Wow what an adventure! I do some pretty awesome solo tours. Some exceeding 350km. But this far exceeds anything I have done yet. I am absolutely envious. You are very fortunate to have wonderful people to share these experiences with
Thank you! I definitely had some great folks to travel with. I normally travel in a group of 3 to 4 but have had alot of others interested in going. I put the notice out before this trip that I would take a few extras and that there would be no 50" trails. In 2 days I had 17 people wanting to go. The number dropped to 14 total before leaving and it ended up being a great group of folks!
Thank you very much Keith. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it and we'd love to have you and Christi along on the next one. Maybe, just maybe, we'll be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of another Salmon.😁
Wow! Just Wow! What an adventure! The scenery...just beautiful. The history...captivating. What an amazing trip. Thank-you for sharing. All the best from Newfoundland, Canada.
@@atvtrailscouts4765 Sure would be great to see you guys out this way. I haven't crossed the island on ATV, but I recommend you watch East Coast ATV videos. They're a bunch of guys from Nova Scotia who have done the trip numerous times, and their videos are top notch. Cheers!
I love your trips you have done. I'm from Idaho and love see others get out there and enjoy the area. I just cant believe we haven't run into each other on the trail. I hope to see you out there.
I know what you mean about moving out there. I would love to myself. Such a beautiful state with extra friendly people. I guess until I can convince the wife to go, I'll have to continue to admire from the seat of my atv. Give me another month or so and I should have my other Idaho video up where we rode from Wallace to Bliss! Thank you for the kind words.
I could smell the evergreens in this video! We just rode TW200s from Fairfield to Wallace on the Tour of Idaho T3 give or take (some of your guys same route) and then back down the BDR give or take some of our own added in. Trip of a lifetime. Hauled the bikes to our buddy's place in Fairfield from upstate SC and also toured around the Sawtooths for about a week. What a place man. Enjoyed this one. Ours is documented on here if you ever want to check it out. Fantastic state
What a great video. Well done! We are planning our first sxs trip for this summer and this video was really helpful and inspiring! Thanks for sharing. Looks like it was a great group to do it with. Has me chomping at the bit to go!
ATV Trail Scouts right now we think we are going to rent a home in Silverton CO and day trip most everything but your video inspired talks of a different style trip. Looked amazing.
Probably the best atv/utv trip I’ve seen on video. Just a pleasure to watch! This is something I’ve put on my bucket list to do with my family. Interested in those trailers if you’re willing to get me some info. Thanks for sharing your trip!!
Thank you desertrat37, I greatly appreciate the kind words!!! It is certainly a bucket list trip so you can't go wrong with doing it. We enjoyed it very much. As far as the trailers go, you can shoot me an email to ceg043@hotmail.com and I can answer any questions you have about them. Take care!
I followed you folks through your trip of Nevada a couple of years ago, now I see you came to my area of central Idaho. Looks like we have eaten the same dirt, (haha). The road from Elk City to Burgdorf, past the school bus to Yellowpine I know well. I live in McCall, Idaho.
As an addition, I now own Polaris Sportsman 570 SP Touring along with the 2015 570-4 midsize. It’s all set up for overnighting or longer. I would really like to do that up here since I’m now retired.
Hey Larry, good to hear from you again! This was our second year riding in Idaho. I love it out there! One of these days I hope to get the other video up from our trip across Idaho riding from north to south. It was another excellent adventure! We actually did it in 2018. I'm glad to hear you are set up to do stuff like this. It seems like such a shame for those that live 2000 miles closer than I do to miss out on such epic riding opportunities. I will most certainly be back, the only question now is when. Happy Trails! 🙂👍
@@atvtrailscouts4765 absolutely ! Definitely another one for the bucket , unfortunately we are in Ontario Canada so it would be quite a drive to even get there !
Awesome trip! We really enjoyed watching. I was in Salmon in 2018 for the Rally in the Pines and we are supposed to make a trip to Mackay in 2021. I would love to make a trip like this one day. That is beautiful country.
