The Last Day Will Be Easy -- Right?

Even I would say it is unfair.  3,265 feet of climbing on the last day?  A 6 mile climb, a 1.2 mile climb, a 1.5 mile climb and another 1 mile climb!  Wow!  To top it off, the wind is howling out of the WSW with gusts close to 30 mph and the riders are going south.  It was a slog, to say the least. Fortunately, only 30 miles.  The riders did an awesome job.

This was my last day to SAG, and I felt fortunate.  One of those climbs had to be at least a 10% grade.  The road was pretty open, so it was difficult to control the bike.

We started in St. Mary and finished in East Glacier.  The last night's accommodations were at Glacier Park Lodge, the best one so far.

This was at the first SAG of the day.  Completely exposed following a previous wildfire.  Thought for sure riders would get wet but everyone was dry all day.

Sky still looks threatening further down the route.

Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier

As we ran down the last hill on the route, all traffic was stopped.  I was more than a little concerned that the last riders might have gone down, timing would have been just about right.  Fortunately, this is what we found --

Mother and her two cubs were out for a Sunday afternoon stroll.  All riders were found safe in East Glacier.  Our ride was complete!