After 65 days and 390,525 feet of climbing, I pedaled the final miles to the Mexican border on September 24, 2025, completing what I’m calling the “Full Suspension Continental Divide Trail” — a 3,352-mile bike-legal route from Canada to Mexico following the Continental Divide. This marks the fifth known completion of the Continental Divide Trail […]
Author: Mark Egge
66: The End!
WhenSeptember 23, 2025 Distance61.0 mi Time13h 50m Elevation Gain3573 ft Elevation Loss3799 ft Avg Speed7.3 mph Download GPX 66: Fin Waking early, I was on the trail comfortably before sunrise, eager to make some miles in the cool of the day. My day began with delightful singletrack winding through the desert and between knobs and […]
65: Southern Low Point
WhenSeptember 23, 2025 Distance66.3 mi Time12h 2m Elevation Gain4564 ft Elevation Loss6857 ft Avg Speed7.6 mph Download GPX 65: Low Point New Mexico to this point has been very much a desert environment, but high desert—reminiscent of Utah with its juniper trees and rocky, arid landscape. Reaching the low point of the Continental Divide Trail […]
64: Burro Mountains
WhenSeptember 22, 2025 Distance38.7 mi Time7h 14m Elevation Gain4341 ft Elevation Loss3471 ft Avg Speed6.9 mph Download GPX 64: Burro Mountains I’m very much savoring these last few days. I lingered around Silver City this morning, going from shop to shop, and barely making it out of town by noon. Silver City is, without a […]
63: Pinos Altos
WhenSeptember 21, 2025 Distance43.7 mi Time9h 41m Elevation Gain6037 ft Elevation Loss6424 ft Avg Speed5.6 mph Download GPX 63: Pinos Altos After a day of roads yesterday, today is nearly entirely singletrack up and over the Pinos Altos range to Silver City. Around 11 am today I caught my first sight of mountains in Mexico, […]