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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter on: November 18, 2014, 06:05:54 PM
iohangue


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« on: November 18, 2014, 06:05:54 PM »
One day after coming in Colorado, I ran into somebody who raced Tour Divide at a roadhouse. He mentioned this website and I figured I'd share my experience of the Divide so far.

I am not exactly bikepacking (full touring load) - and it would be tough to bikepack it in the winter when so many lodges/stores shut down (not to mention winter gear, etc.)

Here are the first 3 entries (starting on Oct 14th from Banff)

http://www.bikewanderer.com/the-great-divide-canada

http://www.bikewanderer.com/the-great-divide-montana

http://www.bikewanderer.com/the-great-divide-wyoming

movie also in the works (similar to what I did with Canada's arctic).

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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #1 on: November 18, 2014, 08:57:30 PM
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2014, 08:57:30 PM »
Was great to meet you at Hahn's Peak Roadhouse yesterday iohangue, I'll be following along on your adventure! Had a really nice time chatting and had a great day skiing after I saw you, hope you had a nice ride in to Steamboat on the snow packed roads.  Here's the couple shots of you and your rig I took yesterday at the Roadhouse. Best of luck on your journey!

Iohangue in the Hahn's Peak Roadhouse general store:



Iohangue's Surly Troll:



Hahn's Peak Roadhouse(on the Columbine alternate):
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #2 on: November 19, 2014, 04:12:54 AM
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2014, 04:12:54 AM »
The cold looks tough. Good luck with the rest of your trip. Looking forward to the updates.
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #3 on: November 19, 2014, 12:47:33 PM
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2014, 12:47:33 PM »
Wow!
Just wow!
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #4 on: November 19, 2014, 02:52:29 PM
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« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2014, 02:52:29 PM »
Great stuff! Will be looking forward your NM leg. We have some land near El Malpais which the TD passes near. If you need a break at that point, let me know and we can set you up.

Ride on!
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #5 on: November 20, 2014, 07:49:30 AM
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2014, 07:49:30 AM »
Way to raise the bar, man! Have a great time with that solitude. Sounds like bliss.

PS: wahday, good on you!
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #6 on: November 20, 2014, 01:04:04 PM
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« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2014, 01:04:04 PM »
Looking great, iohangue -- way to stay out there beyond the 'ideal' season and ride anyway.  Thanks for the photos.

Makes me wonder if anyone has looked into or attempted a GDMBR traversal in the middle of winter... some roads should have snow machine traffic on them you'd think.  Some won't.  Parts will be dirt.

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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #7 on: November 24, 2014, 03:00:16 AM
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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2014, 03:00:16 AM »
Wow : )  .. great blog and will be reading with interest. Amazing ride, good luck.

That second pic down, where is that? Rocks looks oddly familiar as a place I stopped to bivi, somewhere in the hills (Sandy Wilderness / Bridger area) after Boulder, before the road section into Basin proper began. Probably not though.
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #8 on: November 24, 2014, 07:42:59 AM
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« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2014, 07:42:59 AM »
James, the rock is 20-30miles out of pinedale

Thanks for the offer wahday, I havent looked at the maps ahead yet (those elevation profiles intimidate me!) But I'll get in touch when i get near
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #9 on: November 24, 2014, 08:10:26 AM
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« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2014, 08:10:26 AM »
Maybe it is the same spot then. Thanks.
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #10 on: November 25, 2014, 08:34:42 AM
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« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2014, 08:34:42 AM »
Hit me up when you are near Mt. Taylor/Grants. Good luck out there and stay warm!


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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #11 on: April 23, 2015, 09:27:17 AM
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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2015, 09:27:17 AM »
Here is a video of riding the divide in winter. Starts off fairly nicely with some rain and clear but cold nights through Canada and Montana and it gets really ugly in the divide basin in Wyoming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa_28YltsuY

I ended up stopping in Colorado after Boreas Pass due to snow.

I've also finally caved in to do bikepacking, largely thanks to winning the ranger competition for 2015. (photocredit @radavist)
I'll be attempting the continental divide trial in June (which scott did last year).

p.s. sorry John, I hope I didn't make you look silly in the video! Smiley

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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #12 on: April 25, 2015, 09:43:14 AM
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« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2015, 09:43:14 AM »
Great video Iohan, finally got a chance to sit down and watch the whole thing. The only one making me look silly in it is me! I'm really glad we met that day at Hahn's Peak Roadhouse, keep me posted on your upcoming CDT adventure. I'm really happy to see you're going to be taking the plunge into bikepacking and I'm sure you are going to enjoy yourself and be in for one heck of an adventure this summer. Let me know when you get near Steamboat and lets rendezvous. Cheers from a kindred soul.

-John
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #13 on: April 30, 2015, 09:32:00 PM
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« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2015, 09:32:00 PM »
Really, really good stuff. You are definitely living the dream!
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #14 on: May 01, 2015, 08:11:31 AM
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« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2015, 08:11:31 AM »
Nice. Looking forward to hearing how your CDTish trip goes!
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #15 on: May 01, 2015, 08:48:58 AM
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« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2015, 08:48:58 AM »
Please keep up the video logs.  Great stuff and good music. 
Best of luck to you on your journey.
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #16 on: May 01, 2015, 10:14:49 AM
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« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2015, 10:14:49 AM »
I've watched this video a couple of times and passed it on to others.  Great attitude and perspective.  Now, have watched part of the Yukon trip.

Thank You  Iohan.
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  Topic Name: Riding the Divide in Winter Reply #17 on: August 16, 2015, 06:43:22 AM
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« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2015, 06:43:22 AM »
Rode out yesterday to meet up and ride with Iohan as he made his way through on the GDMBR headed south. He'll be making his way all the way to Columbia by bicycle this summer. Here are a few pictures as we dropped in to Clark, CO from up towards Brush Mountain, notice he's a bikepacker now instead of using panniers! He said he's really been enjoying being on a MTB with bags this time around.  thumbsup



Iohan got a flat right at the head of Robert Orr's driveway descending on RCR62 coming in to Clark... since he's not racing I donated a spare tube to his cause:




Had a great time riding and visiting with you again Iohan, keep 'em spinning!
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