As I’m staring out the window looking at a few feet of snow and debating whether I go out backcountry skiing or snowmobiling today,
Mark and I have already been thinking about our 2017 cycle trip. We’ve kicked around Washington, Oregon, Nevada and staying local to me doing the Utah and Colorado BDRs. The Utah BDR route is anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes from my house depending on where we join in. You can check out the videos about it here. Here is the information on the Utah BDR – http://ridebdr.com/UTBDR . Information on the Colorado BDR is here. We’re considering a two week trip and we ride as far as we get, with no real set timelines.
If anyone is interested in joining us, let us know. There are places to rent cycles just about anywhere we go, but you are going to need the gear for the trip. I can’t remember if Mark or I posted our packing list, but we can add that later. Here’s what some of my gear looked like before I packed up the bike. 
It takes some time to get all of the gear if you don’t have it, and it’s not cheap. Between us there is some overlap, so you don’t have to buy everything yourself.
As well, if you aren’t an avid rider, I would highly suggest taking an adventure cycle off-road course like Fran Tully’s http://dualsportschool.com or one of the BMW or Rawhyde courses. They are definitely worth it. Regardless, plan on crashing or dropping your bike often. So have crashbars, or buy insurance on any rental.
At this point, Mark is telling me the best time to ride the Utah and Colorado BDR appears to be September. I assume that is because of the snowpack. We’ll keep thinking on it and update any plans here. I ordered my BDR membership and that includes the new Nevada BDR information, so we’ll check that out before we make a final decision.
Snowmobiling…I decided to snowmobile today. Backcountry ski tomorrow.
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