Day 8: Fir Creek CG to Dispersed Camping - Racpat A Week on the Idaho Hot Springs Loop 2022 - CycleBlaze

July 2, 2022

Day 8: Fir Creek CG to Dispersed Camping

Six miles from Lowman

"If I'd known this side had burned, we would have look to camp before the summit," Patrick says and continues, "I don't want to camp amongst burned trees."  The plan is to get to the other side of the summit and find a camping spot. We didn't realize that this was going to be difficult to find.

The ride through Bear Valley is beautiful, the surface good for us in most places. The road is barely uphill until the last 3 miles that become steeper. And then a steep downhill.

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Patrick had just said, " let's keep moving to get past the junction where the rafters turn off." We barely made it.
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We turn left onto 582
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The summit is just around the corner, Rachel needs to push the bike just at this little bit.
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The steep downhill
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About 6 miles from Lowman is a marked dispersed campsite. There is a camper there, Patrick talks with the folks to check if is ok for us to share the site. "As long as there are no fireworks and gun fire, ok," the man says. We promise to be gone in morning before they expect another group of their friends to arrive.

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Filtering water
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Today's ride: 31 miles (50 km)
Total: 234 miles (377 km)

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