Putumayo · Colombia
Trampolín de la Muerte
RN10San Francisco to Mocoa
Colombia’s most notorious road snakes 75 km through cloud forest between San Francisco and Mocoa on a single-lane gravel shelf carved into vertiginous cliffs, named for the many fatal accidents along its edge.
From San Francisco at ~2,200 m the road plunges into cloud forest on 270-degree switchbacks, the gravel hugging a sheer cliff edge, alternating between jungle ridges and river gorges past waterfalls that cascade across the carriageway, down to Mocoa at 600 m in the upper Amazon. Travel only in dry weather; one night of rain can close it for days.
The Trampoline of Death is Colombia’s most notorious road, a single-lane gravel shelf hung over cloud-forest cliffs with no barriers. Drive it dry, slow, and never look down.
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Trampolín de la Muerte on the map47.0 mi · point to point
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Character
Steeper than 9 in 10 roads here in the catalogue.
Corners
busiest around mile 19Elevation
under 4%4–8%over 8%578.8 – 2,766.1 mPoints of interest3 stops
- Mirador el TrampolínViewpoint25 mi in
- RuineLandmark14 mi in
- Monumento a la RazaLandmark46 mi in
Hazards
- Landslides
- Narrow single-lane gravel
- Blind corners
- No guardrails
- Dense fog
- River crossings
- Heavy trucks
Sources
“70 km of pure wilderness, challenging road, and very light traffic. There are many blind corners and long one-lane stretches hugging the cliffs.”
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