Vuelta Altas Cumbres is 75 miles with about 6,330 feet of climbing in the Argentine Andes, ridden high — the course averages above 7,000 feet, with variable mountain conditions. It is a mountain-gravel climbing day at real altitude.
This is an eight-week plan for the Vuelta’s climbing and altitude, built around the hours you have — and it assumes you’re already riding with a base. Eight weeks sharpens your climbing and tired-legs riding; it isn’t enough to build that fitness from scratch.
75 MI · 6,330 FT CLIMBING · ~7.5K FT ALTITUDE · 8 WEEKS · 7–11 HR/WK · FINISHER
WHAT'S INSIDE
- Structured workouts on your calendar, with real power and heart-rate graphs
- Strength work built in, with video walkthroughs
- Weekly notes from me, plus the Gravel Grit mental program
- A testing week, so the plan runs on your real numbers
- The full Vuelta Altas Cumbres guide — terrain, gearing, fueling
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Why?
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