“Spiral Into the Volcano” Route Details (Watopia)
Announced as a Rebel Route in May 2019, Spiral Into the Volcano was created because we were looking for a longer, flat route with a spicy finish. If you follow this route on a map you’ll see how it was named: an ever-tightening counter-clockwise spiral which culminates in the spiral climb up the volcano.
This route was added to the Zwift canon in January 2024 to host the final stage of Tour de Zwift 2024.
Announced as a Rebel Route in May 2019, Spiral Into the Volcano was created because we were looking for a longer, flat route with a spicy finish. If you follow this route on a map you’ll see how it was named: an ever-tightening counter-clockwise spiral which culminates in the spiral climb up the volcano.
This route was added to the Zwift canon in January 2024 to host the final stage of Tour de Zwift 2024.
Route Basics
Length: 55.8 km (34.7 miles)
Elevation: 336m (1,102‘)
+0.2km (0.1 miles) lead-in
Map: Watopia
ZIMetricsBETA
Rating: 27.1/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
2 W/kg: 107 minutes
3 W/kg: 88 minutes
4 W/kg: 79 minutes
Start & Finish
Events begin at the downtown Watopia start pens, and end atop the Volcano KOM.
Achievement Badge: 1030 XP
Sprint & KQOM Segments |
Fuego Flats Reverse (7.1km, 0%) |
JWB Sprint (0.36km, -0.1%) |
Volcano KOM (3.8km, 3.2%) |
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
Aero is your best choice here, since there is very little climbing and even the volcano KOM finish is quite draftable. See Fastest Bike Frames and Wheels at Each Zwift Level >
Route Description
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We begin at the downtown start/finish in the reverse direction. Ride around the Volcano Flat to Ocean Blvd then into Fuego Flats for a nice flat run through the desert which includes the longest timed “sprint” on Zwift.
Ride through downtown Watopia and around Volcano Flat a second time, but this time when we get on Ocean Blvd we’ll take that all the way back through downtown Watopia. The spiral begins!
Once more through downtown and around Volcano Flat, then hang a left at the Italian Villas to go over The Esses and back to the Volcano. We’ll loop once around the volcano (one lap of Volcano Circuit CCW), then hang a left for the Volcano Climb finish. The route ends at the top of the Volcano as you cross under the KOM banner.