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CTH W Clifton

CTH W Clifton is 23.1 miles of loop riding through Monroe County in Wisconsin — Coulee Region, the coulees, ridge tops and river bluffs of south-west wisconsin. Moving time is about 30 minutes; allow 45 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-5, Technical: 54 corners, 210° of turning per mile, 943 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness: CS-5Technical · 2.34/mi
Distance: 23.1 mi30 min riding
Corners: 5454% sharp · Tight
Climbing: 943 ft41 ft/mi · Hilly
Shape: LoopQuick spin
Roads: 100% back road0% state or US route
Traffic: Not countedno state counts on these roads
Speed limit: Unpostedno posted limits recorded

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About this road

County W in the Clifton area records the highest corner density in the entire set—2.34 corners per mile. Short, intense, and technically demanding, it is the purest “twisty” experience on the list. Every turn is earned by the underlying landform; there is no wasted road. The route is a perfect illustration of how Driftless topography forces continuous curvature. It is best ridden when the goal is maximum corners per mile and full concentration around Clifton. The scores are earned with unusual clarity by the sheer frequency of direction change. Pure geometric intensity—ideal for riders who want the most concentrated expression of Coulee Region road character in the shortest possible distance. Preparation and focus are essential; the reward is proportional to the demand. Maximum corners on CTH W, minimum distance. The land forces every turn.

How it rides

54 corners over 23.1 miles — 2.34 a mile, and 210° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-5, Technical on the five-point curviness scale. 54% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.

What it climbs

The road climbs 943 feet in total, 41 feet per mile, between 931 and 1,173 feet — 242 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 107 feet over 0.6 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 7.6%. For this country that is hilly.

Surface, speed and traffic

Paved end to end. 100% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 0% state or US route. No posted speed limits are recorded for these roads. State traffic counts cover only 1% of these miles, too little to put a number on, which is itself a fair sign of how quiet they are.

Where to stop

Nothing listed on this road yet. It passes 3 places and we have nothing listed in any of them. Some of these places are a church and a grain bin rather than a village. Carry what you need, and start with a full tank.

We would rather say a road has nothing on it than fill the space with a guess — a stop that is not there is worse than no stop at all when you are thirty miles from anywhere.

Backroads
Loop
Twisty

Turn-by-turn directions and the spoken guidance are in the app. Every figure on this page is measured from the route itself — corner counts and gradients from the road geometry, elevation from NASA SRTM, traffic from the state transport department where counts exist.