Since its publication in 2016, the Baja Divide route has beckoned mid-winter adventurers to ramble south through its alluring shrub-steppe mountains and vast stretches of undeveloped coastline. Thanks to the vision, time and immense resources dedicated by route creators Nicholas Carman and Lael Wilcox, the Baja Divide has steadily earned its reputation as the venerable winter touring standard. This sprawling 1736-mile bikepacking route connects the Pacific Ocean with the Sea of Cortez, traversing every major Baja California mountain range along the way. The Baja Divide links historic Spanish mission sites rich in water and shade with remote ranchos, rural fishing villages and bustling highway towns via miles and miles of beautifully rugged backcountry desert tracks.
Using Pat Boyle’s updated 2023 GPX file, Sarah Swallow updated this multifaceted Ride with GPS resource for 2024. This includes Nicholas Carman’s original waypoints augmented by Sarah’s favorite POI compiled from her experience riding the complete Baja Divide one and a half times, the Cape Loop three times, and revisiting multiple sections over her seven trips to Baja California over the past nine years.
The Complete Baja Divide Route
Interested in bikepacking the Baja Divide? Get the goods on the entire route below, including Sarah’s updated POI resources for water, food, supplies, camp spots, critical route details and more. The entire route from San Diego to La Paz is available for download and navigation.
Baja Divide Collection
The Collection contains the entire Baja Divide route plus the course broken out into ten easily-digestible sections. Each of the ten sections contains POI marking towns, services, water, restaurants, trailheads, critical infrastructure, and more. Additionally, each section includes Sarah’s updates to Nicholas Carman’s comprehensive route guide notes, course descriptions, resupply information, and essential course details – everything you need to know to put it all together.
Details, Services, & Resupply
Looking for an easy way to budget supplies, water, time, and energy between services along the Baja Divide? This has you covered. Sarah has graciously provided access to her custom Baja Divide resupply cheat sheet, which details exact mile markers and distances between all services noted within each of the Baja Divide sections.
Want to go deeper? You can do that, too! This comprehensive Baja Divide route guide covers everything you need to know in explicit detail – from basic distances, key resupply points, and noteworthy highlights to detailed step-by-step overviews of road conditions, terrain, highlights, course warnings, with callouts for bike shops, ATM locations, and transit centers so you’ll know what to expect and how best to prepare for your Baja Divide experience!
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