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Driftless Coulees: Wildcat Mountain & Mindoro Cut
United States · WI-33 / WI-108
The crown jewels of Wisconsin's unglaciated Driftless Area. Tackles the steep alpine-style hairpins over Wildcat Mountain into the Kickapoo River Valley, followed by WI-108 piercing the Mindoro Cut—the second deepest hand-cut highway rock chasm in North America (built in 1908).
Driftless Coulees: Wildcat Mountain & Mindoro Cut runs 58 miles between Hillsboro / Wildcat Mountain, WI and Mindoro / West Salem, WI. We count about 180 corners along it, which is flowing rather than tight. Demanding, and not a road to meet in the wet.
Tank-bag quick reference
- StartHillsboro / Wildcat Mountain, WI43.6522, -90.3444
- High720 ft - 1,360 ftelevation range
- EndMindoro / West Salem, WI44.02, -91.1
T-CLOCS before you go: tyres and wheels, controls and cables, lights and electrics, oil and fluids, chassis and stand.
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Questions riders ask
- How long does Driftless Coulees: Wildcat Mountain & Mindoro Cut take to ride?
- About 58 miles. At an unhurried pace with stops that is roughly 2 hours of riding, longer if you are stopping for photographs.
- Where does Driftless Coulees: Wildcat Mountain & Mindoro Cut start and end?
- It runs between Hillsboro / Wildcat Mountain, WI and Mindoro / West Salem, WI. Either end works as a start; the route reads the same in both directions.
- Is Driftless Coulees: Wildcat Mountain & Mindoro Cut a twisty road?
- We count about 180 corners across 58 miles, which is flowing rather than tight.
- Is there a GPX file for Driftless Coulees: Wildcat Mountain & Mindoro Cut?
- Yes. The GPX is free, there is no account, and the planner will build a route that includes this road alongside others nearby.
Where these numbers come from
Distances and corner counts come from the route's own geometry, not from ratings or votes. Nothing here is crowdsourced and nobody paid to appear.