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1st OVERNIGHTER PART I


After finishing a 25-mile mountain bike race I asked myself, “What next?”  Well, luckily for me I brought my Fargo with me up to Winter Park fully loading will all the accessories to do my first overnight bikepacking trip.  I would ride from Winter Park north to Granby and then climb to the top of Willow Creek Pass on the Continental Divide.  It was a 40+ mile ride each day.




On my way north I was pleasantly surprised to find the Frasier Granby Trail.  It’s a gravel route that nearly parallels Highway 40 from Frasier to Granby.  Perfect for the Fargo!  Eventually it turned to single track that was full of dried cow prints, so I got back on my planned route of smooth pavement.


The valley from Granby up to Willow Creek Pass along 125 is beautiful.  This was one of the few shots I got due to the unbearable swarms of mosquitoes.  I had to rifle through my packs while riding to find my bug repellant because if I stopped I would get eaten.


 After a couple hours of climbing I made it to the summit of the pass.


I set up my bivy literally ON the Continental Divide.  I could have spit to my left into the Atlantic and to my right into the Pacific without sitting up.

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