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red lodge day rides
I’ve put together a few day rides that you can enjoy while using Red Lodge as your base. I recommend downloading the Ride With GPS app so you can send these right to your phone. All times shown are round-trip.
P= Paved
G= Gravel
All Day Rides:
Lamar Valley/Tower Junction, Yellowstone Park (over the Beartooth Pass) (200 miles / 7-8 hours) (P)
Silver Gate/Cooke City, Montana (over the Beartooth Pass) (136 miles / 5-6 hours): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30874462 (P)
Big Ice Cave, Penn's Cabin and Wild Mustang Range, Pryor Mountains (140 miles / 7-10 hours): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30874335 (P,G)
The Beartooth Hwy, Chief Joseph Hwy Loop and Meeteetsee Trail (140 miles / 6-8 hours): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30874404 (P)
The Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming - Red Grade Road: coming soon… (P,G)
The Boulder River (272 miles / 8-10 hours): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30874658 (P,G)
Half Day Rides:
East Rosebud Lake (62 miles / 3-4 hours): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30873124 (G)
West Fork Rock Creek Road (28 miles / 1-2 hours: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30874554 (G)
Glacier Lake Trailhead (44 miles / 3-5 hours): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30874578 (G)
Stillwater Mine / Stillwater River: coming soon… (P)
Red Lodge Creek (40 miles / 2 hours): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30888181 (G)
Red Lodge Area Camping
Montana Campgrounds - Zoom out to see other campground sites in Montana.
Best of Montana GPX Routes - View and download GPX routes from past Best of Montana rides.
Best of Montana
The Continental Divide Trail runs for 800 miles through Montana. Learn more at the official website.
Continental Divide Trail
Packing list
Adventure Ride Guide - There are a lot of motorcycle packing lists out there… this one focuses on simple and lightweight.
beartooth beemers
Beartooth Beemers - Annual motorcycle rally held in Red Lodge. All types of bikes are welcome & a great group of people!
Adventure Bike Rental tips
Adventure Motorcycle - A nice article with some suggestions on how to get the most out of renting a motorcycle.
gravel roads
Gravelmap - The Red Lodge area is lacking on this tool, but should improve over time. Plenty of other gravel roads in the area, though.