The Llama Ranch, swimming breaks, endless human kindness, and our goodbye to USA. Great Divide Day 36-41
Full disclosure. This section was THE BEST section of the entire Great Divide MTB tour. In part because of the beauty and endless flowing water but also in large part because we met so many amazing, generous humans along this stretch. Nearly every single day from Butte to Eureka was graced with kindness and generosity, and I am so touched by these experiences. Day 36: Butte to Helena, MT 81 miles; 6,463 ft of elevation gain: Strava map Our rest day, a true rest day where we d
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Tetons, Idaho, and Montana: we broke 2000 miles! Great Divide Day 29-35
Day 29: Raspberry Creek to Togwotee Lodge, WY 49 miles; 4,058 ft of elevation gain We woke up in our peaceful creek side camp without any urgency, sleeping until after 8 AM. Since we were ending the day at another campsite (the plan was Turpin campground) instead of racing to a town, there was no reason to rush. After filtering fresh water from Raspberry Creek, we rolled out around 10 AM. Uri and I got a head start on Casey this morning while she hung around camp a little lon
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Halfway to Canada, crossed the Great Basin, 4th of July. Great Divide: Day 22-28
Day 22: Steamboat Springs to Public Land 32 miles; 2,930 ft of elevation gain After several big days on the bike, Casey, Uri, Pat, and I enjoyed a slow morning in Steamboat Springs. Before leaving our hotel, Uri and I did laundry, although whoever had used the washing machine before us must have been cleaning fishing gear because every piece of clothing came out smelling like fish. We didn’t have time to rewash, so we sucked it up for the foreseeable future. While everyone el
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Smoke reroute, Leadville detour, Climax CO, and river rafting. Great Divide: Day 15- 21
Please excuse the typos, I’m writing on tour! Day 15: Horca, CO to Del Norte, CO 71 miles; 5,968 ft of gain The morning in Horca was freezing. When we woke up, the inside of our tent was coated in ice from the condensation that had frozen overnight. Fortunately, as the sun finally crested the mountains, the valley began to warm, and by 8:00 AM we were packed up and rolling. We spent the morning riding with Trey, a 59-year-old science teacher from Kansas. He originally started
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