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    Rebel Routes: Spiral Into the Volcano

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    May 7, 2019
    LAST UPDATED October 1, 2021
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    “Rebel Routes” are Zwift rides which are not available on Zwift’s routes list, thus requiring manual navigation.

    See all rebel route posts >

    The reward for your rebel ride? Exploring a new route, knowing you’ve gone where few Zwifters have gone before. And a Strava segment rank in the tens or hundreds instead of the thousands!

    Route Description

    This is a long flat route which ends in a climb up the Volcano. It is most comparable to the Volcano Climb After Party event-only route, except Spiral Into the Volcano has an extra 10 miles of flat before the volcano climb.

    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.

    We begin at the downtown start/finish in the reverse direction. Ride around the Volcano Flat to Ocean Blvd then 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.

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    This route is quite flat, with nothing more than short pitches or rollers until the final Volcano KOM finish which is 2.3 miles (3.6km) long at an average gradient of 3%.

    Route details:
    Distance: 55.6km (34.6 miles)
    Elevation Gain: 324m (1,064′)

    Getting Started

    When freeriding, select the “Volcano Flat” route to begin–this reduces your number of manual turns required to just 6. You will spawn just before the downtown start banner.

    IMPORTANT: you must ride down through the banner then flip a u-turn and ride through the banner in the reverse direction to begin the route!

    Turn by Turn

    There are many intersections of this route, but typically only 6 manual turns are required. All other intersections should be routed correctly by default, but sometimes Zwift changes the default turns when you’re deep into a randonneuring rebel route, so stay vigilant.

    Here is the complete list of turns:

    1. Right to Volcano Circuit
    2. Right to Volcano Circuit CCW
    3. Right to Volcano Circuit
    4. Right (Straight) to Italian Villas
    5. Right to 360 Bridge
    6. Right to Sequoia Circle
    7. Left (Straight) to Sequoia Circle
    8. Right to Epic KOM
    9. Left to Desert Flats
    10. Right (Straight) to Desert Flats
    11. Left to Downtown
    12. Straight (Right) to Ocean Blvd
    13. Right to Downtown
    14. Right to Downtown
    15. Right to Volcano Circuit
    16. Right to Volcano Circuit CCW
    17. Right to Volcano Circuit
    18. Right (Straight) to Italian Villas
    19. Right to 360 Bridge
    20. Right to Sequoia Circle
    21. Left (Straight) to Sequoia Circle
    22. Left (Straight) to Downtown
    23. Left (Straight) to Downtown
    24. Right to Downtown
    25. Right to Volcano Circuit
    26. Right to Volcano Circuit CCW
    27. Right to Volcano Circuit
    28. Right (Straight) to Italian Villas
    29. Left to Sprint
    30. Left (Straight) to Sprint
    31. Left to Volcano Circuit
    32. Right to Volcano Circuit CCW
    33. Right to Volcano Circuit
    34. Left to Volcano Circuit CCW
    35. Left (Straight) to Volcano
    36. Left (Straight) to Volcano KOM

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      A.L.S.
      A.L.S.
      2 years ago

      Just rode this today (24th Dec 2020).
      Turn #13 was manual.
      There is a new turn between 29 & 30, presumably due to the 4 new roads; sorry, I can’t remember the name of the turn or whether it needed manual intervention (I switched between the options at the time but can’t remember the default)

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      Kerry Davies
      Kerry Davies
      2 years ago

      I did this route today. ALS said Turn #13 was manual, but it was automatic for me.

      The additional turn is there, between 29 & 30;

      29.1 Left (Straight) to Sprint

      This was an automatic turn for me (the alternative is Right to Bridge/Islands).

      Other than that all turns are as per the route above.

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      Nigel Tufnel
      Nigel Tufnel
      2 years ago

      The list of turns needs a new one between 29 and 30 to account for the addition of the connecting section added between the two bridges. The default direction appears to be straight, which is the direction you want to go for this route.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago

      I updated the turn list today to account for current roads.

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      Stephan
      Stephan
      1 year ago

      Rode it today, made a mistake at the beginning, so needed to do the first spiral again. But Strava didn’t recognize. Or dit I do sth other wrong? https://www.strava.com/activities/6287894506

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      Adrian
      Adrian
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Stephan

      The segment is showing on your activity.

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      Stephan
      Stephan
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Adrian

      Yes, I talked with Strava. But the Timing is stil wrong

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      Andrew Weston
      Andrew Weston
      1 year ago

      shouldn’t this route now be modified to add a new 2nd “spiral” down Titan’s Grove, so the spiral down Ocean Blvd would be spiral #3 now instead of #2.

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      Adrian
      Adrian
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Andrew Weston

      It also omits the Hilly KOM. Including either it or Titan’s grove would change it from being a long flat ride to something else entirely. There’s definitely potential for a similar route including the two hills though.

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      Adrian
      Adrian
      1 year ago

      I must be unlucky. I’ve just ridden this and there was only 5 or 6 automatic turns, every other one I had to adjust the direction. I missed a couple but thankfully noticed quickly enough to U-turn and still get the Strava segment

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      Mikeod
      Mikeod
      9 hours ago

      Rode this on 24/09/2023, don’t be put off by the number of turns, it’s easier than it looks! Great course. A couple of things to note: There is now a Climb Portal off the volcano island. Just ignore these altogether. You will pass it several times, so following Eric’s turns they would be 2a, 16a, 26a, 32a, 35a I think I had 7 manual turns, I tried to keep notes of them and approx distance: #8 9.9km #9 11.1km #10 12.5km #12 23.8km #29 43.6km #31 46km #34 49km (Also, iirc, I think step #35 is Left (Straight) to Volcano… Read more »

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