2007 STOKR riders
Photo by Maggie Craig, LibbyMT.com

(Please do not call us at LibbyMT.com for more information about STOKR since we won't be able to answer your questions. For more information about STOKR, please contact the organizers at the contact information below. Thanks!

For more information:

STOKR/Habitat For Humanity
1020 Idaho
Libby, MT 59923

or e-mail Greg & Susie Rice at:
gregrice@libby.org

This web page also can be found at www.stokr.org.

Tyvek vest with bike pockets in back. Cost is $40.00.  Sizes run true -- not trim like the bike jersey.  This is a bike tourist fit, not a racer fit. Vest available to order when you register for the ride.

SATURDAY- Day 1 Kootenai River/Pipe Creek
Saturday offers two options, a 98-mile long and a shorter 45-mile route. Both are very scenic. Start/Finish is at the Libby Chamber of Commerce on Highway 2, with the STOKR Headquarters across the street at the Venture Inn Motel.

Option #1: The 98-mile ride begins in Libby and travels west alongside the Kootenai River. The route turns and follows the Yaak River, by beautiful Yaak Falls, through remote countryside with little one-room schoolhouses and bars like the Golden Nugget and the Dirty Shame. We'll gradually climb 4,000 foot Pipe Creek Pass and be rewarded with a scenic 25 mile descent back to Libby alongside Pipe Creek. It is suggested that you have at least one 50 mile ride, and at least 200 miles on your legs, before attempting this ride.

Option #2: This scenic 45-mile route begins with the 98 milers heading west alongside the Kootenai River. There will be plenty of time to stop and take a short walk to Kootenai Falls (film site of the movie The River Wild). The ride goes beside a meandering blue ribbon trout stream, then over a small farmland plateau. It then returns to Libby along the Kootenai River.

SUNDAY - Day 2 - Lake Koocanusa/Libby Dam
Sunday riders will enjoy a scenic 37-mile ride following the scenic Kootenai River upstream to Lake Koocanusa and the Visitor Center at Libby Dam. We will ride on a private side road where the majority of the traffic will be osprey, deer and squirrels!

Refreshment stops are available both days with food and snacks available to riders. Seasoned riders will appreciate the time and effort that goes into the food stops on this bike tour. Libby towns people donate homemade cookies, pasta salads, pots of soups and sub sandwiches. The pie stop is the all-time favorite on the 98 mile loop.

Volunteers follow along to help those who have flat tires or are too tired to finish the race. Volunteers are also available at the Kootenai Falls site to watch bikes for those who want to take the .4 mile hike down to the Swinging Bridge.

By May, spring has sprung in Libby and the snow is mostly gone. Days can be sunny or showery and a bit brisk, so riders are encouraged to dress for variable weather. The Scenic Tour of the Kootenai River bicycle ride is a great way to get out and start the summer!

[Saturday Map] [Sunday Map]

Printable Maps (PDFs): [Saturday Map 1,013K] [Sunday Map 694K]
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2007 STOKR e-mails:

Badlands Bike Club from Spokane, Washington in the 2007 STOKR Photo by Jet Kercher

"The weather was fantastic and I?d go so far as to say that it was the best STOKR ride to date. Hopefully we?ll get more BCC members next year. Not included in this photo are BCC Members Dave Brown, Mindi Ritz, Dave and Martha Jones, Nancy Glazier, and Christie McKee. Also not shown is our honorary member Maria who later had a hard crash on the downhill section of the pass. She is OK after a brief hospital stay and a few stitches. While she was being attended to on the road she was insistent that someone save her some pie. (Bob ate hers anyway). Shown in order of appearance: Rick Matthews, John Dietz, Bruce Johnson, Phil Kercher, Lynn Hough, Ron Simmons, Dave Simmons, Jim Williamson, Sue Lauer, un-named Montana rider, Alex Renner, Unnamed rider, Dave Cornell and Bob Fisher. Photo by Jet Kercher. " Badlands Bike Club, Spokane Washington
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STOKR
PO Box 19
1020 Idaho
Libby, MT 59923
gregrice@libby.org