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Dublin - Danville 2015-08-11 35 km21.7 mi 2h:21m 5 photos

Iron Horse trail return Refreshment stop at Peet's in Danville Amador Valley Blvd. Start at the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Tuesday/Thursday mornings starting at the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Backpacking trip from Pine Creek trailhead into French Canyon 2015-08-02 47.5 km29.5 mi 1 day 4h:15m 94 photos

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Backpacking trip starting at the Pine Creek trailhead a few miles north of Bishop and heading up the canyon to Lower Pine Lake for our first camp site. The next day we continued up and camped for a couple days in the Granite Park area with a day hike to view the Italy Pass area.

Joaquin Miller Park hike 2015-07-30 10.1 km6.2 mi 2h:34m 11 photos

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Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers in Joaquin Miller Park. From the park headquarters we headed past the Chabot science center to Redwood Bowl for our refreshment break. Note that GPS reception was rather poor due to dense tree cover so there are some glitches in the tracklog.

San Ramon to Sunol/Kilkare 2015-07-29 62.5 km38.8 mi 3h:37m 14 photos

Sunol RR station Foothill Blvd. Start at San Ramon Central Park Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at San Ramon Central Park and heading south to Sunol. We then had an optional out-and-back to the end of Kilkare Rd. before returning via Pleasanton-Sunol rd. with a refreshment stop at the Corner Bakery on Bernal.

Dublin - Verona Bridge - Pleasanton loop 2015-07-28 38.4 km23.9 mi 1h:57m 4 photos

Alisal Verona Bridge Foothill Rd. Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Tues/Thurs mornings leaving from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Salmon Lake - Missoula 2015-07-24 81.1 km50.4 mi 5h:07m 10 photos

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Final day of our Jasper to Missoula bike ride. Today we rode from Salmon Lake into Missoula and visited the Adventure Cycling Assoc. (orig. Bikecentennial) headquarters where they offer tours, ice cream, sodas, and pictures to visiting cycle tourers.

Swan - Salmon Lake 2015-07-23 104.2 km64.8 mi 7h:01m 7 photos

Several convoys passed us headed north Herons All the essentials Map

Continuing our ride from Jasper to Missoula, we rode from Swan Lake through Seeley to the campground at Salmon Lake.

Apgar to Swan Lake 2015-07-22 50 km31.1 mi 2h:43m 17 photos

Llama farm Dreary morning start with intermittent showers. Map

Continuation of our Jasper - Missoula ride. Since I drove the support vehicle for the first part of the day, the track only shows the last half of the ride to the Swan Lake campsite.

West Glacier 2015-07-21 3.5 km2.2 mi 1h:26m 21 photos

Wildflower field at the pass At Logan Pass Map

Continuing our Jasper - Missoula ride, we ride over the Going-to-the-Sun road from St. Mary to Apgar campgrounds. I was driving the support vehicle today so the track only shows some riding around Apgar while some of the pictures were taken on the drive.

Glacier National Park 2015-07-20 56.9 km35.4 mi 5h:57m 56 photos

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Rest day on our Jasper - Missoula ride at the St. Mary campground. Since I would be driving the support vehicle the next day, I rode up to the Logan Pass summit today.

Pincher Creek - St. Mary 2015-07-19 106.1 km65.9 mi 6h:49m 20 photos

Nearing Waterton National Park Map

Continuing our ride from Jasper to Missoula, we ride from Pincher Creek across the US border to St. Mary and Glacier National Park.

Fernie - Pincher Creek 2015-07-18 120.2 km74.7 mi 8h:01m 35 photos

Sparwood - former mining town Leaving Fernie Map

Continuing our Jasper - Missoula ride, we drove into Fernie and then rode from there to Pincher Creek.

Kikomun Prov. Park 2015-07-17 4.8 km3 mi 1h:48m 6 photos

Hidden Lake White tail deer in the campground Map

Rest day on our Jasper - Missoula bike ride. Took a short hike in Kikomun Park.

Fort Steele - Kikomun Creek Provincial Park 2015-07-16 62.6 km38.9 mi 5h:25m 10 photos

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Seventh day of our Jasper to Missoula bike ride. Today we rode from Fort Steele to Kikomun Provincial Park and took a side drive into Fernie.

Radium Hot Springs - Fort Steele 2015-07-15 88.2 km54.8 mi 5h:22m 6 photos

Only flat tire of our entire ride Map

Sixth day of our Jasper to Missoula bike ride. Today we rode from Radium Hot Springs to Fort Steele.

Castle Mountain - Radium Hot Springs 2015-07-14 98.8 km61.4 mi 5h:16m 20 photos

Continental Divide and Alberta/British Columbia border Map

Fifth day of our Jasper to Missoula bike ride. Today we left Castle Mountain campground and rode to Radium Hot Springs.

Lake Louise - Banff 2015-07-13 74 km46 mi 5h:05m 33 photos

Bear on the train tracks Head of black bear hidden in bushes Leaving Lake Louise village area Electrified bear protection at Lake Louise campsite Map

Fourth day of our Jasper to Missoula ride. Today we rode from Lake Louise to Banff, explored the town and surroundings, and then returned to our campsite at Castle Mountain Junction.

Icefields Parkway - Lake Louise 2015-07-12 64.4 km40 mi 4h:03m 47 photos

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Third day of our Jasper - Missoula ride. Today we continued south on the Icefields Parkway from Waterfowl Lake to Lake Louise. After touring the village we went on a short hike to the Tea House on Lake Agnes.

Jasper - Icefields Parkway 2015-07-11 91.2 km56.7 mi 7h:44m 76 photos

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Second day of our Jasper to Missoula bike tour. Today we rode from the Jonas Creek campground to the one at Waterfowl Lake, passing the Skywalk and Icefields Discovery Center along the way.

Jasper National Park 2015-07-10 72.3 km44.9 mi 4h:41m 33 photos

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First day of a bike tour from Jasper, Alberta to Missoula, Montana. Today's ride took us south from the campground outside Jasper along the Icefields Parkway to Jonas Creek campground.

Statistics Charts

Peter Rathmann Peter Rathmann
Trips 736
Photos 10421
Total distance 40885 km25405 mi
Max distance 1066 km663 mi
Avg distance 56 km35 mi
Total duration 116 days 12h:24m
Max duration 1 day 4h:15m
Avg duration 3h:47m

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