2026 Grand Tour General Discussion

[Lapchik]

When I post pictures at work, they show up on the forum. If I go home and look on that computer, the links don't work. So here I go again, trying to get something to work consistently. What I have so far:

Glenwood, MN


Long Beach, MN




Millerville, MN


Long Prairie, MN


Little Falls, MN



I'm starting this 6700+ mile ride on May 18th, if all things go to plan. Hoping my medical issues can be pushed off until after the trip. I use my SPOT on basically every ride I do, if you care to follow along. https://maps.findmespot.com/s/DS28#history/assets

Clockwise rotation, in hopes that Beartooth Pass is open when I get there on the 29th or 30th. If it's not, I have that bailout route through South Dakota. I've been out there so many times that I'm running out of things to see. In the last couple years I saw the center by Belle Fourche and rode through Slim Buttes (Sleddog suggested I do that). I also went through Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee (I would suggest not doing that to everyone else) so now the North American Pole of Inaccessibility, Friendship Tower, and Black Elk Peak are basically all I have left to see for "attractions".

I'm expecting to be very cold for the first few days when I leave, burn to a crisp in the desert since it's already been over 100 degrees several times this year in Arizona, and then get snowed on and frozen in the Bighorns. Something around 400 miles of dirt/gravel over the whole trip. I'm hiking 9 miles for Black Mesa in Oklahoma, and about 3 miles for White Butte in North Dakota. Should be fun.