There is a beautiful canyon about 20 miles outside of Sun Valley. It’s past Trailcreek Summit on the north side of the road. This video is from a test ride I did before leaving for New Mexico. As you can see, there is still lots of snow up in the mountains …
On a test ride in Idaho, I came across this campsite perched on a ridgeline with incredible views of the backside of the Boulder Mountains …
Even in late June, some of the mountain passes are closed because of snow. Dollarhide Summit, just outside of Sun Valley, Idaho, opened up just days before I did this ride. Even so, only four-wheel drive vehicles with a lot of ground clearance – or a motorcycle that could navigate in the deep snow track …
Once I got the motorcycle “farkled out” with a upgrades to make it more suitable for adventure riding, it was time to test it out. This is the first of two videos I did while on that ride.
Idaho has lots of land and not a lot of people. If you’re into wide open spaces, this is a great combination! On this ride, I came across an abandoned mining complex on top of a hill outside Hailey, Idaho.
This is one of my favorite springtime cardio workouts in the Ketchum/Sun Valley area. It’s an approximately 1000′ vertical climb along a ridgeline above Hailey, Idaho, with sweeping views in all directions.
