Trans Andes Challenge

Best 5 mountain bike days ever in your lifetime!
5

days

300

km

9,000

up

3/5
Transandes Challenge is an international stage mountain bike competition that takes place in the Andes Mountain Range, Araucanía Region, Southern Chile. Over the course of 5 days, the 400 competitors, representing 25 different nationalities, must surpass 5 stages ranging from 45 to 112 kilometers a day! They will be about 300 kilometers to cover, and more than 9,000 meters of accumulated ascent.
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Huilo Huilo – Huilo Huilo
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Huilo Huilo – Huilo Huilo
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Huilo Huilo – Huilo Huilo
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Huilo Huilo – Pucón
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Pucón – Pucón
Endurance
4/5
Overall
3/5
Technic
3/5
Days
4/5
Distance
2/5
Up/down
4/5

Explanation

Overall ​Upwards rounded rating baesd on the avarage score of ​endurance, technic, ​days, distance and up/down. Unfortunately the judgment undoubtedly contains subjective elements, please make your own assessments and prepare well!

Endurance Requirements for endurance (unfortunately the judgment undoubtedly contains subjective elements, please make your own assessments and prepare well!).
1 star basic endurance required. 2 stars above average endurance required. 3 stars above average endurance required, partly due to extreme or changing weather conditions (hot, cold, rain, mud, etc.). 4 stars more than above average endurance required, including due to extreme or changing weather conditions. 5 stars way above average endurance / professional endurance, including due to extreme or changing weather conditions. 

Technic Indication of the technical difficulty of the average stages (unfortunately the judgment undoubtedly contains subjective elements, please make your own assessments and prepare well!).
1 star flat or slightly sloping roads with a level surface and/or asfaltos, no or hardly no singletracks. 2 stars mainly off road, but flat or slightly sloping roads with a level surface and some singletracks. 3 stars mainly off-road with single tracks, roots and / or rocks and / or sandy parts in hilly surroundings. 4 stars mainly off road with singletracks, roots and/or rocks and/or sandy pieces including steep climbs and/or downhills in mountainous surroundings. 5 stars mainly off-road, technical passages, steep climbs, fast descents including natural jumps and drops, changing surfaces both up and down.

Days Number of days of the event.
1 star 2 days or less. 2 stars 3 days. 3 stars 4 days. 4 stars 5 days. 5 stars 6 days or more

Distance Average kilometers per stage.
1 star 40 km or less. 2 stars 40- 59 km. 3 stars 60- 79 km. 4 stars 80 - 99 km. 5 stars 100 km or more. 

Up/down Average uphill meters per stage.
1 star 500 meters or less. 2 stars 501 - 1,000 meters. 3 stars 1,001 - 1,500 meters. 4 stars 1,501 - 2,000 meters. 5 stars 2,001 meters or more.

Trans Andes Challenge

Best 5 mountain bike days ever in your lifetime!
5

days

300

km

9,000

up

3/5
Transandes Challenge is an international stage mountain bike competition that takes place in the Andes Mountain Range, Araucanía Region, Southern Chile. Over the course of 5 days, the 400 competitors, representing 25 different nationalities, must surpass 5 stages ranging from 45 to 112 kilometers a day! They will be about 300 kilometers to cover, and more than 9,000 meters of accumulated ascent.
Trans Andes Challenge Placeholder
Trans Andes Challenge
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Trans Andes Challenge (overlay)

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Trans Andes Challenge

Best 5 mountain bike days ever in your lifetime!
5

days

300

km

9,000

up

3/5
Transandes Challenge is an international stage mountain bike competition that takes place in the Andes Mountain Range, Araucanía Region, Southern Chile. Over the course of 5 days, the 400 competitors, representing 25 different nationalities, must surpass 5 stages ranging from 45 to 112 kilometers a day! They will be about 300 kilometers to cover, and more than 9,000 meters of accumulated ascent.
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Trans Andes Challenge
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