Author: Ken Luken
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Day 14 & 15
Friday, August 7th, 54.4 miles and 1902 accumulated vertical feet up. 584 Route Miles to date and this is the 2nd week complete👍 Today was less spectacular than some previous days going to be a quick report. Just North of Eureka Montana tonight. Saturday, August 8th, 63.7 miles and 3648 accumulated vertical feet up. Scott…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Day 12 & 13
Wednesday, August 5th, 55.3 miles and 2770 accumulated vertical feet up. Today after climbing about 1400 feet we crossed 6349 feet, the highest point on the GDMBR in Canada. We have seen so many, ~10, riders going North to finish in Banff that we quite stopping to talk with them. Have not seen any other…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Day 10 & 11
Monday, August 31st REST DAY in Banff, Alberta Great to have 2 very comfortable nights in a hotel. Come here for a vacation, there’s lots to do and it’s beautiful. Hardly any smoke today so I took a couple of pictures. Cascades of Time Garden Tuesday, August 4th, 52.7 miles and 3500 accumulated vertical feet…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Day 7, 8 & 9
Friday July 31st, 51 miles and 4700 accumulated vertical feet up. 296 Route Miles to date and this is the first week complete👍 Try the link created below by my friend John C. and you may be able to follow with a map. You may need to at least sign up for a free subscription…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Day 5 & 6
Wednesday July 29th, 50.7 miles and 4780 accumulated vertical feet up. As planned Celina’s dad met me at the hotel’s restaurant at 7:00am, they didn’t open until 8, we checked the Coal Miner’s Cafe, not open until 8. Paul suggested we go up to his summer house. It was a rustic homey bungalow with a…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Day 3 & 4
Monday July 27th, 63 miles and 3900 accumulated vertical feet up. Woke this morning to very light rain but the skies looked as though it was going to be genuinely raining today. I packed up in a hurry, nobody else in the campground was up yet, got down to the GDMBR early. The route carried…
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Day 1 & 2
First a few comments about the train ride. I met a man. His name was Kirk P. (The Tin Man). He is from Ottawa. Very very nice man. He made this train ride more enjoyable than could possibly be imagined. Thanks, Kirk While in the dinning car at breakfast this morning there was a considerable…
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Grand Forks ND to Winnipeg Part 2
Wednesday July 22nd The agrarian scenery gradually changed today as we progressed northward, wheat and rapeseed have been replaced with mixed grass hay, lush green single variety tall grass hay, and small cattle operations. As in 2023 our border crossing into Canada proceeded without a hitch. No searching, only wanted our Passports and needed to…
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Grand Forks North Dakota to Winnipeg
Our first day (Monday 7/20/2026) out on the bikes required a short 25 mile ride to Oslo Minnesota. The ride was going to be flat and on VERY rural gravel roads. That’s the good news! In reality the roads were dirt, closed, and the gravel was thick and loose and we had sustained headwinds or…
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Packing and the First Day of Getting to Jasper
If you’re looked at the packing list you are probably wondering how in world is he going to get that stuff on the bike. Yes I checked the list at least several times. Before loading I packed the bags and I weighed it all, so total weight of gear is 41 pounds and the weight…