It’s June and the Great Divide Race is just now underway. The goal is to race 2500 miles, unsupported, across Adventure Cycling’s Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.

TopoFusion author Scott Morris participated in the race in 2005. He also toured the divide in 2004. That trip is chronicled on the TopoFusion Divide Pages. Pay attention to the GPS data there. It is still the definitive GPS track for the Divide route, at a staggering 140,000 points. The track was used to make the official divide elevation profiles now on the latest maps.

This year there are two versions of divide racing. TopoFusion’s GPS data was used for the .kml file highlighting the route on the SPOT leaderboard. Competitors in that race are carrying satellite trackers enabled with GPS devices, so the results are realtime.

Back on the original Great Divide Race, we’ll be once again maintaining the GDR leaderboard. This was a huge hit last year, and we’ll be keeping it up to date with the help of TopoFusion software.

Official links:

Great Divide Race
Tour Divide

For years Epic Rides has been using TopoFusion to map all of its quality events. As the software has improved, so have the maps.

The latest batch of maps are ready to go, for this fall’s Tour of the White Mountains. This is a classic Arizona endurance event, featuring cool temperatures, pine trees and endless singletrack.

These maps show off a new feature of TopoFusion — automatic directional arrows. Currently available in the beta version, the arrows are highly configurable. Size, color, transparency and frequency are some of the options available. No more guessing which direction a track is going! And it’s essential for event mapping!

Head over to TopoFusion’s race/event sponsorship page to check out the maps.

Or go straight to The main Tour Page to sign up or for more info on the event.