It most absolutely is! We arrived this year, one week after they held the Rally in the Pines in Salmon. That seems like a great event, just too many folks for me. We are actually on our way out to Idaho again. 😁👍
We showed up, spent 9 days out there riding from Lochsa Lodge, across the Lolo Trail, to Pierce, Wallace and back to the trucks at the Lodge. 530 miles and another great trip!
Yes sir, I did. I have quite a bit going on right now but as soon as I get caught up, I will start working on getting the video posted. Thank you for your interest! If you'd like to see details on the trip, send a request to join this page on Facebook facebook.com/groups/2663802667187674/?ref=share
Sir you did an excellent job of planning and guiding this ride. I have been riding off road for 23 years and have planned and led many rides but nothing I've done compares. I'd love to ride with you some time if you allow seniors along.
This vid was done right. Great job editing footage and adding the tunes. That ride is definitely one to do at least once in a lifetime...if not many times over!!
awesome vid and trip, I've done the idbdr last year with a adventure bike and we have plans on going out there and doing one of the 2 loops you have done this time I'm taking the sxs and I hope a small group of others. I will be emailing you about the trailers. once again awesome movie .
@@atvtrailscouts4765 CE , I have talked with you many times at windrock park we have talked about Taylor Park some. I have been going to windrock now about 24 years. I would love to get on the invite list to go to on one of your trips. Thanks GW
Thanks David! Is your bike tagged/ street legal? If so, Grangeville and or Riggins could be additional stops for you to take on fuel. You could also go another 20ish miles out of route to McCall from Burgdorf and then come back if you wanted to cross Elk Summit or just cut across from McCall to Yellow Pine via Lick Creek Pass. It's a beautiful route as well. We took it back in 2018 because Elk Summit was still snowed in.
@@atvtrailscouts4765 Wow! I live near Riggins and have got the off-road bug! Sold my built Jeep 20 years ago, but just ordered a Polaris Trail Boss. I ride from home frequently to the Burgdorf area, but my Kaw, 610 Mule is too slow and beats my old bones to death!
@@halreinholtz3192 I can sure see that mule doing you like that. I believe they'd beat just about anyone up. I sure am envious of anyone that can call that area they're home turf. It's beautiful country!
oh wow, I spent two weeks at Dixie working as an EMT on the Gospel Hump Wilderness fire. Got to see some of this by air and also hiking. Wondering if that burned timber at the beginning is from that fire.
That's a good question! There is one thing that I am sure of though, and that there is no shortage of burn scars in this area. Thank you for your service!
As do I. It could've been ignored and erased but it was the first thing I saw when I woke up and it just rubbed me the wrong way. We would never take those things somewhere that we're not supposed to, nor will we sit back and watch someone else do it. We also love and respect.the land too much to do so. I appreciate your response this morning. Take care man!
Thanks Roger Paul! A friend and I make those trailers and I use them for multi day trips such as this one in the video. Shoot me an email and let me know what you're looking for and I can get you more info on it. ceg043@hotmail.com
What a great video and thanks for sharing. I was wondering how big were your extra fuel tanks for the side x side? Thanks so much for posting. Plan on doing this year.
Hey, thanks Terry and you're most certainly welcome! Most of the fuel tanks on the sxs were 4 gallons. Hope you enjoy the trip as much as we did. I also just posted the video from our 2020 ride across the Lolo trail and up to Wallace and back. Another great ride! Happy trails!
Really nice video and trip. I know it took a lot of planning, especially with folks coming from different states. Would you happen to have a list of the roads taken?
Thanks, I appreciate it! I have the entire itinerary that I sell. If interested, shoot me an email to ceg043@hotmail.com If not, I included the route names and/or numbers in the lower left hand corner of the video. Happy Trails!
Love your vid! My wife and i are planning trip in Idaho on sxs and came across this video. Can you sell me this map. Its EXACTLY what we are looking for. Jason
Another great trip you guys planned. Do you sell the gps maps or info of the routes that we could use to replicate these awesome adventures? It would be worth it to me planning a trip like this seems like a daunting task. Heck I’d like to join your group sometime. Looks like my kind of people.
