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Dubois, over Togwotee Pass

A bicycle ride across the Americas Posted on 2016-09-09 by mev2016-09-09

The objective today was simple: climb ~3000 feet up and over Togwotee Pass and descend the other side to Dubois.
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The Tetons were behind me and ~17.5 miles of climbing from Hatchet to the summit with the majority of this in the first half. I got into low gear and slowly went up the hill. At 9 miles was Togwotee Lodge, an upscale place.
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I stopped in to buy a candy bar and take a short rest. After this the road was slightly flatter for a few miles and then some shorter steep climbs. While it wasn’t fast, I was happy to get to the summit and see the sign. Hooray!
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A slight tailwind had picked up which was also welcome. From here, the first nine miles had more of the descent and then more gradual after that.
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Above is a photo of some of the rock formations near the summit. As I descended I came past some burned areas. The Lava Mountain lodge had sign “tx firefighters” so assume the two were related.
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These three cyclists started July 17th from east coast and were following the Transamerica Trail to Oregon.
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This monument was to “tie hacks”, in particular those whose particular skills were in hacking trees to create well-formed railroad ties. This eventually died off both as demand for railroad ties lessened and as sawmills were used instead.
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This cyclist had started in Vermont and was on his way to the west coast.
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Tailwinds and a slight descent made for good travels. As I got nearer to Dubois (locals pronounce it as “dew-boys”) the rocks and landscapes also changed. Looks a fair amount dryer than on the west side of the pass.
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Nice to reach Dubois and find place to stay. I did investigate this jackalope exhibit, but nothing particularly fancy here.

Posted in USA, Wyoming | Tagged jackalope, pass
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