The Montana Bike Odyssey covers some of the most epic, awe-inspiring, and underrated terrain in Western and Central Montana. One of those regions is the southwest portion of the loop, including the Madison River Valley, Gravelly Range, along the Ruby River corridor, and through Sweetwater Basin to Dillon, MT.
Wild spaces. Natural landscapes. Intact ecosystems. Wilderness. Native lands. Clean water. Pure air. Life. What do those words mean to you?
The Wydaho One Hundred didn't start as an event or even a published route. After a mid-fall bikepacking trip on the Jackpine-Pinochle road, I decided to ride back to Victor taking the long, scenic way through the farmland of Felt on double-track county "roads," up through Packsaddle Canyon and around the backroads of Victor.
Like many adventures, this bikepacking expedition started with enthusiastic inspiration and an idea -- circumnavigate the great Eastern Idaho Sagebrush Steppe and Lava Flows, connecting mountain ranges to sand dunes -- dubbed Dirt to Dunes.
Dirt roads. Lots of laughs. Towering glacial mountains. Alpenglow treelines. Golden leaf-paved gravel. Sunkissed orange and red foliage. Clear blue rivers. Starlit night skies. Frosty mornings. Good company. And of course, bikes. Steel bikes. Ready for anything, like a hundred miles of gravel backroads near Glacier National Park.
