The route follows the continental divide and is 90% offpavement using high quality dirt roads, gravel roads, trails, and a few short sections of unmaintained tracks. The great divide mountain bike route is the worlds longest mapped offpavement cycling route. This map set includes the entirety of the official continental divide national scenic trail cdt route at a scale of 1 inch 12 mile. Aug 09, 2017 from banff, canada to antelope wells, new mexico, the great divide mountain bike route is the longest continuous offpavement bike route in the world. Great divide mountain bike route gdmbr description from wikipedia.
The great divide mountain bike route gdmbr, developed and mapped in 1997 by the adventure cycling association, is approximately 2,700 miles long and is considered by many to be the birthplace of bikepacking as a sport. Great divide montana, a ski area near helena, montana. Pdf cycling the great divide download full pdf book download. The great divide organised by bikeadventures llc po box 423 aspen, colorado 81611, usa t. Following the continental divide as closely as practicable and crossing it 30 times, about 90% of the gdmbr is on unpaved roads and trails and requires basic off. I dont know anything about using the gears, could you please help. Ovando more dogs than people and home to the best sandwiches on the great divide trail.
From canada to mexico on americas premier long distance mountain bike route. Mountain biking books run a gamut from practical to aspirational. In north america, from n alaska to new mexico, it moves along the crest of the rocky mts. Continental divide of the americas, the most common meaning. The gpx data are comprised of route tracks and service points. The route established by adventure cycling association from banff, ca to antelope wells, nm. Adventure cycling offers gpx data you can download and use on a gps device, smartphone, or tablet. Completed in 1997, the gdmbr was developed by adventure cycling association, who continue to maintain highly detailed route maps and a guidebook. Cyclists dream of and plan for this lifelist trip that starts in banff, alberta.
Each page displays an elevation chart, water sources, and other waypoint data. The wild west route is the countrys newest bikepacking epic. Stop in to try out a mountain bike for yourself of the kids and start tearing it up on the south hills trails today. I was so slow that marco was asleep by the time i got to our meeting point. The first edition took the participants through ecuador and peru in 2017. Not only is the great divide route a true classic, its primary track is pursued with consistency by td athletes so that year to year, finish times may always be compared directly to the record books the great divide route is the worlds longest offpavement cycling route. The maps are available as geospatial pdfs for printing at home or for use on your smart phone. It is probably a bigger challenge to traverse the united states from north to south over the dirt roads of the rocky mountains, following the continental divide. The best mountain biking books can turn even the most obsessed rider into an avid reader.
Download pdf cycling the great divide book full free. Great divide best gpx files to download to etrex30 for. In addition, we provide an extra meal at the end of each cycling stage soup, bread, fruit, salty snacks to ensure that you get everything you need to recover from a day on the great divide. Great divide mountain bike route adventure cycling route. Great divide mountain biking route gdmbr your bike routes. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. The great divide mountain bike route gdmbr is adventure cyclings premier offpavement cycling route, crisscrossing the continental divide in southern canada and the u. The great divide terrain is really hard on a tandem captain and stoker and, although there have been a few others to ride a tandem, it is not the cycle of choice. Great divide article about great divide by the free. It has since become the definitive route for dirt road bikepacking.
You can also break the trail up into sections and do a section at a time. Great dividing range, a mountain range that runs north to south down australias east coast. It has also published an 82page pdf guidebook which details water stops, campsites, resupply points, hotels, bike shops and medical facilities, and includes a vast overview of the trails history. The route is highlighted by long dirt roads and jeep trails that wend their way through forgotten passes of the. I picked up this book, as well as dividing the great, because im planning to ride the great divide route a little later this year. From may to july 2010, i rode my bicycle 3,000 miles from antelope wells, nm to banff ab, canada following adventure cycling s great divide mountain bike route, then to jasper ab, canada. In 2014, he won the inaugural trans am bike race, a. Well never turn down the latest wheelset, but wed be almost as happy with a great book about our passion. Great divide article about great divide by the free dictionary.
The entire route is basically dirtroad and mountainpass riding. Tour divide challenges a fixed course annually called the great divide mountain bike route. To the south is the new england tableland with a xx drive from armidale and grafton. The great divide operator extends small divide by realizing manytomany set containment tests. The group collected at the fire station the portapotty is back and prepared for the second leg.