Hey Loren, I apologize for the huge delay. I never got a notification that you had left this message. It wasn't until I came in here looking for another comment that I saw this one. Anyway, I do offer the itineraries and the best way to proceed is to just send me an email if your still interested. you can send it to ceg043@hotmail.com Take care!
Ran across your videos playing around on RU-vid. Amazing adventures to say the least. This video caught my attention because you have people from different parts of the country with you and it prompted me to ask a few questions. Is there a riding group that all of you are members of? What app/website do you use to find these trails/roads? Me and my better half have travel for years on motorcycle and are looking into start traveling by atv/Utv
That was totally awesome thank you so much I have been from Sea foam to Piñon Peak to Yankee fork I would love to do that whole trip I will have to go back and study this do you do a yearly trip?
Thank you Alan! I have been doing trips with the atvs, west of the Rockies for about 13 years now. I do different types of trips, like 1 year I'll load up the duffel bags and strap them to the atv and stay in different motels, B&Bs etc. Sometimes we'll take the travel trailer and just base out of one location for a week or so and then there's my favorite way of all. Load up the atv and trailer and set out for 8-10 days before loading up and heading back home. This year made the 3rd year in a row that we went Idaho. This trip in particular was great and we enjoyed it very much! The scenery out there is absolutely beautiful!
Thanks David! You just have to plan it out and go for it. You can find alot of info on line that will help in the planning of trips in Idaho, just be prepared for it to take a little while doing the research. I always enjoy that part but it is time consuming. Happy Trails!
Have you ever thought of doing a video of the trailers you build? Would like to build something similar for the sxs and any ideas would be helpful. Thanks
I have, just haven't found the time yet . My advice on the trailers is keep it light. Just because you can pull bigger or heavier doesn't necessarily mean that you should. Use a good suspension and have a blast using it, I know we do. Happy Trails!
Great video! And looks like an awesome trip! Any way you could share your route? I’ve tried finding the trails using google maps but haven’t had any luck. My next step is purchasing a map, any suggestions on a good map? Any input is greatly appreciated!
Thank you Devin! I don't have the route info handy at the moment but I included the route names in the video. This web site should help with locating. trails.idaho.gov/ I also use the MVUMs for the Forest Service.
ATV Trail Scouts, it took a lot of time and a lot of attention to detail but I was finally able to get everything mapped out! I’m pretty sure I make up about half of your views at this point hahaha now that it’s mapped out our next dilemma is figuring out the fuel stops. Would you happen to have the list of cities where you stopped for fuel? Thanks again for sharing the video!
ATV Trail Scouts, after about 5 or 6 hours of research I was finally able to find fuel stops. But I have another question for you that hopefully you can answer off the top of your head. On average how many hours of actual ride time per day did you guys put on the machines? We might have to shorten the trip by a day, possibly even 2, do you think that would be possible?
Ezra Scott here long time no talk but anyway what month did you take this trip. We are going to plan a trip in memory of Big Brian Thompson our friend who we miss dearly
Hey Ezra! We did this trip the first and second week of July. You have to watch getting to Pinion Peak too early as it will most likely still be blocked by snow as evident at 28:49 of the video. It's frowned upon if you try to navigate around it like we did. We were extremely careful but not everyone is which is why they don't like for you to do it. I found out after the fact. August is definitely a safer bet but then you are in wildfire season and it's a crap shoot whether or not something will be closed due to fire.
Thank you Brian! We went the second week of July. Idaho is a tricky place to plan a long trip like this, atleast for those like myself, driving 2200 miles to get out there. Too early and your dealing with snow drifts and possibly closed routes and too late you're dealing with fire season. We have to commit because of time to get out there, and length of trip. Its hard for us to hit it just right.
Do you have an itinerary by chance? I would love to do this trip. I wrote down as much info as I could but I'm not familiar with the area. I appreciate the help
Hey Mark! All I have as of now is what's on the video. I could go back and see if I could find all of the details but it would take some time and I am extremely busy with work and another project right now. The trip took quite a while to plan but the Idaho trails website was a huge help. It will help with following the route I took as well. I hope you get the chance to do it. Well worth the time it takes to plan it out!!! Happy Trails!
