A much anticipated section of the Great Divide awaited us as we left Pinedale to head south towards the Colorado Border: the Great Divide Basin. This seemingly endless expanse of dry,…
Mark WatsonNovember 28, 2016
With Wyoming and Idaho in the grip of the first really cold and snowy storm of autumn we decided to take a rest; leaving the Man Cave to ride a few kilometres down…
Mark WatsonNovember 18, 2016
Beyond the mountain hot springs of Elkhorn we left the intimate environment of Montana’s forests behind as the landscape of the Continental Divide took on a different character. The valleys…
Mark WatsonNovember 17, 2016
Lying mostly east of the Continental Divide, this section of the Great Divide mountain bike route was our first introduction to the big sage brush basins and more arid, open…
Mark WatsonNovember 11, 2016
We left the wilderness corridor of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route at Eureka, MT in late August after a fantastic first week biking the trail down from Banff. Late summer…
Mark WatsonOctober 30, 2016
Our arrival in the Bow Valley, Alberta had been much anticipated; for there, in the scenic-as-anything tourist town of Banff, lay the start line of the Great Divide Mountain Bike…
Mark WatsonOctober 19, 2016
Bicycle Traveler Magazine recently interviewed me regarding the hybrid cycle touring/bike packing set up Hana and I are using for our Alaska to Argentina tour. I talk about the bikes,…
Mark WatsonOctober 16, 2016
Departing Jasper (see previous post) our upcoming ride of the famous Icefields Parkway was much anticipated. We'd driven this route back in 2009, very much as tourists and without doing…
Mark WatsonOctober 5, 2016
This post is long overdue, but to update followers fully, we’re currently biking the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route through the USA, a brilliant and challenging route that connects wilderness…
Mark WatsonOctober 5, 2016
