| Day | Start | Finish | Distance to cycle | Pass to cross? | Road condition | Activities/Highlights | Accommodations |
| 1Friday |
Arrive in Chengdu, program starts |
team meeting in evening | hotel | ||||
| 2 Saturday | Chengdu | Kangding. 2500 m | Erlangshan Tunnel, Luding Bridge | hotel | |||
| 3 Sunday | Kangding (start biking at Tsoto La, 4290 m) | Xinduqiao, 3500 m | 48 km |  |
Downhill all the way, paved | Spectacular views from the pass, see first Tibetan houses and yak pasture | guest house |
| 4 Monday | Xinduqiao | Tagong, 3700 m |
38 km | gentle rise, paved |
Morning: a pleasant ride along a river. Afternoon: socialize with nomads camped beneath the sacred mountain | family-owned hostel | |
| 5 Tues |
Tagong |
Bamei, 3420 m | 32 km | Drepa La pass, 4420 m. | Paved road. This ride can be done in half a day. | Visit Tagong Monastery prior to departure. | Family-owned Tibetan style guesthouse |
| 6 Wed | Bamei | Dawu, 3040 m |
78 km | Nedreheka La, 4115 m | A slow climb, long traverse on high steppe, a pass, then a steep descent. All paved except one 15-km downhill portion. | |
The grandiose Tibetan-style Shambala Hotel |
| 7 Thur | Dawu | Luhuo, 3230 m | 75 km | |
Up and down, paved | countryside |
hotel |
| 8 Fri | Luhuo | Ganzi, 3310 m | 97 km | Latseka La, 3962 m | Slow ascent for 68 km, pass, 19 km descent. This is a hard day. Paved. | countyside, pasture, Khasa Lake | hotel |
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9 Sat |
Ganzi | Rongbatsa, 3600 m | 30 km | |
Barely perceptible climb. Probably newly paved. | Countryside. Half day of riding, half day of rest and
bathing in the hotspring |
Deshi Hotspring Guest House, a rinpoche's personal retreat. |
| 10 Sun | Ronbongbatsa |
Maniganggo, 3800 m |
66 km | Haizi Pass, 4170 m | Climb to a pass, then long slow descent. Probably newly paved. | pastureland, nomads | Guest house |
| 11 Mon | Maniganggo | Xinlu Lake, 3970 m | 15 km | Moderately difficult but brief ascent, probably paved. | One hour of riding followed by a long rest at the lake, which is sacred and very scenic. | Log house belonging to the monk who looks after the nature reserve. | |
| 12 Tue | Xinlu Lake | Dege, 3220 m | 90 km | Tro La, 5050 m |
Long,
difficult ascent,
followed by
thrilling
descent.
Some unpaved portions. |
Uninhabited high plateau, followed by pastureland, forest, farmland. | Hotel |
| 13 Wed | Dege |
Dege | No riding! Rest, eat, recover. | Visit to Dege Printing House, Goenchen Monastery, shopping, free time. | Hotel |
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| 14 Thu | Dege | Luhuo | |
Visit to Luhuo Monastery, time permitting. | hotel | ||
| 15 Fri | Luhuo | Kangding |
34 km
decent |
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Biking portion is steeply downhill. | Optional: At Tseto Pass, get out of the bus, and ride bike down this steep hill back to Kangding. | hotel |
| 16 Sat | Kangding | Chengdu | Farewell party. | hotel | |||
| 17 Sun |
program ends |
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