Very awesome video. Did you all know each outher would like to do something like this but none of my friends own any thing and don’t want to go alone. Any ideas
Thanks Tim! I knew, or had at least met everyone but Tyson before the trip. I put an invite out on Facebook and they took me up on it. I will let you know if we do another one. What do you ride?
@@timalmich1964 You can haul all kinds of stuff in that Ranger. That's a great vehicle for a trip like this. The trailers are all over the map as far as cost goes. Just really depends o what you're wanting. You can send me what you're looking for in one and I can get you an estimate. Shoot me an email to ceg043@hotmail.com.
What would you say the average cost for a person with an ATV would be for a week long, on this trip? Also is there ways to refill your gas along the way?
There are so many variables its hard to tell. If you camp out every night it won't cost you much at all. If you stay out of the restaurants as you pass through the towns you'll save even more. For me, part of the fun is experiencing all of it so we stay in motels or B&Bs every other night or two and eat at the little mom and pop places when possible. If you don't buy souvenirs it will also save alot of money. Where you have to drive from determines how much the trip will cost too. I have to buy approximately 370 gallons of diesel just to get there and back and then gas for 2 machines. It cost us a pretty penny emery time we go but to me its worth every cent. As far as gas goes, there are gas stations along this route. Hope this helps a little.
I don't. So far it has just spread by word of mouth. The people that have gone so far are acquaintances and friends. You can find this page on Facebook (just send a request to join) or shoot me your contact info to ceg043@hotmail.com and I can fill you in on future rides and all costs associated with the ride. Thank you
There is some narrow stretches that would be tough for a jeep but there are alternate routes nearby. You would also have to go late in the year to make sure the snow drift was completely gone up around Pinion Peak and the only problem with that is it puts you out there during wildfire season.
Hey Michael, I will try to do a more detailed video of this in the future, but for now, I make sure I have planned my food stops and make sure there is enough for 4-5 days extra. I mostly rely on the dehydrated packs for this. They are light weight and easy to pack. Water, water, water! A filtration device helps if you are unable to resupply at a store. Plan for the unplanned when it comes to fuel. I figure my stops and distance and generally add 20% for unforeseen detours. Pack parts if riding. I carry spare tierods, sensors, etc. Hopefully, if there is a failure, I can get her back up and running. I do all of the work myself on my machine and like to think I have a chance of a successful trailside repair if necessary. I also bring plenty of tools. In the case of larger parties like the one on this trip, we put the list out and different people bring different things from the list. That way we're not all carrying a ton of weight in tools on each machine. A reliable GPS is a must (for me anyway). I follow a predetermined route on the screen so that I don't spend all of my time consulting paper maps. I also bring a backup. In a case that we find private property or for some reason the route is blocked or closed, paper maps do however, help with figuring out a detour, so bring them if possible. I bring a satellite phone and have some sort of plan in place for emergencies. My wife and I have done these alone in the past and brought good hiking boots and a backpack incase the wheeler quits and we had to walk out. Most times we travel with others so that shouldn't be an issue. Flashlights, fire starter, camera, sd cards, etc are other must haves! Do a local trip to where you live and spend a night or two out. That will let you fine tune the list of items that you require. Happy Trails!
Yes sir! Me and a friend made all but the one that said "Happy Campers" on it. Keith built his out of his shop right before the trip. I've been fooling around with those for about 8 years now. The one I'm pulling has over 3000 miles on it. There's not enough room on my machine for both mine and my wife's stuff for a multi day adventure so the trailer was the solution. It's just got more and more complex over the years. I started with the one Jeremy's pulling, moved to the one James had and then added the tent, awning, lights etc as I did these trips and realized the benefits to having all of the extras. They make fun of me now and say I go "glamping". 😁 The trailer Ethan was pulling is a compact one man rig that we were basically beating on a little just to see how it held up.
