WhenAugust 12, 2025 Distance73.5 mi Time13h 53m Elevation Gain5997 ft Elevation Loss8301 ft Avg Speed9.1 mph Download GPX 23: Leaving Montana After a delightful ride out of Lionhead, I spent the afternoon in West Yellowstone hoping to get my spoke fixed and generally being a tourist. Partial success on the spoke: the bike mechanic called […]
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17: A Traveler
WhenAugust 6, 2025 Distance39.0 mi Time8h 38m Elevation Gain5449 ft Elevation Loss6890 ft Avg Speed6.1 mph Download GPX 17: A Traveler I once met a man who was 26 days into a solo winter raft trip through the Grand Canyon. He said that any such long journey unfolds in phases. The first week is all […]
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 […]
10: Endless Singletrack!
WhenJuly 30, 2025 Distance50.6 mi Time10h 55m Elevation Gain7516 ft Elevation Loss8100 ft Avg Speed6.0 mph Download GPX 10: Endless Singletrack! Today was everything I hoped the CDT would be. I rode my bike for 11 hours and every minute of it on good quality singletrack. Several of the descents were fun on par with […]