.37 mi	-20 ft	-0.8%
Reverse Speed Limit	0.38 mi	-20 ft	-0.8%

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Boone Bike Viaduct Loop

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Route and Elevation

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