We followed the Cycling the Great Divide book’s outline. Total time includes snack and lunch breaks – basically camp to camp. The type of place we stay is in parentheses–free means either we stealth camp along some back road in the national forest where things look lovely, or in an undeveloped campground where there are no fees. Longer riding times usually mean rough roads and some climbing. Links go to the blog entry for that day.

Date Destination Miles Riding Time Total Time
8/2 Tuchuck Campground (free) 42 5 hours 7 hours
8/3 Red Meadow Lake (free) 30 4:00 5:30
8/4 Whitefish (state campground) 33 3:00 4:30
8/5 Bigfork (state campground) 44 4:00 5:30
8/6 Bigfork – rest day, shopping only
8/7 S. of Ronan in Flathead Reservation (free stealth camping in nature preserve) 52 4:30 6:00
8/8 Missoula (KOA) 49 4:05 5:30
8/9 Ovando (free campsite in town) 55 4:30 5:30
8/10 Reservoir Lake (free) 25 4:25 5:30
8/11 Lincoln (nice RV camp site) 17 1:43 2:15
8/12 Deadman Creek Campsite (free) 31 3:47 6:15
8/13 Moose Creek Campground (National Forest quiet site) 31 3:51 5:30
8/14 Outside of Basin (free) 28 4:00 5:45
8/15 Butte (KOA) 40 4:00 4:30
8/16 Beaver Dam Campground (National Forest) 39 4:30 6:30
8/17 Beaver Dam Campground (rest day)
8/18 Little Joe Campground (National Forest) 37 3:55 6:00
8/19 Bannack State Park Campground 39 3:50 4:40
8/20 Morrison Lake Turn (free) 47 5:32 7:00
8/21 Lima, MT (RV park) 38 3:07 4:30
8/22 Upper Red Rock Lake (free camp, wildlife preserve) 57 5:30 7:00
8/23 Big Springs, ID (NF) 34 3:28 5:30
8/24 Warm River, ID (NF) 33 3:48 5:00
8/25 Free Camp on Rockerfeller Memorial Parkway, WY 40 4:30 6:30
8/26 Free Camp at Buffalo Creek, WY 44 3:28 9:30
8/27 Warm Springs Creek, WY 45 4:58 8:00
8/28 Whiskey Grove Campground, WY (NF) 39 4:39 6:00
8/29 Pinedale, WY (private campground) 40 3:06 3:40
8/30 Little Sandy Creek, WY (free) 50 4:40 6:30
8/31 Sweetwater River Crossing, WY (free) 46 4:00 8:00
9/1 A&M Reservoir, WY (free) 68 6:35 8:30
9/2 Rawlins, WY (private campground) 61 5:02 6:30
9/3 Aspen Alley, CO (free) 54 6:46 8:30
9/4 Steamboat Lake State Park campground, CO 51 5:30 8:00
9/5 Steamboat Lake – REST DAY
9/6 Steamboat Springs, CO (private) 30 2:27 3:40
9/7 Free camp just outside Radium, CO 68 6:51 8:30
9/8 Stealth camping on Ute River, CO 48 4:58 8:30
9/9 Frisco, CO (free camp) 34 3:24 ?
9/10 Hartsel, CO (free) 61 5:20 7:00
9/11 Salida, CO (RV campground) 51 4:52 7:00
9/12 Free Camo West of Marshall Pass, CO 29 4:01 5:32
9/13 Luder’s Creek, CO 60 5:24 7:30
9/14 Del Norte, CO 68 6:24 8:00
9/15 Stunner Campground, CO (free) 44 6:00 8:00
9/16 Stealth camp on Conejos River, CO (free) 25 2:47 4:00
9/17 Rest Day on Conejos River, CO
9/18 Lagunitas Campground, NM 37 5:32 8:15
9/19 Free Camp near Hopewell Lake, NM 38 4:35 6:00
9/20 Abiquiu, NM 75 5:40
9/21 Free Camp on Polvadera Mesa, NM 24 4:07 5:30
9/22 Free Camp before Cuba, NM 44 5:16 8:20
9/23 Chaco Wash/Chaco Mesa, NM 63 5:08 7:45
9/24 Grants, NM 76 6:56 9:15
9/25 Grants, NM Rest Day
9/26 El Malpais National Monument, NM 35 3:28 5:30
9/27 Pie Town, NM 39 4:12 6:15
9/28 The Crash = The End
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