Ennis To West Yellowstone
Short day just 80 miles. The big climb of the day was to Earthquake Lake. The lake was formed in 1959 when an earthquake struck. The earthquake brought down part of a mountain onto a stream that emptied out of Hebgen Lake. The Army Corps Of Engineers had to come in with heavy equipment to cut a path through the landslide.
According to Wikipedia, 27 people died during the quake. While I was riding, I saw a sign that said on the night of the earthquake, 250 people were camped in the Madison River Canyon. The landslide had trapped them in the valley on one end, and the earthquake destroyed the road leading out the other end of the canyon, so the campers took refuge on a ridge. Together, they all cared for the injured and helped each other out. A Forest Service Smoke Jumper team parachuted in to aid the injured.
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Because it was such a short day, we ended up having lunch in West Yellowstone.
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I went for a short run around town and the altitude sucked the moisture right out of me. I got a massage to help my legs recover, I wish it could have been longer...