Great Divide Trail 2009 – 5 Mates, 5 Bikes, One Vision
August 5, 2011 by pbik
Filed under Mountain bikes
See a couple exerpts of our epic adventure as we rode our mountain bikes along the Great Divide Trail from Banff, Canada to the Mexican border at Antelope Wells. The trip involved some 4500 km of riding; which included 29 Continental divide crossings, a cumulative 55 kilometers of ascending, and a peak elevation of nearly 12000 ft.We started in Banff on June 22 2009, and finished two months later. The blog can be flound at www.greatdividetrail2009.blogspot.com
I love this Video.Its inspired me to start planning my own ride with my Sons.
great vid…. thanks from Australia
Daz
great vid…. tahnks Daz
Great Video!
Ciao from Italy.
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Great Video!
Ciao from Italy.
I love this video!
Thanks for sharing….
Awesome, how difficult is the trail to follow ? what are the best maps to get and its all do-able on a mountain bike ? roughly how long to complete , what time of the year would you suggest to be best
Cheers
Australia
Awesome, how difficult is the trail to follow ? what are the best maps to get and its all do-able on a mountain bike ? roughly how long to complete
Cheers
Australia
@zipppychickk
I’ve walked the entire appalachian trail, and there are huge sections in which riding a bike would be absolutely impossible due to the rugged terrain.
Besides, the trail is off limits to bikes.
Great Video! This journey and all its memories/emotions are beyond words. I did the trip in ‘01 and i still think about it daily. It was great reliving through your video, thanks.
@zipppychickk
The Appalachian Trail (AT) is strictly pedestrian and it takes 4 to 6 months to hike
@Lamboracer1 Actually pretty cheap if you think about it.. I’m a broke college student and I managed to do it one summer
this is great you guys do you know if you can bike the appellation trail?
@trystanglynn Sounds like a real fun time. Wish i had the opportunity to take it on. =)
great video. thanks for sharing. my dad and I are starting the GDMBR in about 50 days!
Awsome Video! What is a reasonable amount of money to spend on a journey like that?
It really was a strange mix of emotions once we crossed the border. Relief, melancholy, nostalgia….pretty hard to describe really. It was an amazing trip, and a great way to spend two months….
I always figured that when it was all over and they returned to civilization, Lewis and Clark and the members of the Corp of Discovery must have felt a completely empty feeling, once all the hoopla died down. Maybe you were relieved on that final day, but I’d bet you felt some melancholy too! I ain’t ever done that ride, but I sure would like to.
did the great divide in 07, the best time of my life. peace.
you guys rock! I’m a mountain biker and plan to do something like that this summer. Thanks.
Amazing – free, fun – this is what cycling SHOULD be all about!
what an inspiring video… it make me want to get out and ride!!! i cant wait till spring
yup sure did
Wow, looks like it was great fun, did you guys do the lot of the divide?