Each day this week, the Des Moines Register will be presenting one of the daily maps for RAGBRAI 2025. Here's today's.
- Miles: 61.6.
- Feet of climb: 2,340.
- Theme: Tire Dip and RAGBRAI Jersey Day.
- Pass-through towns: Aurora, Stanley, Lamont, Dundee, Garber.
- Meeting town: Edgewood.
Highlights: Riders will get scenic views of the Mississippi River on portions of the final cruise into Guttenberg. But they will have to work for them. The final day has 2,340 feet of climb, almost one-fourth of the roughly 10,000 for the entire week.
RAGBRAI ended in Guttenberg in 1980, 1987, 1996, 2005 and 2014. When you line up for the Mississippi River tire dip, remember that the locals pronounce the name with a short u, as in “gut,” as opposed to the “goot” of the similarly named German city.
Philip Joens has ridden parts of 19 RAGBRAIs. He has completed the river-to-river trek eight times. He covers retail and real estate for the Des Moines Register and can be reached at 515-284-8184 or at pjoens@registermedia.com.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: RAGBRAI 2025 route: Day 7 map rolls from Oelwein to Guttenberg
