Hard to tell without a picture, but I can say that with my Revelate Sweetroll and my Elixirs, I had to move my levers to be mostly horizontal in order to avoid terrible bending and still have use.

You found my camera on Richmond Pass in July and I was so excited about it that I forgot to offer you a reward. Please IM me so I can properly show my gratitude.

Anyone know his username so I can IM him?

Tom

Threepin - any fire activity that we need to be aware of?

Thanks for the recommendation, I would not have known about that. Maybe that is the place that Caleb Stolte sidetracked to on his TDR attempt.

I did high school in C.F.. Are you from around there 3pin?

dgjessee - Fuller and I are doing TDR from Eureka to Ovanda at the end of July, that was just friendly banter regarding his fitness relative to mine and how he will drop me and leave me for dead (unless I get my own track).

But, thanks for the tips on cutting the track down into manageable track points.  I figured that must be the issue.  Any idea how many track points the HCx can handle in one file?  I was surprised that it couldn't handle the approximate 250miles.  But, I probably messed up in trying to cut my track down (user error).

Might be easier to just take the cues you've built, and generate a GPX file on a site like Bikely. Chop each track up into whatever mileage you are planning on doing per day. I'd guess that you might have someone else going with you that will have all of this figured out.

I'm more worried that you'll get into your "zen" and leave me to the bears   without a track of my own, I'll be relying on the breadcrumbs that you leave on the trail to guide me.

So anyone have tips on my Vista HCx for loading about 400mile of the TD into it?

I downloaded the full TD file (Banff to Antelope Wells) and then used the Garmin software (if I remember correctly) to chop the length down to the section that I needed.  It appeared fine on my PC, but after loading it to the Garmin, it chopped the file further.  I'm assuming that it couldn't handle the number of waypoints.  

I must be missing a piece of the process to correctly chop the file down.  For instance: I just need from Eureka to Helena.  When I finished, it had that section, but the track appeared to stop near Bigfork or Swan Lake.

Thoughts on a fix?

Is the answer as simple as chopping this into two smaller files?

Winter Weather watch for the Butte area, he is probably just trying to beat it by a little. I think that 38 and snow was the overnight forecast. Any southern distance that he can get improves the weather by a little.

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Angler, keep it coming. In fact, me and 2 others are doing a 5 day tour in late July. Originally planned on Eureka to Seeley before turning back north. I'll have to talk them into extending it to Ovando and visit the town, drop a few bucks in payback.

Does anyone know where I can find information on the availability of food and water sources along the course? I thought they would be in the cue sheet but it seems I was mistaken.

this is half the fun of prepping for this route.  Studying to see how far from one town to the next re-supply.

Not much help, but if use this link:  http://www.eatsleepridegreatdivide.com/#start=0&end=2691  and zoom in, then you can usually get a good idea of how big the towns are and what the chances of re-supply might be.

First test was two nights ago.  Worked great, packs small, seemed to add a few degrees to the overall warmth.

I did tear one of the stake straps, so I need to resew.  Any suggestions?  I could sew it back to itself and not harm any waterproofing of the bivy.  On the other hand, i don't really expect it to be waterproof, so I could just sew back to the bivy itself.

I'll try (again) to get the cover to "pop" over the hoop, I couldn't get it to work from the inside.  I did come up with the idea of using a few of those large binder style paper clips. I could clip the fabric up and to the pole from the inside (still pretty light).

Umm, it's a bivvy SACK.

Yep, this is what I expected. First time bivy user here and figured it might be the design, just wasn't sure of work arounds to help.  No problem, I'll learn through it, maybe invent a way to velcro it up and out of the way.

I would have liked the tarp tent version, but found this new for under $100; figured it was an easy way to get going (small pack size and relatively light).  Can't wait to give it the first real test.

Thanks everyone.

Good tip/point about the bag on top of the pad for water issues.

Thanks
Tom

Definitely have to stake this bivy down, without staking, the hoop just flops around and is not upright.

This first picture is of the bivy when open. The outline of the bug zippered portion is in lime green.  As you can see, you can drape the outermost/waterproof portion of the bivy over the hoop while you get in. Ideally, you could fold the excess material over the top of the hoop after zipping up.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22166623@N08/14156333274##

However, this is the image after zipping up.  You can see how the outermost covering now droops down 10" or more and even can see some of the drooping of the bug netting.  I could probably live with the bug netting drop, but I would like to get the other fabric off my head.  Even in this pic, I have zippered to the middle and used the cords from the zippers to tie to the rope loop at the uppermost point of the hoop (hope that makes sense).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22166623@N08/14156331794

Just bought an Outdoor Research Highlands bivy.  It appears to be the predecessor of the OR Helium. http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/catalog/product/view/id/41093/category/2334/.

Only a backyard test so far, but I think this will serve my needs well. However, I would have thought that there is a way to secure the outer cover and netting over the hoop so the netting stays off your face (when in netting mode only).  I found that I could have the two netting zippers meet at the highest  point of the hoop and then leaving a small hole, use a bungee to hold the excess material up higher. I must be missing something more obvious. 

What do others do to keep the netting off their face in similar models?

Also, as I look for a pad for this setup, it appears that I should go shorter (48") or something tapered.  Should I size to place in my sleeping bag (which I've heard of others doing but never tried myself)? Or, buy to fit the bivy and place the bag on top.

35psi is probably good if you are running tubes.  For tubeless, start below 30psi and depending on weight of bike/gear/person experiment lower.  Larger volume tires even below 20psi.

I didn't take his comment as a lecture back to you, only that a large section of people tend to "set it and forget it".  Never experimenting with anything on their bikes or other equipment.  You never know until you push something to failure.

Different town, different circumstances.  But when moving to my new home town, I drove the camper cross-country and then stayed at a Hampton Inn for two night.  Asked the manager if I could leave the truck and camper in the back of their lot while I flew back to close on the old house and get the family. They had no problem since I had already spent money with them.  Maybe that is worth the cost of a night at a local hotel nearby.

found one, no longer need.  Thanks

Didn't see this until 11hrs later.  You still have it?

Ski area in Whitefish MT has had a good snow season.  313" of total snowfall; 149" settled at the summit.  http://skiwhitefish.com/favorites/snow-report/

Cams from the summit looking North (more NNE toward Glacier Park) and south into Whitefish.  http://skiwhitefish.com/favorites/web-cams/