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Since 2010 , the United States of America based adventure motorcycling non-profit Backcountry Discovery Routes ® ( BDR ®) has created 10 trans-state routes for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel . Now , BDR announces its eleventh route , the Wyoming Backcountry Discovery Route ( WYBDR ), produced in partnership with BMW Motorrad USA and Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation .
The BDR organisation ’ s WYBDR release , that took place in early February included free GPS tracks , a digital map , professional photographs , and travel resources at www . RideBDR . com / WYBDR . This will be followed by a printed waterproof map , produced in collaboration with Butler Motorcycle Maps , and currently available for preorder at Touratech-USA and Butler Maps . Additionally , a documentary film , directed by Sterling Noren and
produced by BDR Documentary Films will be available .
The Wyoming Backcountry Discovery Route is the eleventh route developed by the BDR organisation for adventure motorcycle travel . Riders will test their skills and endurance on this epic 1530 kilometre backcountry tour of Wyoming spanning from the border of Colorado to Montana . The tracks wind through five mountain ranges and explore vast high-desert regions on public dirt roads and primitive double-track . Expect scenic views , endless forest roads under a canopy of trees , high-desert terrain , flowing curves , rocky expert-only sections , and alpine elevations reaching 3,350 metres .
Riders will traverse two major rim escarpments and pass through many seldom visited areas and historic mining towns . This route regularly throws unexpected challenges at riders , and almost every section includes
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