Bike the great divide trail, multistate, best american. Mountain biking irresponsibly during the covid19 pandemic puts you and others at risk. If i had a way to make a living in the san juans, id move to the area in a new york minute. We feel the best bike for the route is a hardtail with front suspension or a drop bar adventure bike with wider tires. It was tirelessly mapped over a 4 year span, and published in 1998 by adventure cycling association, north americas premiere bicycle travel organization. Cyclists dream of and plan for this lifelist trip that starts in banff, alberta and rolls through 2,745 miles of wild mountainous beauty all the way to antelope wells, new mexico. Several bikers told me they had to walk for large sections because the mud was so deep it got caught in their front fork and they got sick of sinking in.
Traveling s to n on the great divide starting in mid june. The geronimo trail is a more worthy finish than 45 boring miles on pavement between hachita and antelope wells. Bikemap is the worlds biggest bike route collection. Paradoxically, the route feels somewhat more settled, or civilized, than many sections to the south in the united states. Great divide mountain bike route adventure cycling association. Adventure cycling tracks and service points limited 3. Great divide mountain biking route gdmbr bikemap your. The great divide extends for 2,470 miles, from port of roosville at the montanabritish columbia border to antelope wells, new mexico, at the doorstep of old mexico. Great divide mountain biking route gdmbr bikemap your bike. Paula and scotts 2004 gdmbr trip gps data, journal, photos. We did the divide in 2 trips taking about 6 weeks each.
Total distance miles 4,339 km 50000 total ascent 45,618 meters 6000. Use these products with the paper maps of the adventure cycling route network to improve your navigation, both on and off the route. By comparison, there is a great divide race the tour divide each year with the record being 15 days, 16 hours and 14 minutes to complete the entire route. Team great divide road, cross, mountain, and tri in. Ive ridden coal bank, molas, and red mountain a number of times, and absolutely love the area. For 31 days, these occurrences came to be typical for greg goodman as he conquered a 2,768. There is always sufficient drinking water and sport drinks in camp and at lunch. Great divide mountain bike route a bike ride in banff, ab. Lback in 1997 this is the hill that hooked me on colorado cycling. Many riders have cycled the united states from east to west or the other way around. Fallwinter 2005 issue is now available as a pdf file 3.
Riding injuries put unnecessary stress on medical systems that need all available resources to fight the virus, and group rides increase your chances of exposure. Youll find in douglas a bar to celebrate and a bed to relax, bounties badly absent in antelope wells. The inaugural edition route was about 3,500 kilometres 2,200 mi long. This area is loaded with mountain biking opportunities for every level of.
They produce a terrific detailed set of maps for this route which are a musthave for anyone attempting this trip. Great divide basin, an endorheic drainage basin in south central wyoming, united states. Aug 07, 2019 the organization provides a complimentary download of the highres gps route file for all of its 4,000 members. Ultra cycling, including this route through the rockies, are increasing in popularity 245 miles have been added to the route since the first edition was published and are now covered in this new update. This is the first selfsupported race to take place in south america. Here is what i packed, with emphasis on warm and dry. Topofusions divide gps page holds the most used gps track.
Mostly dirt roads, a little pavement, some single track, and 100% adventure await on the great divide mountain bike route from canada to. This race began june 12, in banff, canada and goodman arrived in antelope wells, new mexico on july. Great divide mountain bike route, a bicycle route from canada to new mexico. Michael richard hall 4 june 1981 31 march 2017 was a british cyclist and race organiser who specialised in selfsupported ultradistance cycling races. Gdmbr waypoints the detailed tracklogs available above are, unfortunately, too detailed for todays gps units. Struggling with best option for downloading the gdmbr track to my computer and then to my etrex30. Ive posted about all aspects of my trip planning and preparation, the equipment i use, stories, photos, and video from the trail, as well as some random. He pedals on through beautiful scenery and meets up with other riders at the end of a long day. Ride the great divide territory is located on the queensland and new south wales border atop the great dividing range and is only a 23 hour drive from brisbane or the gold coast. The great divide mountain bike route gdmbr is adventure cycling s premier offpavement cycling route, crisscrossing the continental divide in southern canada and the u. For use in the field, the gps waypoints available from adventure cycling are of more use. While riding the transam road route i crossed the gdmbr about half a dozen times during their race in 2014. Find your perfect cycling route, create your own bike trails, and discover the most stunning cycling destinations.
