Category: GDMBR Bike Ride 2026

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…