Distance
98 mi
Duration
3h 15m
Checkpoints
8
Road type
Mountain twisty
Region
Mid-Atlantic
Length
Long (50-100 miles)
Surface
Paved - modern
Intensity
Spirited
Season
Fall
Winter status
Sometimes closed
About
Motorcycling the High Mountain Country of Virginia is a stellar experience with mountaintop elevations. Appalachian Backroads celebrates our newest route, "RoadRUNNER," with stunning mountain roads that are heavily forested and travel through several small villages. This route is a favorite for riders in spring, summer and fall.
The road
RoadRUNNER in Gate City, Mid-Atlantic is graded at 1,030 corners, about 10.5 for every mile you drive. 135 of them are genuinely tight (13% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 10 m radius. The longest straight runs 2.0 miles, so there is room to breathe between the technical sections.
- Graded corners
- 1,030
- Tight (1–2)
- 135
- Tightest radius
- 10 m
- Corners per mile
- 10.5
Corners are graded from the road’s own geometry on the rally 1–6 scale, where 1 is a hairpin. Road & Rally calls them out as you drive.
Checkpoints
8
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Fastest times
No one has a time on this road yet. Drive it start to finish in the Road & Rally app and the first run sets the record.
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