Last year was an exceptionally dry year, and a nasty fire season was the result. This year's snowpack around the Flathead (and probably extending north) is somewhere around 100% of average. By July you should be fine, but this is something to keep in mind if making comparisons to last year's conditions.
I moved to the Flathead Valley last August, and don't have a lot to add to what Jonathan wrote concerning bear precautions. However, if by Whitefish you're up for more upscale camping, I'd highly recommend looking into the Whitefish Bike Retreat. The owner is super cool and has raced the Divide several times. Catering to Divide riders is basically her niche, and she could offer lots of info and probably several 2016 ride reports by the time you'll be coming through. I was hoping to make it down to Missoula on my Sam, but have recently started a new job and won't be able to swing any extra time off work. Good luck with your ride! On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 11:40:06 PM UTC-6, Anne Paulson wrote: > I started out last July 1, and there was no snow. I don't know what it > will be like this year. You should be OK starting in July. > > There are some places where some people have to walk, and a few places > where everybody has to walk. Not too many places, though. > > The GPS is a good idea. You should be OK following your friend's GPS > route. > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Mark Reimer <markn...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Anne - I was wondering if you could tell me a bit more about the Corbin > > route. Your comment about walking - is that because of the steep grades, > > terrain, snow, maybe all three? Any other general route advice? A friend > of > > mine raced the divide last year and gave me his GPS file to follow. I > was > > planning on basing my route on that and sticking as close to the > 'official' > > route as possible. > > > > On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 10:25:24 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: > >> > >> When you arrive in Sparwood, BC, will you be heading on to Fernie, or > >> will you start up the Crowsnest Pass and up past Corbin? > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Mark Reimer <markn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Resurrecting this old-ish thread just to share the news that I've > booked > >> > my > >> > flights and will be riding the Atlantis, or should I say Fatlantis, > from > >> > Jasper to Missoula from July 6-17. Locals tell me there is much more > >> > snowpack than is typical this year, so I'm hoping by early July that > >> > will > >> > have melted down a bit. That said, I am certainly no stranger to > pushing > >> > my > >> > Atlantis through deep snow for hours on end... > >> > > >> > Now on to the fun part, planning the trip details! > >> > > >> > > >> > On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3:51:18 PM UTC-6, Mojo wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Thanks Anne. I am used to Chupas and like them a lot. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups > >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > >> > an > >> > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. > >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> -- Anne Paulson > >> > >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
