Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Wrapping Up!
The Whole Enchilada Over twelve days of riding from August 18, 2025 to August 29, 2025 we covered 460 miles with 32,500 ft of elevation gain. During that…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Epilogue: You Can Call Us Al
In the year of preparation for this adventure, Liz and I consulted all sorts of sources to try to understand what we’d be in for. Our aforementioned friend…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Days 10-13: A Wild and Remote Adventure
Going into the trip, I had this stretch flagged as something to be very careful going into. From Horca to El Rito (over 120 miles and likely three…
Ben & Liz
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Day 9: Operation Indiana Pass (phase 2/2)
Woke up before dawn to get an early start. Everything was wet, but there was nothing to do about that except to just pack up. I had an…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Day 8: Operation Indiana Pass (phase 1/2)
Allison and Alan ended up camping on the patio of the La Garita Trading Post, so we all were able to set out together in the morning. Their…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Day 7: Very Brief Update
Beautiful descent this morning. Alan and Allison had a side quest backtracking so Liz and I rode to La Garita alone today knowing they were an hour or…
Ben & Liz
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Day 6: Cochetopa Pass Plus
Woke up early, broke camp and met up with the Al’s at the Trading Post’s convenience store/diner to see if we could find a ride down US 50.…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Day 5: Marshall Pass (and that’s about it)
Unfortunately no pictures today, the Internet is slow but we’re not complaining! Started the day in Salida and the route puts us on a nice bike path to…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Day 4: Gravel Misery and Zero Mountains (our 20th Wedding Anniversary!)
I won’t sugarcoat it. Today was 90% misery and disappointment only salvaged by a nice climb in crisp, clean morning air and our true saviors who pulled us…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Day 3: Mountains at Last!
The plan for the second half of today (after arriving in Frisco on the bus) was to finally join the actual GDMBR route and climb some mountains! By…
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