“Power to the Portal” Route Details (Watopia)
First unveiled in stage 3 of Off the MAAP 2024, this route has the potential to be something very special and unique in the world of Zwift. Right now, it routes you through Watopian roads including the new Jarvis Island before delivering you to the Watopia Climb Portal to ride the day’s featured climb (see Climb Portal schedule).
But there’s more: contacts within Zwift tell us the plan is to allow event organizers to select which climb is used on this route, opening up a world of possibilities since the route could feature any one of the 35+ climbs in the Portal!
(Note: our ZIMetrics below do not include the Climb Portal portion of this route.)
First unveiled in stage 3 of Off the MAAP 2024, this route has the potential to be something very special and unique in the world of Zwift. Right now, it routes you through Watopian roads including the new Jarvis Island before delivering you to the Watopia Climb Portal to ride the day’s featured climb (see Climb Portal schedule).
But there’s more: contacts within Zwift tell us the plan is to allow event organizers to select which climb is used on this route, opening up a world of possibilities since the route could feature any one of the 35+ climbs in the Portal!
(Note: our ZIMetrics below do not include the Climb Portal portion of this route.)
Route Basics
Length: 17.6 km (10.9 miles)
Elevation: 99m (325‘)
+0.9km (0.6 miles) lead-in with 3m (10‘) elevation
Map: Watopia
ZIMetrics
Rating: 8.6/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 34 minutes
3 W/kg: 28 minutes
4 W/kg: 26 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins in downtown Watopia with a short lead-in to the route start/finish line on Ocean Boulevard.
Restriction: Event Only
Sprint & KQOM Segments |
| Jarvis Sprint Reverse (0.2km, 0.2%) |
| Jarvis KOM Reverse (1.3km, 3.1%) |
Route Description
This route begins in downtown Watopia, with a short lead-in to the start line on Ocean Boulevard. From there, you’ll travel through the ocean tunnel before surfacing at the marina’s Fishing Village and riding the snaking climb up and out to the Italian Villas.
A quick left takes you down the Dirty Sorpressa and toward the Volcano via the land bridge, then another left takes you onto the Jarvis Island loop in a clockwise direction. You’ll first hit the Jarvis Sprint Reverse, then climb up the Jarvis KOM Reverse and down the other side past the Banjo Cafe and through the lap banner.
When you exit the Jarvis loop, you’ll get back onto the Volcano Circuit CW loop you had already begun. This is where the magic happens!
A left turn off of the Volcano Circuit road takes you out to the Climb Portal entrance. (By default, riding this route will take riders onto the day’s scheduled climb. But we hear that Zwift plans to allow event organizers to select which climb riders are taken to, which effectively turns this route into many routes!)
Event organizers may have your ride end at the top of the climb for a mountaintop finish. Or they may have your ride continue to the end of the Power to the Portal route. If they choose the later, you’ll ride the circle road atop the climb, then descend what you just ascended, before exiting the Climb Portal.
From that exit, you have less than 3km to the finish line. Ride back into downtown Watopia, then head out on Ocean Boulevard for the finish line, which is the same as the start line for the route.
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