We started in Bend, spend a day riding in Missoula, MT then drove and rode in Bozeman, Jackson Wyoming, Ketchum Idaho, and Stanley Idaho. There are a billion pictures here and I hope you enjoy them.
Outside of Bozeman in the middle of serious nowhere we rode Curly Lake. Curly Lake was 24.3 miles of insanity. It was a super difficult ride with an elevation gain of 5000’ and extra pressure to not get eaten by a grizzle bear or mosquitos. The book said ride time was 6.5 hours and we completed it in around 5.5 hours so were feeling good. The altitude didn’t seem to bother us much even though the ride started at 5800’ and topped out at just under 10,000. The climbing was long, steep and technical and the descent was awesome! Lots of nice switchbacks and rocks, roots, drops, you name it. It was quite possibly the longest downhill I’ve done in awhile. The views of the entire Tobacco Root Range were phenomenal.
I'm a weeee little speck on the trail.
Bangtail Divide is a relatively new trail that climbs high to the top of the Bangtail Range and provides awesome views of several ranges including Bridger, Crazies, Madison, and Gallatin. It starts with a giant climb through 28 or so switchbacks and the climb isn’t over then. The whole ride was 30 miles with 8 of it being on the road at the end to get back to our car. Elevation gain was 3400 feet starting at an elevation of about 5600’ and climbing up to 7600 or so at the highest point. Whew!
Our last 7 miles were in pouring rain and hail. I took this picture when we got in the car and headed to the bar.
Outside of Bozeman in the middle of serious nowhere we rode Curly Lake. Curly Lake was 24.3 miles of insanity. It was a super difficult ride with an elevation gain of 5000’ and extra pressure to not get eaten by a grizzle bear or mosquitos. The book said ride time was 6.5 hours and we completed it in around 5.5 hours so were feeling good. The altitude didn’t seem to bother us much even though the ride started at 5800’ and topped out at just under 10,000. The climbing was long, steep and technical and the descent was awesome! Lots of nice switchbacks and rocks, roots, drops, you name it. It was quite possibly the longest downhill I’ve done in awhile. The views of the entire Tobacco Root Range were phenomenal.
I'm a weeee little speck on the trail.
Bangtail Divide is a relatively new trail that climbs high to the top of the Bangtail Range and provides awesome views of several ranges including Bridger, Crazies, Madison, and Gallatin. It starts with a giant climb through 28 or so switchbacks and the climb isn’t over then. The whole ride was 30 miles with 8 of it being on the road at the end to get back to our car. Elevation gain was 3400 feet starting at an elevation of about 5600’ and climbing up to 7600 or so at the highest point. Whew!
Our last 7 miles were in pouring rain and hail. I took this picture when we got in the car and headed to the bar.
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wow Heidi, just wow
Hiking for long periods of times while pushing a Yeti 575 and wearing cleats sucks.
Thank you for sharing...