| The statistics, for the terminally numerical among us: | |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 1200 miles (Missoula airport to Edmonton airport) |
| 888 miles (Great Parks North tour only) | |
| Time: | 25 full days, 26 nights (airport to airport) |
| Average speed: | 2 mph including all stops 3 mph waking time only -- in other words, I could have gone the same distance by walking 16 hours a day 48 miles/day Rolling average -- haven't the foggiest |
| Maximum speed: | 43 mph |
| Broke 40 mph: | 2 days |
| Broke 30 mph: | all but two of the actual traveling days |
| Longest day: | 85 miles (Hinton to Carrot Creek) |
| Crank revolutions: | 600,000 (estimated) |
| Bytes in report: | 100,000 (approximately) |
| Elevation gain: | no good idea. Most days had lots of up and down, so either lots of large-scale topo maps or an altimeter would be needed to obtain this. Jerry's altimeter indicated that we were climbing about twice what we could tell from the maps along the Icefields Parkway. However, we spent more time following rivers than climbing passes, so the elevation gain would not be particularly impressive. |
| Tallest climb: | about 3000 feet (Logan Pass) |
| Steepest labelled upgrade: | 11% for a short distance (Sinclair Pass) (most upgrades do not exceed 6%) |
| Maximum elevation: | 6788 feet (Bow Pass) on the road, maybe 200 feet higher at the outlook over Peyto Lake at Bow Pass, probably a good bit higher on Athabaska Glacier |
| Minimum elevation: | just under 3000 feet along the Kootenay River -- probably the lowest point is at the fish hatchery |
| Bicycle: | Lotus Eclair, white with blue trim. Since my wife's middle name is Claire, she likes my bike. |
| Gearing: | 25 inch low. Nothing else really matters. Wished I had an 18 inch low. |
| Weight of bike with gear: | about 70 pounds (excluding water) |
| Mechanical problems (group): | rear tire troubles (see text), bent seatstay courtesy of the airline (mine), one broken spoke, fairly moderate complement of flats, one rack broken at the welds, lots and lots of squeaks and strange rattles, one rim discovered cracked in Jasper |
| Days with rain actually on the body or tent: | 17 |
| Days with rain visible: | every single one |
| Time actually riding in rain: | 30 hours (wild guess) |
| Centuries ridden: | none |
| Postcards sent: | 57 |
| Laundromats: | 13 (Lynda has the list to prove it) |
| Theme song: | Singing the Clouds Away |
| Dogs: | none |
| Bears: | two (for the group, none for me) |
| Bicyclists: | 1 - 10 (see text) |
| Personals: | ages 31 - 51 years; one birthday on the road. Six men, two women (unusual distribution for Bikecentennial tours, which often have more women than men) came from California, Colorado (2), Florida, Montana, South Carolina, Maine, Holland |
| Group budget: | US$13.50/day/person. (This covers all food, camping and lodging fees, entrance fees, and incidental group expenses. If the group is under budget, the excess can be spent any way the group agrees on.) |
| Milage distribution (including Jasper - Edmonton): | ||
|---|---|---|
| 0 - 9 miles: | 3 days | |
| 10 - 19 miles: | 0 days | |
| 20 - 29 miles: | 4 days | |
| 30 - 39 miles: | 2 days | |
| 40 - 49 miles: | 4 days | |
| 50 - 59 miles: | 9 days | |
| 60 - 69 miles: | 2 days | |
| 70 - 79 miles: | 2 days | |
| 80 - 89 miles: | 1 day | |
| The itinerary (milages are actually ridden, not the exact distances between locations): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 6/27 | Missoula, MT airport to Birchwood Hostel | 6 miles |
| Day 2 | 6/28 | Missoula and Pattee Canyon | 25 miles |
| Day 3 | 6/29 | Missoula to Seeley Lake | 57 miles |
| Day 4 | 6/30 | Seeley Lake to Swan Lake | 64 miles |
| Day 5 | 7/1 | Swan Lake to West Glacier | 54 miles |
| Day 6 | 7/2 | West Glacier to Glacier National Park (Avalanche Creek CG) | 22 miles |
| Day 7 | 7/3 | Avalanche Creek to St Mary's | 35 miles |
| Day 8 | 7/4 | St Mary's, MT to Waterton, AB | 48 miles |
| Day 9 | 7/5 | Rest day in Waterton | 0 miles |
| Day 10 | 7/6 | Waterton to Lundbreck Falls CG | 53 miles |
| Day 11 | 7/7 | Lundbreck Falls, AB to Fernie, BC | 43 miles |
| Day 12 | 7/8 | Fernie to Fort Steel CG | 59 miles |
| Day 13 | 7/9 | Fort Steel to Fairmont Hot Springs | 56 miles |
| Day 14 | 7/10 | Fairmont Hot Spgs to Radium Hot Spgs | 36 miles |
| Day 15 | 7/11 | Radium Hot Spgs to Marble Canyon CG | 56 miles |
| Day 16 | 7/12 | Marble Canyon CG, Kootenay NP, BC to Tunnel Mt CG, Banff, AB | 51 miles |
| Day 17 | 7/13 | Rest day in Banff | 20 miles |
| Day 18 | 7/14 | Tunnel Mt CG to Lake Louise CG | 53 miles |
| Day 19 | 7/15 | Lake Louise CG to Ramparts CG | 60 miles |
| Day 20 | 7/16 | Ramparts CG to Jonas Creek CG | 41 miles |
| Day 21 | 7/17 | Jonas Creek CG to Jasper | 48 miles |
| Day 22 | 7/18 | Jasper to Hinton | 50 miles |
| Day 23 | 7/19 | Hinton to Carrot Creek CG | 85 miles |
| Day 24 | 7/20 | Carrot Creek CG to Wabamun Lake park | 71 miles |
| Day 25 | 7/21 | Wabamun Lake to Leduc | 78 miles |
| Day 26 | 7/23 | Rest day in Leduc | 22 miles |
| Day 27 | 7/24 | Leduc to Edmonton International Airport | 4 miles |
| due to rounding, slightly less than the actual total | 1200 miles | ||