On 09/13/2017 11:49 AM, Sergio wrote:
Greetings! Heading off for some bike camping on the Mickelson Trail in S Dakota
in October. Thinking of going from Deadwood to Edgemont vs the other way due to
elevation decrease, but wondering if any campaigners have advice about stops,
campsites, food, sites, etc. We're planning on a leisurely three days on the
trail. Been three years since the Atlantis escaped the city and we're really
looking forward to it!
I rode on the Mickelson Trail in SD in Sept of 2009. We were there in
the Black Hills when the financial system melted down. Notable
observations:
1) you have to pay to ride the trail. Very surprising to me.
2) It was shocking how exhausting a 6 mile long 2% grade on gravel
surface could be; where I ride it's rolling, and 0.7 mi is a long hill.
3) It was in the high 40s-low 50s early in the morning, and in the high
80s in the middle of the day, rapidly plunging as it got towards sundown.
4) When we finished the tour we stopped for lunch at a Subway and as we
were chatting about the lovely weather the girl behind the counter told
us it's not always like this in September, and we were very lucky. A
week later that part of the state was under four feet of snow and a
state of emergency had been declared.
5) South Dakota is the sort of place where a restaurant considers beef
to be a vegetable. 5) Buffalo steak is incredibly tough.
6) Needles Highway & Iron Mountain Road are incredible. If you are
there, by all means ride them. I lack the superlatives to describe it.
--
Steve Palincsar
Alexandria, Virginia
USA
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