Category: Cycling
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The Continental Divide: The final – Jasper, Canada to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
After Albuquerque, I headed south, almost as direct as possible towards the border with Mexico. There were no big mountains so I decided to ride around 120km per day. This generally went fine since it was largely flat, barring some undulations. The road followed the Rio Grande river which helped because in the desert landscape…
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The Continental Divide part 6: Vail and Aspen
Colorado, as the welcome sign said was colourful. With so many mountains and bike paths, this state was truly a paradise for mountaineers and cyclists. I wanted to visit Vail and Aspen. Conveniently there were two big passes along the way, that were almost 3700m. I planned out a loop that turned out to be…
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The Continental Divide part 5: The Great Wyoming Basin and Rocky Mountain National park
The Teton mountains were made for pictures. Almost everyone is captured by its stunning beauty. However, after three nights stay it was time to say goodbye and move on. On leaving Teton National park I had to go over a pass that was 30km to the summit. The three hour ride was smoke filled due…
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The Continental Divide part 4: Beartooth pass, Yellowstone National park, Grand Teton national park
The thirty or so kilometers of ascent to the summit of Beartooth pass was as expected. It rose above the tree line and the windchill on the top remained me of the altitude. I camped out at the Top of the World store, run by Libby and her husband, a wonderful couple who were so…
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The Continental Divide part 3: Crossing Montana
From Kalispell, I was headed south via the Flathead lake, over three days, to arrive at Missoula. After Missoula I followed the interstate 90 (I-90) mostly for about 10 days. Montana is the fourth biggest state and after cycling about 1000 kilometres I had only crossed half of Montana, it seems. Cycling on the interstate…
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The Continental Divide part 2: Waterton Lakes and Glacier National Park
I celebrated my last night in Jasper with a fabulous meal and was getting ready to return to Calgary by bus the next day. Because of the forest fires near the town of Jasper, ash was falling for a few hours and most people in the Whistlers campground were concerned. At 10.30pm, everyone got an…
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The Continental Divide (on road) part 1: Calgary to Jasper
The Continental Divide is a more popular mountain bike trail but I preferred to use my road bike so I decided to track this route as close as possible whilst staying on the road and also I am not carrying cooking equipment so I had to stay close to civilization, as far as possible. The…
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A ride around Death valley
A ride around Death Valley, California and Colorado River My original plans to the Grand Canyon had to be scrapped due to the poor weather. The first two days were spent mostly planning this trip. I had made three plans in total but on the way to the bus station, I cancelled the third plan…
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