Plan the ride before the ride
Free tools built from what we learned crossing the Andes with groups every season. No sign-up, nothing to install; the answers stay in the link so you can share them.
Border crossing checklist
Whose bike is it, and who rides? Get the exact papers for each Argentina-Chile customs post, in the order the officers ask for them. Printable, shareable.
Open the tool When to goSeason planner
Pick a region and see all twelve months at a glance: daylight hours computed by latitude, typical highs, wind, crowds, and which passes and ferries close.
Open the tool Which bikeAdventure bike comparator
The nine bikes we have reviewed side by side: power, weight, seat height, fuel, suspension travel and price. Filter, sort, and put three next to each other.
Open the tool FuelFuel range calculator
Every fuel station on 20 segments of Ruta 40 and the Andes, the longest gaps, and a refuelling plan for your tank, your consumption and the wind.
Open the tool The roadsRoute atlas
Twenty segments of Ruta 40, the lakes and the Northwest measured on open data: pavement, altitude, fuel stops, the longest gaps and the wind by month, with written notes for the roads we ride.
Open the tool NavigateRoute map and GPX
All twenty segments on one interactive map with every fuel station, and a free GPX file for each segment and each loop, ready for your navigator.
Open the toolPaperwork, dates and borders, done for the whole group.
On the Andes Crossing and the Andean Highlands the customs forms, the authorizations and the timing are ours to worry about. You ride.