Mountainbiking and bikepacking in Sussex and further afield
Tour Divide Diary Day 19 13/07/16 Helena ridge trail 18 miles 2487 feet of climbing Cumulative 589 miles 30767 feet of climbing Today started off with yet another breakfast at Steve’s Cafe. Jeff lent us the Helena South Hills trail map and we decided that we would tackle the Mount Helena Ridge Trail, a trail…
Tour Divide Diary Day 18 12/07/16 Rest day in Helena 0 miles 0 feet of climbing Cumulative 572 miles 28280 feet of climbing We really didn’t do much today, on Jeff’s recommendation we went to Steve’s Cafe for breakfast, voted the “Best breakfast in Helena” it seemed to be a good choice. This was a…
Tour Divide Diary Day 17 11/07/16 Lost Llama Cabin to Helena 39 miles 3497 feet of climbing Cumulative 572 miles 28280 feet of climbing We woke up in the awesome Lost Llama Cabin at Prickly Pear Creek, the weather was fortunately not as bad as what was forecast, but it had been raining heavily all…
Tour Divide Diary Day 16 10/07/16 Lincoln to Lost Llama Cabin 23 miles 2313 feet of climbing Cumulative 533 miles 24782 feet of climbing The weather forecast had been hideous and originally we had planned to stay in Lincoln for another night before heading off to Helena. However when we got up the promised torrential…
Tour Divide Diary Day 15 09/07/16 Rest day in Lincoln 0 miles 0 feet of climbing Cumulative 510 miles 22469 feet of climbing Not much to report today as it truly was a day of rest. Being such a small town there wasn’t a lot to see or do, although our stay did coincide with…
Tour Divide Diary Day 14 08/07/16 Ovando to Lincoln 34.7 miles 1040 feet of climbing Cumulative 510 miles 22469 feet of climbing The teepee turned out to not be quite as good a night’s sleep as expected, Tom inflated his mat, put it on the camp bed and had a great night, I didn’t and…
Tour Divide Diary Day 13 07/07/16 Seeley Lake to Ovando 27.7 miles 715 feet of climbing Cumulative 475 miles 21429 feet of climbing We started the day feeling recharged after a night in the motel with such luxuries as beds, baths, TV and WiFi! Heading straight over to the nearest coffee place, the food selection…
Tour Divide Diary Day 12 06/07/16 Condon to Seeley Lake – ***Hitch Hikers!*** 9 miles 472 feet of climbing Cumulative 447 miles 20714 feet of climbing Today we woke up and were feeling really jaded after such a hard day yesterday, the distance, amount of climbing and also the heat had taken it’s toll. It…
Tour Divide Diary Day 11 05/07/16 Bigfork to Condon 58 miles 3077 feet of climbing Cumulative 438 miles 20242 feet of climbing We headed out of Bigfork, back down Highway 83 to rejoin the route where we had previously left on the day of the double bonk. Stopping briefly at Swan Lake where we had…
Tour Divide Diary Day 10 04/07/16 Rest day in Bigfork 0 miles 0 feet of climbing Cumulative 380 miles 17164 feet of climbing Avoiding cooking breakfast again we rode into Bigfork to Brookside Yard, we had to avoid a 5K running race that was going on at the time and the finish line was by…
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