WhenAugust 5, 2025 Distance47.9 mi Time12h 4m Elevation Gain8159 ft Elevation Loss7972 ft Avg Speed5.5 mph Download GPX 16: Beaverheads The 18 miles from Schultz Creek to chief Joseph pass were mostly easy and fun, and involved a few fun moments of filling in the mental map (“oh, I’ve skied there!”), Crossed Gibbons Pass where […]
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15: A Tree Falls in the Forest
WhenAugust 4, 2025 Distance40.9 mi Time7h 58m Elevation Gain4688 ft Elevation Loss2871 ft Avg Speed7.7 mph Download GPX 15: A Tree Falls in the Forest After a leisurely morning in Wisdom, I pedaled down the road to the Big Hole National Battlefield, which retells the history of a U.S. Army massacre of a group of […]
14: Pintlers and Big Hole
WhenAugust 3, 2025 Distance77.5 mi Time10h 28m Elevation Gain5262 ft Elevation Loss7500 ft Avg Speed8.5 mph Download GPX 14: Pintlers and Big Hole After camping high last night I rode down this morning to meet Sam who joined me for some miles today. We enjoyed a recently built stretch of CDT in the foothills of […]
13: The Road to Wisdom Part 2
WhenAugust 2, 2025 Distance55.3 mi Time12h 11m Elevation Gain9806 ft Elevation Loss8284 ft Avg Speed5.8 mph Download GPX 13: The Road to Wisdom Part 2 A bit of a low energy/flat affect day. Spent the first half of the day riding trails that, as part of the Butte 100 course, I have now written four […]
12: The Road to Wisdom (is a winding and circuitous path)
WhenAugust 1, 2025 Distance36.7 mi Time8h 9m Elevation Gain6932 ft Elevation Loss5417 ft Avg Speed6.5 mph Download GPX 12: The Road to Wisdom (is a winding and circuitous path) Enjoyed a languorous morning in Butte including two breakfast and a trip to the Berkeley pit. Climbed lazily up Maud S to the East Ridge, where […]