I just kept riding my bikes farther and farther until it got to the point where I wanted to keep riding but I was too far away to turn around and make it back the same day. So I started looking into bikepacking. A friend if mine is a Tour Divide finisher and told me he learned a lot from this site, so I checked it out. Long time lurker, I finally decided to make an account.

The part you cut is Fisherman's Path. When you cross the bridge to the officially closed tunnel (you can still access it, but for the event it is "closed") there is a cabin to your left. Behind that cabin is Fisherman's Path. It's the gnarliest most god awful trail of the whole race, I can ride it when I'm not 95 miles into the W101, but it's definitely HAB for me during the race.