2015 TD

[gotchile]

Wondering if and where your PO's are for shipping supplies to?  I have been getting 3 boxes together, not sure where to send to.Thanks

[ElijahGOFAR]

Mail stuff back - never happens 
Part of my route notes, Post Offices in Montana

EUREKA POST OFFICE
113 14th St, Eureka, MT 59917 (north end of town)
Phone: 406-297-2132
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday 11:30am - 1:30pm Sunday Closed
(The Eureka post office dude IS expecting you! Told me sometimes had a line of racers mailing stuff back - mine was 8.5 pounds...)

WHITEFISH POST OFFICE
424 Baker Ave, Whitefish, MT 59937
Phone: 406-862-2151
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm Sunday Closed

COLUMBIA FALLS POST OFFICE
65 1st St E, Columbia Falls, MT 59912
Phone: 406-892-7621
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday 11:00am - 2:00pm Sunday Closed

BIGFORK POST OFFICE
265 Holt Dr, Bigfork, MT 59911
Phone: 406-837-4479
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm Sunday Closed

SEELEY LAKE POST OFFICE
3172 Mt Highway 83 N, Seeley Lake, MT 59868
Phone: 406-677-2474
Hours Monday-Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 11:00am Sunday Closed

BASIN POST OFFICE
100 Basin St, Basin, MT 59631
Phone: 406-225-4333
Hours Monday-Friday 8:00am - 12:00pm
12:45pm - 4:30pm Saturday-Sunday Closed

BUTTE POST OFFICE
701 Dewey Blvd, Butte, MT 59701
Phone: 406-494-2107
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm Sunday Closed

COPPER HILL STATION POST OFFICE
60 W Galena St, Butte, MT 59701
Phone: 406-723-0177
Hours Monday-Friday 9:30am - 1:00pm
2:00pm - 4:30pm Saturday-Sunday Closed

CONDON POST OFFICE
7245 Mt Highway 83, Condon, MT 59826
Phone: 406-754-2500
Hours Monday-Friday 8:15am - 12:30pm
1:30pm - 5:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 12:00pm Sunday Closed

DILLON POST OFFICE
117 S Idaho St, Dillon, MT 59725
Phone: 406-683-2841
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 12:00pm Sunday Closed

EAST HELENA POST OFFICE
607 E Porter St, East Helena, MT 59635
Phone: 406-227-5325
Hours Monday-Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Saturday-Sunday Closed

HELENA POST OFFICE
2300 N Harris St, Helena, MT 59601
Phone: 406-443-3304
Hours Monday-Friday 8:00am - 6:00pm Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm Sunday Closed

LAST CHANCE POST OFFICE
500 N Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Phone: 406-443-8373
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday-Sunday Closed

SEELEY LAKE POST OFFICE
3172 Mt Highway 83 N, Seeley Lake, MT 59868
Phone: 406-677-2474
Hours Monday-Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 11:00am Sunday Closed

OVANDO POST OFFICE
312 Main St, Ovando, MT 59854
Phone: 406-793-5620
Hours Monday-Friday 8:00am - 12:30pm
1:30pm - 4:45pm Saturday 10:30am - 12:00pm Sunday Closed

LINCOLN POST OFFICE
237 Main St, Lincoln, MT 59639
Phone: 406-362-4523
Hours Monday-Friday 9:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 4:30pm Saturday-Sunday Closed

WISE RIVER POST OFFICE
65209 Mt Highway 43, Wise River, MT 59762
Phone: 406-832-3280
Hours Monday-Friday 8:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 4:45pm Saturday 8:15am - 9:45am Sunday Closed

Polaris Post Office
96 Billings Creek Rd
Polaris, MT   59746
Hours Mon-Sat 9:30am - 11:30am Sun Closed

For General Delivery (mailing yourself packages along the route)

Use the words GENERAL DELIVERY, uppercase preferred, spelled out (no abbreviation), as the Delivery Address Line on the mailpiece. Each record will carry the –9999 add-on zip code.  Note that you do not need the post office street address. Mail addressed to you at General Delivery will be held at the area’s main Post Office™ for up to 30 days. You will have to show picture ID at the counter when you pick your package up.

Example:

Fred Pedelemore
GENERAL DELIVERY
Wise River, MT 59762-9999

Her you go

[sfuller]

Wondering if and where your PO's are for shipping supplies to?  I have been getting 3 boxes together, not sure where to send to.Thanks

Still debating this, and not a lot of time left to get things together, so I need to make a decision soon. If I do, it will be one box and it will be to someplace in Colorado, either Steamboat or Salida.

[Striker]

As for mailing things - consider what you are mailing and if this is something you can pick up along the way.  Lots of time could be wasted waiting to pick up the package - Timing is key

[bpeschka]

fwiw:

I just downloaded the V2 .img file to my ETrex 30, disabled the v1 file, enabled the v2 file.  See no roads, contour lines, etc.  Disable V2, enable V1, can see roads, contour lines.  Delete V2 on Garmin, download file from Topofusion again, download to Garmin.  Same result.  V1 looks normal, V2 'blank'.  Looks like file size is correct.

Anyone else see something like this?

For the moment, I'm falling back to V1.  Am leaving in the morning towards Banff to start my ITT on Friday, June 5.  Hopefully, I'll get some narrative from Matt describing the Wamsutter route and I can use that and the red line to get through to Wamsutter and on to Savery.

TIA

4 hours, yep.

FYI - thanks to John Fairbairn, we have a "v2" of the garmin .img file for basemaps.  A couple of tiles were added to the original v1 file to cover the Wamsutter reroute.  Thanks John!

