Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike Route - 2014 info thread

[FrankDekkers]

Hi All,

My name is Frank, from Holland.
I love to mountainbike, drove the GDMBR in 2013 with Van support.
This year I will ride the IHSMBR self supported.
I will arrive in Boise 12th June and planning my return 3 weeks later July 4th

I'm also very interested in tips for storing a bike box and some tools which I don't need for the ride but do need for assembling the bike.

Hope to hear from you.

Kind Regards Frank.

[timon_o]

I'm arriving in Boise on the 15th of June, hoping to ride at least the southern loop solo.

I'm also looking for somewhere to store my bike box near the airport. If anyone knows something, that would be extremely useful route beta! My guess is that your best bet is one of the hotels near the airport.

Maybe I'll see you on the route.

[threepin]

anyone know how the snow levels are in the ID hot springs region, have a friend looking to ride there, figure that are lower than normal, but don't know what is passable yet, thanks

[SandLizrd]

I checked the SNOTEL data - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/

Both Galena Summit and Dollarhide summit are showing open!
Naturally, this is just a sampling and there could be HAB on the route, but I remember Dollarhide being snowed in well into July in years past

[threepin]

thanks for the insight, hard to believe how little snow there is this year

[cjdunn]

Sounds like we can head up soon.  I checked the river flows and they appear to be very low for this time of year.  Is that true?  I would assume the main route is all open already?