CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Jackson it runs 315 km to Jackson; allow about 5 h 30 of riding. It goes by way of Yellowstone National Park and back through Yellowstone National Park. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,450 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Jackson sits in a valley that the old trappers called a hole, a high, flat basin ringed by mountains, and the Teton Range rises straight from its western edge without any foothills to soften the view. The town stands at about nineteen hundred metres, with the National Elk Refuge just to the north, where thousands of elk spend the winter. The town square is marked by four arches made of shed elk antlers, which locals gather each spring, and it is a good place for a photo before you start the day.
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Jackson is where the day begins. Next is Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone was the world's first national park, set aside by the United States in 1872, and the first thing to understand is that the ground here is alive. The park sits on a huge volcanic caldera left by eruptions that blew out an enormous chunk of the Rockies, and the heat still rising from below drives roughly half of the world's geysers, along with hot springs, mud pots and steaming vents. Old Faithful, in the south-west of the park, is the famous one, going off at fairly regular intervals through the day.
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Yellowstone National Park comes up 74 km in.
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Read the complete Yellowstone National Park write-up.
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148 km in you reach Yellowstone National Park. Next is back through Yellowstone National Park.
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Read the complete Yellowstone National Park write-up.
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back through Yellowstone National Park, late in the day. Next is Jackson.
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Read the complete Jackson write-up.
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Back at Jackson. That is the ride.
Jackson → Yellowstone National Park is 148 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Yellowstone National Park → Jackson is 148 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.