It's on my topofusion/divide gps page (same place for the GPX).

[SlowRide]

My guess is that because both are on the device and are very similar they are interfering with each other. Try moving the version one file off of the device and putting just the version two file on the device as opposed to using enable/disable with both residing on it.

[bpeschka]

My guess is that because both are on the device and are very similar they are interfering with each other. Try moving the version one file off of the device and putting just the version two file on the device as opposed to using enable/disable with both residing on it.

Slowride ...

Thank you for the 'guess'.  I am paranoid about deleting something that's working, so I moved the V1 file to another folder that already existed on the Garmin.  Hopefully, effectively deleted it.  When I went back to the map, the V2 file was automatically enabled and I see roads, contours, etc when sampling a few spots.  Should be able to confirm more when driving up there this week.  I do see details at Wamsutter and at a way point I marked last year in MT. 

Thanks again.  I know the gps is supposed to be able to handle multiple maps, but I as usual not always.

[gotchile]

On mailing boxes, my thoughts too was that trying to time when i get through the town, will it be open and there could be shops that would have what i actually need.  Thanks

[Giegs]

Hey Tour Dividers,

Up until very recently I thought I'd be on the start line this year.  One of the things I wanted have on my cue sheets was elevation profiles and ascent/descent numbers between towns to use as a rough estimate of upcoming efforts.  A few years ago I built a small web app that could do this for the main Great Divide route.  With the TD diverging more significantly from the main route this year, I decided to create a Tour Divide 2015 version with the V2 track.

http://td-2015.eatsleepridegreatdivide.com/

I figured some of you might also like to have this info at your disposal.  Send me a PM if you run into problems or have a question about the app.  There are still some things I'd like to add, but I figured it's complete enough to put out there with the GD happening so soon.

[Roons]

@ Dave - thanks so much for this! This is one of the most useful resources I have found in planning my trip!

You rock!

[mtbcast]

Hey Tour Dividers,

Up until very recently I thought I'd be on the start line this year.  One of the things I wanted have on my cue sheets was elevation profiles and ascent/descent numbers between towns to use as a rough estimate of upcoming efforts.  A few years ago I built a small web app that could do this for the main Great Divide route.  With the TD diverging more significantly from the main route this year, I decided to create a Tour Divide 2015 version with the V2 track.

http://td-2015.eatsleepridegreatdivide.com/

I figured some of you might also like to have this info at your disposal.  Send me a PM if you run into problems or have a question about the app.  There are still some things I'd like to add, but I figured it's complete enough to put out there with the GD happening so soon.

Cool, Dave!

[Krampus Snail]

I have a request for you southbound Tour Divide racers. When you get to New Mexico, you're going to have your bear spray leftover. You can't take in on a plane. So give those dogs who are chasing you a good snootful.

Thanks, from somebody who'll be coming along later and who isn't as fast as you are.

[sfuller]

I have a request for you southbound Tour Divide racers. When you get to New Mexico, you're going to have your bear spray leftover. You can't take in on a plane. So give those dogs who are chasing you a good snootful.

Thanks, from somebody who'll be coming along later and who isn't as fast as you are.

I was told I needed to save it for all of the groupies that were gonna be at the finish line. Is that not the case? 

[ZbynekR]

Trackleaders will have plenty of rentals available.  Sign-up is coming (for both your own SPOT and rentals -- same form).

Hi, I´ve sign up, but I only want know where and when it will be available? I´m coming from Europe so I hope it will be somewhere in Banff :-). Thanks

[BobM]

Hi, I´ve sign up, but I only want know where and when it will be available? I´m coming from Europe so I hope it will be somewhere in Banff :-). Thanks

Matthew usually has someone handing them out at the Y (Banff Mountain Lodge).

[sfuller]

With the TD diverging more significantly from the main route this year, I decided to create a Tour Divide 2015 version with the V2 track.

http://td-2015.eatsleepridegreatdivide.com/

Sorry to hear you won't be at the start Dave. Thank you so much for taking the time to update the app for 2015!!!

[Guild44]

Thanks! Very helpful!

[Guild44]

I just learned that my cell phone service provider (Straight Talk) does not have roaming services. Does anybody know where one might go in Calgary or Banff to get a cell phone calling card?? Can that be done with cell phones (temporary international plan through your an alternate service provider)??

[BobM]

I just learned that my cell phone service provider (Straight Talk) does not have roaming services. Does anybody know where one might go in Calgary or Banff to get a cell phone calling card?? Can that be done with cell phones (temporary international plan through your an alternate service provider)??

I just used pay phones in Canada as ther are only a few places where you can call anyway (no phones n the Flathead!)

[tuhduhvuh]

Hi everyone,

Quick question, just looking for general responses from anyone...

My wife has graciously planned to drive to pick me up in Antelope Wells.  That has always been the plan.
We would spend some time doing "touristy" things as we drive back together.
It's a long ways,  30+ hours (to Sherwood Park, AB)

Just considering a change of plan or at least a "Plan B".

Anyone that can comment on taking the shuttle (Juan More Time...) to El Paso,  check my bike (box it...) and then take the train Via L.A.,  up the west coast to Spokane, then across to Whitefish?   Either my wife would get me there (much closer) or I could of course ride the route back to Banff.

I'll happily dig in and check that out myself, but wondered if anyone had any experience to let me know if that is even a realistic option.

(and no... the Billy Rice yo yo option won't work for me!)