“Serpentine 8” Route Details (Watopia)
Introduced in Zwift’s December 2020 update, Serpentine 8 is the first route to use the new Mayan Bridge road – a twisty stretch of dirt/stone/wood road crossing the jungle waters and bisecting the Mayan Jungle Circuit. This is a figure 8 route in terms of road layout, but it is ridden in such a way as to cover all roads (the Jungle Circuit and Mayan Bridge) in both directions. It also features a substantial lead-in which includes your first trip over the bridge.
Introduced in Zwift’s December 2020 update, Serpentine 8 is the first route to use the new Mayan Bridge road – a twisty stretch of dirt/stone/wood road crossing the jungle waters and bisecting the Mayan Jungle Circuit. This is a figure 8 route in terms of road layout, but it is ridden in such a way as to cover all roads (the Jungle Circuit and Mayan Bridge) in both directions. It also features a substantial lead-in which includes your first trip over the bridge.
Route Basics
Length: 19.4 km (12.1 miles)
Elevation: 206m (676‘)
+7.5km (4.7 miles) lead-in with 33m (108‘) elevation
Map: Watopia
ZIMetrics
Rating: 12.9/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 51 minutes
3 W/kg: 42 minutes
4 W/kg: 39 minutes
Start & Finish
You will spawn near the Jungle start pen, and have a long lead-in down to the Jungle start/finish banner before the actual route begins.
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 385 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Sprint & KQOM Segments |
| None |
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
The fastest bikes on this route are mountain bikes or gravel bikes with name-brand wheels Read more about Zwift MTB performance and Gravel Bike performance >
Route Description
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You’ll begin with a downhill lead-in from the Jungle pens, starting on tarmac (the only pavement on this route!) then changing to dirt. Partway down the Jungle Circuit descent you turn left onto the Mayan Bridge road, which twists and rolls over dirt, brick, and wood sections. 
These ruins are quite elaborate and a bit mysterious – word is Zwift may have some sort of steering game planned here in the future! Climb your way out of the Mayan Bridge section and continue your descent to the bottom of the circuit. When you ride through the Jungle start/finish banner you begin the actual Serpentine 8 route. The route begins on the Circuit in the clockwise direction, climbing up past the turnoff to the Alpe, around the top of the Circuit, and over the rope bridge before beginning the descent portion of the Circuit. Partway down this descent you will turn right onto the Mayan Bridge road, first descending in then climbing out (it is a bridge over water, after all). 
Then it’s a left turn back on to the Circuit, descending past the Alpe turnoff and riding through the start/finish banner in the counter-clockwise direction. It’s time to climb again – up this side of the Circuit, over the rope bridge, and descending down (wave hello to the sloth) before turning left onto the Mayan Bridge, like we did for the lead-in. Complete the bridge section, turn right to descend the rest of the Circuit, then go all-in for a fast finish over the line. Well done!
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