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We were pretty content at taking a zero day at Ghost Ranch, and who wouldn’t be? It’s a retreat afterall — peaceful and the perfect place to rest up. But as Eszter says, we are action figures and resting is hard sometimes. She provided the motivation to get us back on the bikes for …. [Continue reading] 
You win some, you lose some. Yesterday’s hot springs route was a total win. Today’s National Recreation Trail, not so much. I’m not going to say it was a lose, because we enjoyed it on many levels, but it sure wasn’t a sweet singletrack descent. More like a log filled, never traveled trace of a …. [Continue reading] 
Part of the beauty of a trip like this is that it was simply too big to plan at once. We knew we would have to stay flexible and make things up on the fly. So it was today that I invented a new route through the San Pedro mountains, eschewing the divide route since …. [Continue reading] 
The mesa country north of Mount Taylor. One of the most beautiful and remote sections of the divide route. Discovering that there was now CDT singletrack was a huge impetus for getting this trip off the ground. I was perhaps more excited to explore the mesa country and ride along rims than for any …. [Continue reading] 
A six thousand foot climb is not the friendliest of reintroductions to life on the trail. We knew it was going to be a tough transition… it was just a matter of how tough. We were both about one day into stir crazy in the motel. 3 days was great, 4 was just a bit …. [Continue reading] 
We’re back on the CDT north of Silver City! It’s the official trail, but a section few hikers take. Not because it’s hard (though we did push bikes!), but because there’s a better route and one that has more water (the Middle Gila). It’s wilderness, though, …. [Continue reading] 
CDTbike photos from the first 200 miles, to Silver City, NM! Roger Payne, man of leisure (according to his brother!), dropping us 28 miles from Crazy Cook. What a guy. The story of Crazy Cook, much of it obscured by the sands of time. We’ve heard a few variations of the …. [Continue reading] 
We are camping at 8000′ somewhere in the Zuni Mountains, on an improvised shortcut that turned out brilliantly and gave us the best riding of the day. Today wasn’t a good day for singletrack hunting, but it might have been a good day for future CDT bikers and the route, in general. It was hard …. [Continue reading] 
We have arrived at one of the legendary stops along divide: Pie Town. Yes, the place actually exists. It’s home to maybe 50 people and two pie shops. That’s the correct ratio of pie to people, if you ask me. The pie was especially delicious for us since we were running pretty thin on …. [Continue reading] 
The sunset on Mangas mountain made it all worth it. The CDT has quite the personality in New Mexico. We pushed bikes. We navigated moonscape burn areas. We lost the trail. There was no trail. We stopped at the top of a 2000 foot descent with little hope for trail, let alone a clear …. [Continue reading] 
All predictions on the beauty of the night held true. Sleep was deep, for bikepacking.. only waking up occasionally to check the status of the nearly full moon. We dug right into ‘the Gila’, cresting ridgelines and dropping into deep canyons. It’s quite a road. What I remember most was miles and miles of coasting …. [Continue reading] 
Silver City isn’t the kind of place you can feel good about leaving too quickly. There’s something about it. Eszter says it has the friendliest people, and I think she’s on to something. For sure the good folks at the Bike House were kind to us, welcoming us in just about every way possible. It …. [Continue reading] 
Woke up to a bright sun on ponderosa pines, and purple lupines just outside the sleeping bag. The order of the day was dropping down forest singletrack. We had a choice, and we decided to continue on CDT, skipping a faster route to Silver CIty and the route thru-hikers use. It was early in the …. [Continue reading] 
We took a leisurely start, which was much needed. The wind picked up to 20-30 mph very early. If we’d been on the trail by 6 or so, we might have had a long enough window to get out of the flats, but I kinda doubt it. So we left Lordsburg, on trail and on …. [Continue reading] 
Day 1. CDTbike has begun! Â After a short ride from Roger Payne out of Lordsburg we were on our way… Heading south! Wait what? The road down to Crazy Cook (official southern terminus of the CDT) has gotten so bad that the Payne brothers aren’t keen on shuttling people on it this …. [Continue reading] 
In just a few short days, we’ll be back out on the trail! This time for something bigger and more challenging than anything we have attempted before. The Continental Divide Trail (CDT). “Oh, you guys are doing Ride the Divide? No way!” 😉 Not quite. Though we will be riding some sections of …. [Continue reading] 
Now we return to where the story started. Two bikepackers heading north on the Arizona Trail, with no tent and no rain gear. The first storm in months barreling down on them. Everyone statewide was skeptical the storm would materialize into actual moisture. It had been so long. descending to Kansas But for …. [Continue reading] |
 Scott Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on. I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com. More... Projects / Sites  
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