Beautiful weather.
Matt and Kathy Valen, along with grandson Croix, dropped Anna V. and me off at the Roosville, MT point of entry into Canada. We headed back south to Eureka, MT, 10 miles away. The initial 25 miles of the Great Divide trail in Montana is hard surface road. Traveling was easy and mostly flat. Somewhere around 30 miles, we started our ascent through Whitefish Pass. Constant uphill for about 7 miles, and the road/trail turned to gravel. Eventually the road morphed into rocks, a good test for our "rock shock" front bicycle forks. I am riding a Salsa Fargo and Anna V. is on a Specialized. The final four miles of the day was a blessed downhill. I was shot; Anna buoyant. We stayed at Yumchuk campground. Two other GD bikers were camping as well. They were worried about the recent Grizzly attack in the area that killed a biker. We all have bear spray just in case. We had a hot meal of Chicken Alfredo with tuna, took a cold clean up in the mountain stream, and called it a day.
42 miles.
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