My friend Meghan and I came up with the idea to ride the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route two years ago, ... We ran out of water in Wyoming's Great Basin when all the rivers and reservoirs were ...

Right: Nancy and Micheal McCoy prepare to take off on a 1985 ride through the Tri-Basin Divide, Wyo to Jackson Hole atop first generation Cannondale mountain bikes. Courtesy Photo/Ted Allen Steadman ...

Two summers ago, Carrie Morgridge and her husband, John, rode the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Banff, Alberta, to the Mexican border at Antelope Wells, N.M., pedaling 2,774 ...

Adventure Cycling Association hopes to extend the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, the world's longest mountain bike trail, by around 400 miles.