Continental Divide Ride

[Ekke]

Near Banff and Mount Assiniboine the trails are restricted to hiking, some horses and some bicycling. No motorcycles for sure! You might have more luck to the south and west, around Elkford and Windermere. Here's a photo on Highway 93:

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ekk...iTHLEBNL25naky

Originally Posted by Ed@Ford

Is there a set of tracklogs for CD ride from Canadian border to Banff?

[Milhaus]

Excellent, excellent write up! I am seriously considering ditching all my other ride plan ideas this summer and doing the Colorado-only section of this trip!

By the way, it is the Cumbers & Toltec Scenic RR you rode over on the Colorado/New Mexico state line.

[d0gWateR]

Originally Posted by stupidfatkid

I've been playing around with Google Map's new API (slow day at work). I seen where your GPX file was basically a XML file so I edited it a little bit and wrote a script so Google Maps would show all the waypoints. You can also click each marker and it will show a balloon with information related to that way point. And, of course, with Google Maps you can drag the map around with your mouse, zoom in and out, change the view to satellite or hybrid, etc.. Everyway, thought you might get a kick out of it.

http://www.stupidfatkid.com/google/CD/

You rule. I love it! I love that API too.

[Countdown]

This is a version with 250 track points per 100 mile track for small units.

[Trander]

This is all good stuff, thanks to all of you!

[mtnbiker1096]

I realize Im a little behind the times on this but I just had to say THANKS for getting the .gpx file done and letting be posted here. I have been wanting to do this trail for a long time and this will help me plan.
This place rocks!!!

[sandiegoland]

Mark: THANKS!!!!

Downloaded your tracks and did a 60 mile fragment of the Continental Divide ride between Helena and Lincoln Montana (your date 17-Jul-05) on our 2UP tour through the area. Couldn't have possibly seen so much or avoided a lot of backtracking had it not been for you tracks. Great stuff.

Beautiful country:

[sherpa]

What's the general difficulty of The Continental Divide Trail from say I70 in Colorado up through Wyoming to the Idaho Border?

Are there really technical single track sections or is most/all of it all old road beds?

We'll be on TKC shod 640's.

We're leaving June 17 to spend a couple weeks prior to the Rally in Buena Vista and looking for some options.

Thanks.

[StmbtDave]

Be aware that many sections of the designated route are closed to motorized vehicles until July 1. The primary route from just north of Steamboat Springs to the Wyoming line goes through one of the seasonal closure areas but the alternate route will keep you legal. The forests in WY, ID, and MT also have seasonal closures but you will have to check with the individual FS offices for specifics. We are waiting until after the BV Westfest to make our run from Steamboat to Canada so as to avoid the closures.

Dave

[kpick]

Hey guys,
I’m in need of a little help on this one. I can’t get this to load.

I’ve tried to open it with Map Source (with the update) and also Easy GPS.
I keep getting an “System Error line 0 position 0”

Any ideals how to open this?

Thanks for the help,
Kp

[mmoorhouse]

Just finished my ride on the Divide - the GPS files worked great.

Pics:http://www.roadkillriders.com

[BigDogAdventures.com]

Originally Posted by sandiegoland

Mark: THANKS!!!!

Downloaded your tracks and did a 60 mile fragment of the Continental Divide ride between Helena and Lincoln Montana (your date 17-Jul-05) on our 2UP tour through the area. Couldn't have possibly seen so much or avoided a lot of backtracking had it not been for you tracks. Great stuff.

Guys---------I'm so glad the tracks worked out for you guys !!! Your pictures are making me want to do it again !!!!!!

[mmoorhouse]

Big Dog,

Let me know if you do want to go again, I will go!

[swalterj]

Just dinkin' around looking at stuff, ride reports, etc.

Very enjoyable. It strikes me that you make mention of the people you met along the route. One of the underrated aspects of our kind of travel, yes?

Great report, and makes me want to follow those same roads!

Thanks for sharing!

[Owlseye]

Unfortunately, that part of the CD trail is in National and Provincial parks, and motorized vehicles aren't allowed. Bicycles aren't even allowed on some parts, eg from Shark Mtn to Mt Assiniboine, and onto Sunshine Ski resort (just outside Banff). Incidently, to my knowledge, the CD trail isn't known as such in Canada, but is a series of trails, some marked, many not, that follow the Continental Divide from the border to the Willmore wilderness area north of Jasper/Hinton.
Sorry, someone answered it better, and sooner. Somehow I missed the other replys.