With our ride south along the Great Divide route now finished, it was time to head west towards San Diego. From there we planned to join the Baja Divide mountain…
Mark WatsonFebruary 6, 2017
Within a few hours of leaving the shady alpine valley of Platoro we had crossed into New Mexico – the last state traversed in our journey along the Continental Divide of…
Mark WatsonDecember 16, 2016
Colorado's theme of long – but generally moderately graded – climbs continued as we passed through the centre of the state towards its border with New Mexico. Our route along…
Mark WatsonDecember 15, 2016
We rode out of Wyoming in a snow storm and into Colorado with brighter days forecast. Comforting, considering that the Colorado section of the Great Divide holds all of this…
Mark WatsonDecember 13, 2016
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
