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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Food deserts, no water, huge climbs. We enter Colorado! Day 8-14 on the Great Divide
Day 8 Grants, NM to BLM land (20 miles before Cuba) 100 miles; 4665 ft of gain We slept in! And gosh did we really need it. Leftover taco salad for breakfast and rollout at 7:30 AM; Pat stayed back to have a slower morning. I highly recommend the Lava Hostel as a Warmshowers place to stay. The self check-in, check-out, showers, etc was perfect for anyone on tour. The day was all pavement with pretty speedy rolling hills. In some areas, you could see the road go on forever ex
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We start the Great Divide, northbound! First 7 day report
Pardon the typos, I’m writing this while on tour! Quick flashback to 2022: Uri, Casey, and I dip our wheels in the Pacific Ocean in California and start heading East to the Atlantic. We biked the Southern Tier route in ~53 days (Uri joined us for the first week). Now, 4 years later and with more experience, we return to bike the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route! The three of us met at the El Paso airport at 11 AM, dragging our bulky bike boxes outside where a Warmshowers host
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Biking from New Mexico to Canada on the GDMBR: Gear Shakedown
Great divide mountain bike ride packing list for Summer 2026!
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