ir0011 - Yelagiri 300

About:

Inspired by the interest in the Basavanabeta climb and the previous Fourteen Poets 400 and Bliss in the Hills 1200 routes, this new route offers the riders a glimpse of ride in the night in highways and a hill climb at the early morning.

The ride starts at the Silk Board. The riders will take the NH7 to descend to Krishnagiri, then take NH 46 to go towards Vaniyambadi. On the way, the riders will take a detour to Yelagiri near Bargur. It is a 'Go, climb and claim the 14 hairpin bends of Yelagiri, and track back the same route to reach Bangalore'.

Surface:

Most part of the route is 6 laned highway. Rest of the route (including 2 climbs) is two laned, and almost all the sections are well tarred. Overall, the route is completely roadbikable.

Traffic:

Expect heavy traffic even at night on the highways NH 7 and NH 46. Traffic will be medium / less in other sections of the route..

Terrain:

Here is the elevation profile generated by utrack.crempa.net for the route from data provided by gpsvisualizer.com, there is about 2953m of climbing.