Dispatch photograph
Day
08
Day eight

Out of the high country.

Ashton, Idaho
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September 9, 2026
Stage complete
The moment we will remember
Leaving the plateau behind and dropping into Idaho farmland, where the horizon stops being vertical and starts being long.
“The mountains hand you to the plains without ceremony.”

After a rest day the legs lie to you for the first hour, then tell the truth for the next four.

114.1 km
Kilometres
654 m
Elevation gained
5h 22m
Hours riding
Stage
West through Idaho
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