Continental Divide Ride

[rpet]

Originally Posted by eddyturn

You say better but is it easier or more challenging? Just checking.

Hopefully the latter.

[Countdown]

Originally Posted by wbbnm

Countdown has posted an alternate route thru New Mexico in his library on GPSXchange. IMO his modified route is much better than the classic route especially the Chloride Creek segment.

First it follows the divide as close as is possible. It crosses the divide over 40 times in NM.

In many places it is not Adv Bike friendly, I did it on a Dual Sport bike. I remember one very rocky road going to gas in Winston. I also found gas north of pie town while following the divide instead of the classic route. There is a mini White Rim trail just north of Thoreau

If you want a much better ride, the GWT in AZ & UT is great.

[wbbnm]

Originally Posted by eddyturn

You say better but is it easier or more challenging? Just checking.

Well the Chloride Creek segment is more challenging and just to the point of being lots of fun. There is no problem riding it on a KLR. And I was on one ride where a guy and his wife rode it two-up on a KTM 950 and were right on my tail when I was on my KTM 450. Nothing very hard but lots of rocky creek crossings on the east end.

Plus this segment gets you to a neat gas station in Winston. I haven't studied them closely but at first glance it looks like the other segments in Countdown's alternate are pretty similar to the classic route in terms of difficulty.

[Countdown]

Originally Posted by wbbnm

Well the Chloride Creek segment is more challenging and just to the point of being lots of fun. There is no problem riding it on a KLR. And I was on one ride where a guy and his wife rode it two-up on a KTM 950 and were right on my tail when I was on my KTM 450. Nothing very hard but lots of rocky creek crossings on the east end..

Didn't know the name but that was the hardest section I remembered.

There was another much more fun section than classic route starting north at Hwy 12 on way to Pie town.