Originally Posted by
jppe
I enjoyed riding through Idaho as much as any state I passed through. Unfortunately I only did 17 miles in Montana!
Here is the planned route:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19192705
I will only be in ID one night. (Wallace). I rode across the panhandle twice, staying in Sandpoint both times. The out and back to Glacier National Park may be somewhat pointless. They are getting a lot of snow this winter so Going to the Sun Road up to Logan Pass might not be fully open. While I would like to do it, I have done it three times before, so it won't be a total disappointment if I cannot make it to the pass.
I have done loops before out of Missoula in '09, '11, '14 and '16. It's quite convenient. I arrive from Philly in the early afternoon. The campground in town in 3 miles from the airport and about a five minute walk to the Missoula REI. I ship my bike and camp stove out there using bikeflights.com. REI has the bike ready for me to ride when I arrive and stores my bike box, and I can pick up fuel for my stove and any last minute items I might need at the same time. When I finish, I give REI the bike, stove and shipping documents and go have a beer.
Some photos from my 2016 loop from Missoula SE to Ennis with a detour through the Pioneer Mountains then north and west through Butte, Anaconda and Phillipsburg before heading down along the famed Rock Creek to Clinton and back to Missoula. It was a warm spring so not as many snow covered peaks.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105349...h/27981747476/