The course, known as the great divide mountain bike route, crisscrosses the continental divide, winding its way through some of the most. The great barrier, a 1937 british film based on the novel the great divide along the great divide, a 1951 us western film directed by raoul walsh across the great divide film, a 1976 us film about an unlikely trio crossing the rocky mountains. Your headquarters for the great divide mountain bike route. Biking the great divide a womans point of view cycling. Cycling utah archives and back issues utah mountain. We also upped the scale to show greater detail aiding your navigation, especially helpful on many of the lesser known roads and trails this route showcases. From banff, canada to antelope wells, new mexico, the great divide mountain bike route is the longest continuous offpavement bike route in the world. I have a dynacraft magna great divide 21 speed mountain bike and dont know how to use it. Yet the signature of the great divide route is its doability. From canada to mexico on americas premier long distance. It is also similar to the set containment join operator for schemas that are not in first normal form.
It was purposefully scouted and mapped over a decade ago by adventure cycling to intersect civilization virtually every day. The route follows the continental divide and is 90% offpavement using highquality dirt roads, gravel roads, trails, and a few short sections of unmaintained tracks. Ride the great divide cycling warwick, stanthorpe, tenterfield. One thing that i learned on my last trip is that each piece of gear is critical. Size, weight, comfort, durability are all important factors when packing. The adventure cycling association maintain and map the route. Replace pedal on magna great divide bike motorcycles fixya. Cyclists dream of and plan for this lifelist trip that starts in banff, alberta and rolls. Great divide canada, which connects to and extends the u.
In 20 and 2016, he won the tour divide ultraendurance mountain bike race across the rocky mountains in canada and the united states. The organization provides a complimentary download of the highres gps route file for all of its 4,000 members. The incadivide race is a yearly, selfsupported, ultradistance cycling race across the territory of the incas in south america and organized by the french organization bikingman. You can do as many or as few miles each day as you feel like. Great divide mountain bike route northward, showcases some of the most magnificent scenery in the entire rocky mountain chain. Cycling the great divide recommended reading hit the road. Following the continental divide as closely as practicable and crossing it 30 times, about 90% of the gdmbr is on unpaved roads and trails and requires basic offpavement riding skills to complete.
Jun 01, 2000 i picked up this book, as well as dividing the great, because im planning to ride the great divide route a little later this year. This too was a fairly uneventful section until 750 yards out when i decided to push the pace and head out into the cross wind alone. The route crisscrosses the continental divide from north to south starting in banff, alberta, canada and finishing at the usmexico border in antelope wells, new mexico. The great divide mountain bike route gdmbr is a 3,083.
Cyclists dream of and plan for this lifelist trip that starts in banff, alberta and rolls through 2,745 miles of wild mountainous beauty all. Great divide cyclery have a big focus on community, and helena is definitely a mountain biking town. September 2005 issue is now available as a pdf file 2. In many ways douglasaz would be a much better terminus for the great divide mountain bike route than antelope wells.
Cycling the great divide available for download and read online in other formats. It is recommended that you download the zip with each day as a separate file dividealldaysgpx. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The great divide mountain bike route gdmbr is the most recognized and important offpavement cycling route in the united states, if not the world. Pdf cycling the great divide download full pdf book. While most of the gdmbr is off the pavement, the route does not require highly technical mountain bike.
From may to july 2010, i rode my bicycle 3,000 miles from antelope wells, nm to banff ab, canada following adventure cyclings great divide mountain bike route, then to jasper ab, canada. The great divide mountain bike route was put together by adventure cycling in the late nineties. The book does a nice job, breaking down the daily mileage, and locations of camping and scenic stops, based on the maps provided by the adventure cycling association. From canada to mexico on americas premier long distance mountain bike route is an essential item for those who are planning to. Also, i have always done all three climbs in one day cola, molas, red. The great divide route is the worlds longest offpavement cycling route. Back road riding all the way from canada to the mexican border. Mostly dirt roads, a little pavement, some single track, and 100% adventure await on the great divide mountain bike route from canada to mexico. The sneffels mountain range is a site you wont soon forget. Its remoteness equates with spectacular terrain and scenery.