Hehe. That sucks about getting laid off, but the National Parks exploration sounded awesome. I plan to vist Yellowstone, Glacier, and Tetons on this trip. Hopefully I'll still have a job when I get back
. But my team is pretty skeleton crew as it is.
This is what I posted on AdvRider about the Great Divide Tracks:
I figured I'd post a follow up here. On GPSKevin's site he does say his self guided ride tracks are free. It took a little while but I figured out how to get GPSKevin's tracks from his site. Since he still sells them, I won't explain here what I did, but they are in fact free with a tiny bit of effort.
I compared the Cannonshot load and ride file to GPS Kevin's 20 individual files. I'm a noob to all this adv mapping stuff, but I'm pretty confident in my analysis.
General Observations:
GPSKevin's blue routes mostly, but not always map to Cannonshot's Cyan route (Canada portion is not Cyan).
GPSKevin's blue route goes through Fleecer Ridge (this has been mentioned in other threads as very steep and only traversable on dual sports in the North to South direction and only small dirt bikes in the South to North direction)
GPSKevin's tracks follow the map road contours more closely while Cannonshot's tracks are more angular. I think this is a function of less waypoints recorded along the track, probably to limit the file size. I know Cannoshot's tracks were made in 2010 and I'm sure the handheld Garmins had less storage and probably recorded fewer waypoints, or maybe the tracks were manually edited. I don't know how this corresponds to following the tracks at a given zoom level as I've not been able to test this.
Specific Observations (Differences between GPSKevin Blue Route and Cannonshot Cyan Route):
Since I plan on riding this from South to North everything below is reversed from the material available online. Also, I may not have listed all the small excursions that Cannoshot did in GPSKevin sections 14-19.
GCDR Section 19 AntelopeWells to Silver City
Cannonshot goes to Old Hachita Ghost Town
GCDR Section 13 Del Norte to Sargents
GPSKevin goes around the “Washouts” waypoint Cannonshot goes thru it.
GCDR Section 12 Sargents to Silverthorne
Cannonshot goes along Dillon Reservoir to the dam GPSKevin stays on hwy 70 into Silverthorne.
GCDR Section 11 Silverthorne to Steamboat
GPSKevin's green route after the “Corners” waypoint is Cannonshot's track not the GPSKevin blue route (Following the blue route might be an issue as someone said last year they lost the trail).
GPSKevin stays on county road 14 to Seamboat Cannonshot takes Mount Werner road to Hwy 40 south of Pine Grove
GCDR Section 09 Rawlins to Pinedale
GPSKevin takes 287 out of Rawlins Cannonshot takes the 287 bypass passing by the KTM dealer.
Just north of “CD x 13” Cannonshot goes West on Oil Road to Mines, GPSKevin goes east on Buzzard Road, tracks converge @ 287/ 73 junction near Bairoil.
GCDR Section 07 Tetons National Park to Islands Park
GPSKevin's Blue Route bypasses Ashton but has an Ashton gas loop. Canonshot does the gas loop but extends it to the hatchery.
CannonShot's tracks do a loop on GPSKevin's Green Route to visit Upper and Lower Mesa Falls just after the RRTunnel Waypoint.
GCDR Section 06 Island Park to Lima
Cannonshot's track is GPSKevin’s Red Route out of Island Park
GCDR Section 5 Lima to Wise River
GPSKevin goes West on Big Sheep Creek Road, Cannonshot goes to Dell School then U-turns first.
Cannonshot does a small loop to Bannack.
GCDR Section 04 Wise River to Helena
Cannonshot does a loop to Highland Lookout at CD X 05.
Cannonshot does some sight seeing in Butte.
Cannonshot stays on I-15 to Boulder and does a loop including Wickes Tunnel and Wickes Ghost Town, GPSKevin just heads north on Cataract Creek Road.
Cannonshot follows GPSKevin's Red Route through Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest (Lava Mountain).
Cannonshot goes sight seeing in Helena.
GDCR Section 03 Helena to Seeley Lake
Cannonshot does a loop to Granite Butte Lookout.
GCDR Section 02 Seeley Lake to Columbia Falls
Cannonshot takes 83 North going on the East side of Seeley Lake, GPSKevin takes Boy Scout Road on the West side of Seeley Lake.
Cannonshot takes a loop to Hungry Horse Dam, GPSKevin goes straight to Columbia Falls.
GCDR Section 01 Columbia Falls to Rooseville
Cannonshot's Glacier park loop follows a small portion of Kevin’s Red Glacier Park option.
GCDR Section CA01 Rooseville to Banff National Park
Cannonshot does the Elkford Loop
