The route goes from the west coast to central PA. It is targeted at Adventure / Dual Sport bikes with optional sections that are harder. It is on the scale of the Trans America Trail. Ride at your own risk. This portion of the route was originally to connect the northern ends of the Pacific Crest Quest and the Continental Divide Ride. It has been updated and extended to the coast near Anacosta WA. The section of the route east of here is 'The Northern Route - Rockies'. http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1039394 As far as I know all roads are legal Public roads - Forest Service, county, state,etc. Off pavement as much as possible. {} Here is the Garmin .gdb file - https://www.dropbox.com/s/67zq0ng7tqlm6ba/NR west end Release.gdb?dl=0 Here is a standard GPX file - https://www.dropbox.com/s/l0ch9v6ifis8i74/NR west end Release.gpx?dl=0 Here is the documentation file - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qncww74chtuwl2u/NR west end Release.doc?dl=0 Note - the tracks are raw tracks containing LOTS of track points. You may well have to filter these tracks down for some units.
Thanks for sharing. Can you email me the GPX file? I may be doing something wrong, but drop box isn't working for me. Steve
Here are some pictures of the main route. Day 0, Mt Erie WA to Mazama WA Mt Erie view View attachment 2008575 Mt Erie Store View attachment 2008578 Along the river road heading into the mountains View attachment 2008580 Over looking Diablo Lake View attachment 2008582 Day 1, Mazama WA to Republic WA Mazama store View attachment 2008586 East of Mazama View attachment 2008589 Overlooking Conconully View attachment 2008591 Leaving Conconully View attachment 2008593 Above Tonasket View attachment 2008594
Day 2, Republic WA to Sandpoint ID Eastward to Lake Roosevelt View attachment 2008604 SE of Colville View attachment 2008605 Pend Oreille river View attachment 2008610 Mystic Lake ID View attachment 2008611 Heading into Sandpoint ID View attachment 2008612 Day 3, Sandpoint ID to Eureka MT East of Naples ID View attachment 2008613 Kilbrennen Lake MT View attachment 2008614 NE of Kilbrennen Lake View attachment 2008616 Near Pipe Creek View attachment 2008617 Lake Koocanusa bridge View attachment 2008619
Looks great. Even if only seasonally maintained, those roads look like they hold up well...which sometimes is a shame Downoading and checkin' itt out.
The document file pretty well lays out what is pavement and what is dirt. The day from Anacortez to Mazama is all paved. The days east of there are mostly dirt with some paved connectors.
Thank you very much, I don't know how in the world I missed that file! I was also wondering, when will the Midwest section be done and any other sections farther east? Hopefully I didn't miss them like the other file.
The midwest section is all in the can for now. Just got back from a trip doing scouting for this route, but mostly a new route. Will be releasing a midwest section - V1.0 - in a couple of weeks that continues to the eastern edge of Ohio. Then I will be releasing a section to central PA that will tie into the TPAT which then ties into the TET to take you to the east coast. This section is in the can. This summer I'll be releasing Midwest V2.0 that adds an alternate up and around the great lakes to NE Iowa. Minnesota and Wisconsin is done, 2/3 of Michigan's UP is done, LP of Michigan and a piece in OH need to be done. After midwest and east, but before midwest V2.0 I'll be extending another of my routes - The Southern Route. It's now in the can but has to be worked out - extending my existing Southern Route eastward to Oklahoma where I tie into the western side of OAT, then come off OAT on the eastern side to take it over to my TET-S in eastern Alabama. That will carry you over to the Atlantic Ocean.
This looks really great. How many miles is it roughly from the start in Wa. to the end in Pa? I'd be looking to get back to southern New England.. Thanks for your work on this.
Don't have it here on this computer, but the main route across has to be close to 5000 miles. Then there are also the alternate routes.....
Minor update to the GDB and GPX files. I've added waypoints for the hot springs near the route based upon USGS information. The waypoints are of the form HSxxxx xxxF - meaning (Hot Spring) (arbitrary number from 1 to 1702) (water temp in Fahrenheit). Don't know if any individual hot spring is public or private, please observe posted signs and watch out for water temperature. Use at your own risk.
Dropbox changed things and broke my links to everything. I'm made new links to the DOC, GPX, and GDB files. Trying to figure out how to fix the pictures.
The best help you can have is to read the DOC file. It lays out for each day the distance, a thumbnail of what you'll see and the distance between each gas stop. The GPX and GDB files have waypoints for gas, food, lodging and camping along the way. July should be a great time to ride it, snow will be gone and weather should be good.
