Zwift Teases “Wild Isles” Watopia Expansion Routes

Today, Zwift used the Companion app to tease details about the new routes coming to Watopia on Monday, October 26. The expansion is called the “The Wild Isles”, and it’s an archipelago island chain with some nods toward Catalina Island.

The as-yet-unreleased routes are marked “event only” in the Companion app, making them easy to find. Just tap “Routes” from the homepage, then Watopia, then filter the list by Event Only routes:

New Route Details

The following new routes are listed in Companion. Click the route name for a few more details. (These route homepages will become much richer once the expansion goes live and we can add photos, text descriptions, videos, etc.)

• Caldera Coaster (5.9km, 12m): A simple lap of the caldera portion of the expansion, corresponding to the “Caldera Cruiser Reverse” lap segment (below). This is a fairly flat figure 8.
• California Dreamin’ (21.2km, 106m): Starts in the caldera area of the expansion, but heads over to the Hilly KOM and a few other old-school Watopia proper roads before coming back to the caldera to complete the circuit.
• California Roll (33.9km, 139m): A flat route the covers all the road of four different Watopia circuits: the new Seafoam Circuit, the Caldera Cruiser, the Volcano Circuit, and the Flat Route.
• Four Foalsmen (70.2km, 578m): The baby brother of the Four Horsemen still takes on four KOM segments (Titans Grove, Volcano, Jarvis, Hilly), but with much less climbing than its big brother.
• Laps, Camera, Traction (26.4km, 217m): Starts at the new Seafoam Circuit, then heads through Avalon to the Jungle, where we complete a figure 8 before heading back to complete the Seafoam Circuit.
• Pacific Pursuit (54.2km, 381m): A scenic route that takes in a diverse set of Watopian biomes. From downtown Watopia to the Wild Isles, into the Jungle and across the Epic KOM Cutoff before heading out to Fuego Flats and returning to downtown via Titans Grove.
• Seafoam Circuit (4.1km, 18m): A short figure-8 circuit hosted in the bison-friendly Seafoam Circuit island group. This route is analogous to the Seafoam Circuit Reverse lap segment (below).
• The Watopia 150! (151.6km, 0m): We can all agree this one is just a bit crazy, right? It’s like a drawn-out Cirque du Suffer. 30 laps of the expansion’s “Power Islands” section, which has its own “Lightning Lap” segment (see below). An 0 elevation across 150 km? Move over, Tempus Fugit. There’s a new flat route in town.
• Watt Goes Up Must Come Down (62.5km, 776m): Start at the caldera, cross the power islands to the Seafoam Circuit, then ride down through the Jungle and out onto the Southern Coast Road. That’s the flat bit done. Now it’s time to climb! Climb The Grade, keep climbing over the Epic KOM, then go out to Titans Grove before returning to complete your big loop.

Leaderboard Segments

Companion app details include a simple map plus route length, elevation, time estimate, and segments, which means we’re able to see the details of the expansion’s segments as well, which include:

• Caldera Cruiser
• Caldera Cruiser Reverse
• Lightning Lap
• Lightning Lap Reverse
• Seafoam Circuit
• Seafoam Circuit Reverse
• Sunset Sprint
• Sunset Sprint Reverse

That’s Not All…

There are more new routes to come which aren’t yet visible in Companion, including:

• Lava Legs (4km): Tour of Watopia Stage 4’s run route
• One Ride to Rule Them All (38.7km, 506m): Tour of Watopia Stage 5’s long ride
• Molten Momentum (20.8km, 245m): Tour of Watopia Stage 5’s standard ride and race
• Crit Cross (13.5km, 36m): Tour of Watopia Stage 5’s short ride
• Run: Lightning Lap (5km): Tour of Watopia Stage 5’s run route

We’ll publish details as they are made available. Until then, here are two recent Insta teasers from Zwift:

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