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Great Divide

Mountain Bike Route

For the past few years, during his trips between Utah and Washington, my Dad has preferred to take the "northern route". In Missoula, Montana, he made some friends at Adventure Cycling and started dreaming of a long distance bike packing trip. During the summer of 2004 we completed the first half of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) starting in the Port of Rooseville on the Canadian border and ending in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  Then during the following summer (2005) we finished the route down to Antelope Wells, New Mexico on the Mexican border. Physically, as you can imagine, it was quite grueling. The scenery we saw along the way, in addition to the people that we met, made it an unforgettable experience.

During the first half of the ride, I unfortunately did not keep very good records.  With the help of the book, maps, and pictures, I have gone back and filled in many of the gaps.  Included here is my complete journal - probably way more information than anyone needs to know, but I wanted to get it all recorded and posted in one location.  Click on the mileage below to see the specific stats or the days to see my journal entries and photos.

2,501.7 miles and 200,000 vertical feet of climbing in 57 days.

Days 1-20 Days 21-40 Days 41-57 Epilogue

The map above and the elevation profile below were taken with permission from Scott Morris' website covering his Great Divide ride in 2004.  We camped with Scott and Paula in the Red Rocks Wildlife Refuge in southern Montana and quickly became friends.  The elevation profile was done using Topofusion, a GPS mapping program he created.