The route doesn’t get any easier. Long climb out of Helena to Lava Mountain (MT) which provides amazing terrain to enjoy while hike-a-biking and had me wishing I was a fly on the wall when the route architects must have argued about how difficult to make it and it still be accessible to already hardy bike packers. The free Montana Folk Festival in Butte was a fantastic event to roll into and highlighted how valuable it is to make the arts available to everyone. Elkhorn hot springs has the most unique (and high dose) sauna I’ve ever experienced. The high plains of Bannack Rd were a grind that paid off in a feast for the eyes that was the descent into Lima.
by CoastalBee