StatsDistance: 67.7 mi Average Speed: 10.5 mph; Max Speed: 32.5 mph Elevation Gain: 5,279 ft Average Temp: 72.5 F; Temp Range: 48.2-100.4 F Story: The campground I passed up last night had a sign about bears having been spotted…
Day 16: Stites ID to Clearwater National Forest, ID
Stats: Distance: 54.65 mi Average Speed 11.2 mph; Max Speed: 25.4 mph Elevation gain: 3,215 ft Average Temp: 83.3 F; Temp Range: 59.0-96.8 F Story: Last night around 9 PM, as I was reading a bit before going to…
Day 15: Riggins, ID to Stites, ID
Stats: Distance: 69.33 mi Average Speed: 9.8 mph; Max Speed: 36.4 mph Elevation Gain: 4,745 ft Average Temp: 74.4 F; Temp Range: 50.0-89.6 F Story: It was bright out until well after 9PM last night, and I had a…
Day 14: Cambridge, ID to Riggins, ID
Stats Distance: 82.72 mi Average Speed: 12.1 mph; Max Speed: 36.1 mph Elevation gain: 2,865 ft Average Temp: 79.4 F; Temp Range: 64.4-95.0 F Story: What a difference a day makes. After yesterday’s brutal heat and climb, it was nice…
Day 13: Halfway, OR to Cambridge, ID
Stats Distance: 61.24 mi Average Speed: 10.7 mph; Max Speed: 31.2 mph Elevation gain: 3,770 Average Temp: 87.7; Temp Range: 64.4-104.0 F Story I’ll be frank; today kicked my ass. The morning was beautiful, and I took my time about…
Day 12: Baker City, OR to Halfway, OR
Stats Distance: 56.04 Average speed: 10.4 mph; Max speed: mph 34.4 mph Elevation gain: 3,294 ft Average temp: 84.7 F; Max temp: 53.6-100.4 F Story: I woke up before my host, but we had set up for that, putting out…
Day 11: Dixie Pass Summit, OR to Baker City, OR
Stats: Distance: 57.84 mi Average Speed: 12.7 mph; Max Speed: 35.7 mph Elevation gain: 2,754 ft Average Temp: 67.3 F; Temp Range: 46.4-82.4 F Story I woke a bit later than usual, but well rested in more ways than one.…
Day 10: Prairie City, OR to Bates State Park, OR and back to Prairie City, OR
Stats: Distance: 16.88 mi Average speed: 9.3 mph; Max speed: 23.0 mph Elevation gain: 1,728 Average temp: 46.5 F; Temp range: 39.2-57.2 F Story: I slept very well again last night in my quilt on a comfortable bed. I…
Day 9: Mitchell, OR to Prairie City, OR
Stats: Distance: 82.5 mi Average speed: 11.9 mph; Max speed: 32.3 mph Elevation gain: 4,598 Average temp: 68.2 F; Temp range: 57.2-78.8 F Story: I slept like a log. Rarely, even on good nights, do I wake up in…
Day 8: Ochoco Lake County Park, OR to Mitchell, OR
Stats: Distance: 40.2 mi Average Speed 10.9 mph; Max Speed: 32.2 mph Elevation Gain: 2,283 ft Average Temp: 70.0 F; Temp Range: 46.4-89.6 F Story: Today was a very short day. At 40 miles, it included one mountain pass. The…