The Maah Daah Hey Trail Part1 Mountain Biking in the North Dakota Badlands
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Solo mountain bikiing 8 days on the Maah Daah Hey Trail. This first installment is four days of riding out and back from CCC Campground to Magpie Campground. Wind, Ice Caves, and a Badger!
Glad to see this video (and subsequent Part II) pop up in my browser this past weekend. My wife and I watched the whole thing. Enjoyed your presentation style and pacing. We are planning our fifth trip to the ND badlands this Aug and my first attempt at the full MDH100 race course (did the 75miler last year which started just north of Hanson Overlook). In a race event, there is little time to stop and just take in the POIs like you took the time to do - appreciate the share.
Told my wife I would never multi-task while changing a cassette out - I would either burn the pancakes or lose a spacer in the dirt. Or both.
HI Jeff, glad you enjoyed the video. Great times in a beautiful place. Doing each section as an out-and-back gave me several different perspectives. Good luck with the MDH100! I hope it's not windy.
As far as the cassette...it is a one-piece. I may or may not have even dropped that in the dirt!
Thanks for commenting!
Thank you for this. I had planned a MDH trail ride as far back as '05, but family obligations prevented it. Now, sadly, I'm too crippled up to DO it! So I'm living vicariously through your trip video.
39:18 i read that they called them ice caves because they sometimes preserve snow from the winter into the summer months
Nice filming we stayed in the ice caves during a thunderstorm good Memories
That would be a good place. Not many places to hide from the weather out there. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Nice job, Darren....enjoying your docu-travels. Giving me ideas for next year. Mark
Thanks Mark, Part 2 coming up on this one. Thanks for checking them out. Hope all is well in Tahoe!
Nicely done! A really nice video of the experience. I’ve been thinking of doing a solo similar trip here this upcoming Fall. I like the idea of doing some out and back given I’ll be alone. I need to up my training being from some real flat land here in Illinois.
Hey Erich, glad you liked the video. Out and back worked pretty well for me. I think my biggest day was 30 miles. That may have been in Part 2. It's very remote, if you could have a buddy along, I think it may be better for a little peace of mind. I carry a Garmin InReach too. Best of luck in your training!
I rode solo for four days last year. My dad picked me up at the end of each day so that was super helpful. I carry Garmin inReach Mini as well and love it.
9:52 Idon't understand why bikes are banned at Teddy Roosevelt either, I understand the policy of the Park service being I used to work for the USFS, but if Badlands national Park can have an open hike policy then TDR can have bikes in the ND badlands, not much difference in landscape except the ND badlands has more vegetation. Honestly South Dakota badlands look more fragile
Question about your vehicle: hey Mr. Darren. Enjoying your video and doing a bit of planning myself. Right now, one of my biggest challenges is figuring out how shuttle. Thinking about ridding north to south (your thoughts on this choice is appreciated). But, aside from using the shuttle out of Medora, how does one get back to the vehicle? I see you had yours and would like to know how you’d arranged or planned for that. I appreciate you posting your trip/adventure.
Howdy! I self shuttled. I rode each segment as an out and back. Effectively riding the trail in both directions. Watch both part 1 and 2 to see the campgrounds I stayed at and ow I did it. Just do it. One of my favorite adventures to date.
@@darren_springer - That’s what I was guessing. You rode it the one time but BOTH WAYS at the same time and a segment at a time. Sir, I have one thing to say: You da man! - This is a consideration. Someone pointed out to me that a shuttle to the north from Medora is really the only one I’d need to consider; the route back to Medora from the south is less than 30 miles on the roads. Off to watch Part 2.
Completely agree about the section closed to bikes.
I think it would benefit the park from a purely maintenance point of view. Thanks for watching the video. Part 2 will come out as soon as I get a down day.
The thing you were curious about looks like a clothes line post. I would guess that there were two of them at some point.
Could be. Kinda burly for a clothesline post, but I can certainly picture that. Thanks for the comment!
If you go in those ice caves at the beginning of summer there will still be icicles. But later on in the summer everything has melted. The post you wondered about is for cattle. More than likely a scratcher or an applicator for a fly deterrent.
Wow, great info. I heard that the posts were for oiling the cattle. Thank You!
Is the trail one directional? Or can you go out the back on the same trail?
I rode the trail as an O & B everyday to get back to camp. Effectively riding the whole thing twice.
Since you were in open range cattle country, my first thought was that was a cattle oiler post.
You may be right. I don't know how long "cattle oiling" has been a thing. I know that there were probably no pesticides used around the time this thing was constructed. I could certainly be wrong though. I don't claim to be a cattleman for sure! Thanks for the input!