Its of all of Idaho but it's from the Nat Geo computer software which has been discontinued. You should be able to find plenty of maps for Idaho though. Also, if you use a GPS, I will sell a full itinerary for $100. The maps will come in gpx format.
Hey Mike, the weight is usually right around 650lbs, depending on how much water and fuel i'm hauling. That of course depends on how far we have to travel between towns that we can restock in. My son is pulling the one man set up with the smaller tent and his is approx. 150 lbs lighter. The towing capacity on mine is 1300 lbs and I try very hard to keep it at half that or less.
@@atvtrailscouts4765 thanks for getting back to me I am building a overlanding trailer for my canam commander and the weight is a concern for me as to how the belt will hold up when pulling many miles in a day, does the machine have any issues pulling in high gear
@@rcmikeklein5512 I have logged a little over 4000 miles so far pulling a trailer and so far (I almost hate to say anything) I have had zero issues with the machine. On our last trip to Idaho I turned over 10600 miles on it. Weight is a very real concern when building and loading. I had a friend find out how hard it is on the his clutch by pulling heavy. If I could give you a tip, resist the urge to take everything and the kitchen sink with you. If you have the room, it doesn't necessarily mean you should use it all. I try to pack as light as I can and take compact camping gear.As far as the belt goes, I run a Gates Carbon Fiber and it has around 2300 miles on it so far, and about 95% of that is pulling a trailer. It still has no slippage whatsoever.
@@atvtrailscouts4765 your experience is very encouraging, I really want to do exactly what you're doing so thanks so much and I will press on with my build.
www.offroad-ed.com/idaho/studyGuide/OHV-Registration-and-Title/40101401_700074556/ This trip was planned a year in advance with many hours in front of the computer screen researching the route, points of interests, legal routes on asphalt, do's, dont's, places to stay, eat, resupply, etc. Its definitely worth the trouble though if you're in to this sort of thing.👍
If you're just looking for a storage type trailer, there's Bosski and Marlon. They didn't have exactly what I wanted, so I built my own. What size are you looking for? What will you be pulling it with?
@@atvtrailscouts4765 hi! Thank you for the response! We've a Polaris General 4 seat 1000cc that we're hoping to to take. I've heard that some of the switchbacks can be tight, so I'm not sure if it alone will be too long, let alone trying to haul a trailer. We may have to take our ATV's, then it will be my sportsman 1000.
Hello! They are built by me and a friend. We do build for other people. If you're wanting any more info on them shoot me an email and I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have. ceg043@hotmail.com Thank you!
I'm not sure that I do because I lost alot when I swapped computers. I'll have to get on there and dig around for it and see what I can find. Shoot me an email and I'll let you know what I find. ceg043@hotmail.com
Absolutely! Since I ride an atv, I like to hit the 50" trail in the area but since we were in the same area the year before and hit alot of it then, we decided to stick to Forest Service roads and Jeep trails so that the others on the wider side by sides could join in. The only thing you would've had a very hard time with would be getting around the snow drift. If you knew about it before you drove up, you could very easily run Hwy 12 out of Stanley to Sunbeam and jump back on the Custer Motorway there.
You'll need atleast 8 days if you're doing the same route because there really isn't any way to shorten this one. Plan for alot of seat time(in front of the computer)planning route, points of interests, fuel stops, food stops and layovers in motels. These trips take me a long time to plan but they generally run pretty smooth once we set out. Once you get out there, take plenty of pics and video. Its worth all of the planning hours once you make it out there.
I would just have to let you know when we head that way again. We were planning another trip to Idahoq this summer but am unsure right now if it's going to pan out or not. Everyone is being pulled in different directions right now. What do you ride and what kind of set up do you have? Not that you need a certain type. Shoot, you could throw a tent on a dirt bike and be ready to go. Just curious what you use.
ATV Trail Scouts sorry “ ATV “ for being nosy . But you gotta love ... Hillrod films . Haven’t watch this channel yet myself but he gets right to the point I like that in this guy so far . Your channel is something to say for itself . Thanks for being out there from Michigan !
