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Alaska to Argentina Arizona California New Mexico USA

February 6, 2017

West: Hachita – San Diego

With our ride south along the Great Divide route now finished, it was time to head west towards San Diego. From there we planned to join the Baja Divide mountain bike route south through the…

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Alaska to Argentina Bike Packing Cycle Touring GDMBR New Mexico Travel USA

February 3, 2017

Great Divide NM: Grants – Hachita

The ride from Grants to Hachita was the closing chapter of our amazing tour along the Great Divide mountain bike route. A ride that had transected dense forests, windswept sagebrush basins, high deserts and small…

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Alaska to Argentina Bike Packing Colorado Cycle Touring GDMBR New Mexico Travel USA

December 16, 2016

Great Divide: Platoro CO – Grants NM

Within a few hours of leaving the shady alpine valley of Platoro we had crossed into New Mexico – the last state traversed in our journey along the Continental Divide of the USA. As we pedalled…

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Alaska to Argentina Bike Packing Colorado Cycle Touring GDMBR Travel USA

December 15, 2016

Great Divide CO: Salida to Platoro

Colorado's theme of long – but generally moderately graded – climbs continued as we passed through the centre of the state towards its border with New Mexico. Our route along the eastern edge of the…

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Alaska to Argentina Bike Packing Colorado Cycle Touring GDMBR Travel USA

December 13, 2016

Great Divide: Ladder Ranch – Salida, CO

We rode out of Wyoming in a snow storm and into Colorado with brighter days forecast. Comforting, considering that the Colorado section of the Great Divide holds all of this route's highest climbs: Boreas, Marshall…

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Alaska to Argentina Bike Packing Cycle Touring Travel USA Wyoming

November 28, 2016

Great Divide WY: Pinedale – Ladder Ranch

A much anticipated section of the Great Divide awaited us as we left Pinedale to head south towards the Colorado Border: the Great Divide Basin. This seemingly endless expanse of dry, windswept sagebrush and dusty grasslands…

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Alaska to Argentina Bike Packing Cycle Touring GDMBR Idaho Travel USA Wyoming

November 18, 2016

Great Divide ID & WY: Macks Inn – Pinedale

With Wyoming and Idaho in the grip of the first really cold and snowy storm of autumn we decided to take a rest; leaving the Man Cave to ride a few kilometres down to Macks Inn, Idaho proper.…

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Alaska to Argentina Bike Packing Cycle Touring GDMBR Montana Travel USA

November 17, 2016

Great Divide MT: Elkhorn – Macks Inn

Beyond the mountain hot springs of Elkhorn we left the intimate environment of Montana’s forests behind as the landscape of the Continental Divide took on a different character. The valleys and ranges broadened to create…

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Alaska to Argentina Cycle Touring GDMBR Montana Travel USA

November 11, 2016

Great Divide MT: Helena – Elkhorn

Lying mostly east of the Continental Divide, this section of the Great Divide mountain bike route was our first introduction to the big sage brush basins and more arid, open forest of the divide highlands;…

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Alaska to Argentina Cycle Touring GDMBR Montana USA

October 30, 2016

Great Divide Montana: Eureka – Helena

We left the wilderness corridor of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route at Eureka, MT in late August after a fantastic first week biking the trail down from Banff. Late summer weather had made the days…

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West: Hachita – San Diego

Great Divide NM: Grants – Hachita

Great Divide: Platoro CO – Grants NM

Great Divide CO: Salida to Platoro

Great Divide: Ladder Ranch – Salida, CO

Great Divide WY: Pinedale – Ladder Ranch

Great Divide ID & WY: Macks Inn – Pinedale

Great Divide MT: Elkhorn – Macks Inn

Great Divide MT: Helena – Elkhorn

Great Divide Montana: Eureka – Helena

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