We headed out around 08:20 after huckleberry pancakes at a local cafe. It was a beautiful cool morning and we made great time riding on undulating paved and gravel roads. We also saw a number of deer including a very large buck. At one snack stop we noticed clouds of butterflies in the pine trees. … Continue reading Day 10- Beautiful Flathead Lake at Big Fork, MT
We left our beautiful camp on Red Meadow Lake around 09:00 this morning with only a 30 mile ride to Whitefish, MT. It was cool, but not cold, and mostly downhill for the first 10 miles or so. Our new, lighter trailers handle so much better on the downhills on loose gravel- we fly now! … Continue reading Day 9- a quick ride into Whitefish, MT
It was 42 degrees when we broke camp this morning- Buck had two cups of hot coffee and JD two mochas. It takes us about two hours to have breakfast, break camp and pack everything up so we hit the road around 9:00- also pretty typical for us so far. We had an immediate 1,300′ … Continue reading Day 8 of the G- two passes in one day!
We had a busy morning: breakfast, going to the UPS store to ship stuff home (Johnny D 11 lbs, Buck ~12.5 lbs- we are so excited to have smaller, lighter trailers!!), stop at a drug store for more salt tablets and then the grocery store to get lunch for three days (a jar of peanut … Continue reading Day 7 of the GD: an oasis enroute to Whitefish
After a very lovely evening we blasted out of camp around 9:00 and pounded up the hills we rode down to the lake the previous evening. It took us less than an hour (about 10 miles) to reach Roosville and we were whisked through customs in no time. After 10 more hilly, windy miles we … Continue reading Day 6 of the GDM- through the border at Roosville and into Montana!
After a great nights sleep (on a bed!) in our hostel we walked into town and had bagel sandwiches and big mugs of cafe mocha with lots of whipped cream on top. A thunderstorm with hard rain passed as we finished getting ready and we finally hit the road a bit after 08:30. It was … Continue reading Day 5 of the GDMB- our last night in Canada!
We left our campsite in Elkford around 07:30 to get breakfast in a pizzeria. After a very hearty breakfast we hit the road and it turned out to be paved for about 1/4 mile then singletrack with hairpin curves and very steep slopes. It was hard, exciting and dangerous if you happened to be towing … Continue reading Day 4 of the GDMBR: a hot and windy ride to Fernie, BC
It was cold when we woke up this morning- in the mid 40’s. We each had a fantastic mights sleep- being tired and after cleaning off in a river. The route today was all big rolling hills through beautiful scenery that risks becoming mundane- I mean it’s just one stunning mountain after another… We did’n’t … Continue reading Day 3 of the GDMBR- a hard ride to Elkford, BC
After ending Day 1 at 7 pm at an impromptu camping location, with a “No Camping” sign, we awoke the next morning at about 7 am and departed camp around 945 am. The campsite was located about 200 yds off a sometimes busy, and always dusty road. Just as we got to the road, a … Continue reading Day two of the GDMBR and our first crossing of the Continental Divide!
Well, day one was a tough one… Our cool Bob Ibex trailers are really heavy- about 70 lbs when loaded- and they make our bikes handle very squirrelly. Our first 15-20 miles had many very steep, rocky hills that we just couldn’t pedal up…and pushing the bike and trailer up was soul crushing and extremely … Continue reading Great Divide Mountain Bike Route day 1!
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