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Name: Great Divide Route (GDR)
Other Names: Great Divide Mountain Bike
Route (GDMBR), Great Divide Ride,
First Mapped: 1999
Length:
4337 km / 2691 mi
Terrain: Dirt roads - 80% / Single-Track &
Jeep trails - 10% / Paved Roads - 10%
Continental Divide Crossings: 29
Elevation Gain: 61,000 m / 200,000 feet
Lowest Elevation: 1,122 km / 2,577 ft - near Eureka,
Montana
Highest Elevation: 3,633 m / 11,910 ft - Indiana
Pass, Colorado
States Covered: British Columbia, Montana,
Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico
Starts: Antelope Wells, New Mexico
Ends: Banff, Alberta
Distances:
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British Columbia / Alberta - 353 km / 221 mi
Montana - 1122km / 697 miles
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Wyoming - 774km / 481 miles
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Idaho - 115km / 72 miles
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Colorado - 875km / 545 miles
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New Mexico - 1091km / 678 miles
Best Time to Go: July to September
How many people cycle it a year:
Preferred Direction: North to South
Highlights:
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Montana - Glacier National Park
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Wyoming - Yellowstone National Park
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Idaho -
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Colorado -
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New Mexico - Desert sunsets, flowers, wild turkey,
poofy clouds, wild pigs, elk, bobcats
Hazards:
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Montana - snow, mosquitoes, grizzlies, weekenders
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Wyoming - snow,
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Idaho -
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Colorado - expensive, mosquitoes, grizzly bears,
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New Mexico - west wind, heat, thorns, hoary toads,
rattle snakes, tarantulas
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season is in August
Challenges:
Trip Statistics from Paula and Scott's 2004 ride
along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
(http://www.topofusion.com/divide/index.php):
2562.77 mi (870.37 mi uphill, 951.49 mi downhill, 735.62 mi flat (less
than 1%)
191,525 ft total ascent (191,325 ft descent) - 5.4 % ave uphill grade, 4.9
% ave downhill grade
38 days, 11:59:37 total time (11 days, 1:23:15 moving, 27 days, 10:36:22
stopped)
9.7 mph average speed, 37.1 mph max speed
Start: 6/20/04 at 9:00 am
Finish: 7/28/04 at 9:00 pm
Average daily mileage: 65.7 (includes 2 days of rest)
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