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Alaska to Argentina Mexico Photostory Travel

May 9, 2017

San Cristobal de las Casas

A Highland Sanctuary. The town of San Cristobal de las Casas sits high in a mountain basin in Mexico’s southern-most state of Chiapas. After the simmering heat of 38 degree days in the lowlands 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 Alberta British Columbia Canada Cycle Touring GDMBR Montana Travel USA

October 19, 2016

Onto the Great Divide: Banff – Eureka

Our arrival in the Bow Valley, Alberta had been much anticipated; for there, in the scenic-as-anything tourist town of Banff, lay the start line of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) – our route…

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Alaska to Argentina Canada Cycle Touring Travel

October 5, 2016

Jasper to Banff: The Icefields Parkway

Departing Jasper (see previous post) our upcoming ride of the famous Icefields Parkway was much anticipated. We'd driven this route back in 2009, very much as tourists and without doing much in the way of…

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Alaska to Argentina Canada Cycle Touring Travel

October 5, 2016

East along the Yellowhead Highway

This post is long overdue, but to update followers fully, we’re currently biking the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route through the USA, a brilliant and challenging route that connects wilderness dirt roads and trails along…

San Cristobal de las Casas

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

Onto the Great Divide: Banff – Eureka

Jasper to Banff: The Icefields Parkway

East along the Yellowhead Highway

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San Cristobal de las Casas

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

Onto the Great Divide: Banff – Eureka

Jasper to Banff: The Icefields Parkway

East along the Yellowhead Highway

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