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CTH W Durwards Glen

CTH W Durwards Glen is 16.1 miles of loop riding through Columbia and Sauk Counties in Wisconsin — The Dells Region, the baraboo hills, the lower wisconsin river and the ridge roads between reedsburg and spring green. Moving time is about 20 minutes; allow 30 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-2, Easy: 20 corners, 139° of turning per mile, 1,153 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness: CS-2Easy · 1.25/mi
Distance: 16.1 mi20 min riding
Corners: 2057% sharp · Tight
Climbing: 1,153 ft72 ft/mi · Relentless
Shape: LoopQuick spin
Roads: 70% back road30% 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

Durward’s Glen is a historic and scenic spot with a chapel and natural beauty tucked into a small glen; the surrounding roads offer steep climbing and quiet countryside. Proximity to the Baraboo Hills and the Wisconsin River adds interest. The glen itself has a long history as a retreat and place of reflection. A short stop at Durward’s Glen, when the route allows, adds a contemplative pause to the physical effort. The climbing is honest; the traffic is light; the combination of effort and reflection is distinctive. Ideal for riders who want both physical engagement and a moment of quiet interpretation, and who appreciate the way a small, named place can anchor a larger landscape experience. Climb, pause at Durward’s Glen, look. The glen has been receiving visitors for a long time.

How it rides

20 corners over 16.1 miles — 1.25 a mile, and 139° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-2, Easy on the five-point curviness scale. 57% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.

What it climbs

The road climbs 1,153 feet in total, 72 feet per mile, between 855 and 1,260 feet — 405 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 225 feet over 1.2 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 12.0%. For this country that is relentless.

Surface, speed and traffic

Paved end to end. 70% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 30% state or US route. No posted speed limits are recorded for these roads. State traffic counts cover only 2% 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. 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
Big climbing

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.