Cycling the Great Divide: From Canada to Mexico on America's Premier Long Distance Mountain Bike Route

I picked up this book, as well as Dividing the Great, because I'm planning to ride the Great Divide route a little later this year. The book does a nice job, breaking down the daily mileage, and locations of camping and scenic stops, based on the maps provided by the Adventure Cycling Association. Together, they'll make for a great resource.The only thing I would suggest be changed, are a little more detailed description of alternate routes, but maybe those are easier to "see" once out on the trail.Good read. Good information.

a bit dated, but detailed route information from the US Border to the end of the route

This book is very informative and well researched. The author provides a very thorough guide to riding the Continental Divide Trail. Only downside, the maps, which are sketchy at best. Author suggests buying detailed maps from his sponsoring organization.

black and white photos. maps are the routes they took not actually the continental divide.

Reading this book has rekindled my interest in doing the Great Divide. It's informative and I like the maps - they give a different, more condensed view. However, everyone who has done the ride and posted says you should definitely buy the ACA maps - not just rely on this book. I also bought it for my Kindle, which I will be bringing anyway. That way I can also bring this book without the weight. The maps are pretty small on the Kindle version. My eyes aren't that good. (Should I bring a magnifying glass?)

Good read before the ride. great for making notes. I rode south to north and this helped me with the Maps from adventure cycling.

This book is certainly full of useful information. I recommend it to anyone thinking about riding the Great Divide. Unfortunately, what's missing in this book are quantitative information about the grade and elevation profile of the route. The author usually describes ascents in terms such as "gnarly" or "eye-opening" or "grueling". Rarely will the reader see a hint about actual elevation gain. Given that GPS data is available for the entire route, it would have been trivial to instead provide information such as "7% average grade for 4 miles". Better yet, provide the elevation profile of each stage in a separate figure. A secondary complaint is that the gray scale maps aren't too useful. Of course, you are expected to buy the ACA maps (which are great). Over all, this is a fine book, but it could be made significantly more useful with a few simple changes.

Greatest book ever. Took along on the trail and was very informative and helpful.

That was for my son to attempt, while I rode shotgun in a rental car for the first couple of weeks - see my reviews of the same author's 'Off the beaten path Montana / Wyoming'. Inevitably, therefore, there's some overlap between them, outside the narrative on the bike route itself - on which I endorse the comments made in the earlier review - but I went fully equipped with all three books AND copies of the detailed maps my son was using, and wouldn't have been without any of them. If Michael should read this, I would only suggest that in a few, very tricky sections (eg Fleecer Ridge!) both book and maps provide compass bearings to help find the way: my son spent a fruitless hour and a half on Fleecer before opting for the alternative route, which gave his dad a worrying couple of hours in the absence of mobile reception until his overdue arrival in Wise River. Even back home in England I shall continue to read in synch with Alexander's blog of his trip.

Exactly what I wanted

how for the hard work!