Rocky Mountaineers Monthly Meeting Featuring; Great Burn Bikepacking

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016, 7PM @ The Trail Head

Rocky Mountaineers Monthly Meeting Featuring; Great Burn Bikepacking

State Line  - Great Burn Bikepack.
In early October 2015, Norman Singley, Michael Moser and Neil Simpson set out to ride the State Line of Montana and Idaho from Taft (the start of the Route of the Hiawatha) to the end of the State Line Trail.  We encountered good dirt roads, good trail, terrible trail, rugged country, sunny days and fantastic scenery.  We covered over 120 miles of road and singletrack over four days, self-supported with lightweight bikepacking setups on our mountain bikes.  It was a great way to get an overview of the amazing country that lies along the Montana-Idaho border, and to experience the vastness of the Great Burn. This area is characterized by rough ridges and open meadows that have never been reclaimed by forest after the fires of 1910.  We camped at high mountain lakes and enjoyed immense views west into the Clearwater forest.