Bikepacking in Canada

Canada—that’s where it all began… with two bikes left behind in Paris! On June 19, 2024, once we’d retrieved our bikes, we left Calgary for Banff, the starting point of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR), the long gravel route that stretches all the way to the Mexican border. Here, you’ll find all our stories from this first part of the trip: 391 km and 4,855 m of elevation gain in the Canadian Rockies, bears, basic campsites, and our first set of mishaps.