Riding the Magruder Corridor | IDBDR

[@603Rydes]

Quote of the year "it's good not to die".

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

😂 Unintentional Quote of the Year

[@charlesjohn4518]

Love you too Princess Amanda...just can't get enough of your laughter. I'm froM Tanzania 🇹🇿...East Africa!!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks Charles haha that's awesome

[@ClinttheGreat]

We stopped at the restaurant at Elk City, it was actually quite good. The difficulty of the Macgruder varies depending on the previous winter’s snowfall. Great road with lots of babyhead size rocks.

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

Nice videos, SUBSCRIBED! I'm a long time dirt bike flatlander from MN but have upcoming retirement planned in Kamiah. Tried dual sporting on a KLR for a while. When I first heard about roads like Lolo & Magruder on my first Idaho trip 7 years ago the KLR was in MN. I was seeing the country, living like a nomad, for a couple weeks at a time in Walmart parking lots & camping. Just me and the little dog in a Honda Fit. Decided to get off the blacktop and start looking for for the beginnings of these MYTHICAL trails. Figured I would just drive as far as I could, and back out or turn around when the going got too rough. First try at Lolo ended a mile or 2 west of Rocky Ridge Lake when blocked by a snowbank I couldn't get around (in July). Have since driven the entire Lolo & Magruder corridor in the FIT. At times stopping to move rocks out of the way or throw then into holes like the one that broke your wrist. Just enough of a ramp to ease the tires through the obstacle. Have also driven the Elk City Wagon Road, Custer Motorway, Hells Canyon via Kleinschmidt grade, Riggins to Burgdorf via French Creek Road then to Warren and Yellow Pine, and out to New Meadows. The FIT is my pup tent on wheels, it has many rock scratches on the bottom side and it's a lot of crawling along at 5 mph. An afternoon ride on a bike is a 2 day trip in the car, but my little dog is my family and she goes where I go! I've sort of adapted the cross country / overland / and dual sport concepts to something that works for us. I can't wait to leave this god forsaken Midwest for Idaho!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much! Kamiah is so gorgeous and is surrounded by some of the BEST riding slab AND dirt. I love that you adapted your adventure rig to suit your needs! That is awesome! So now that I know you've done Lolo Motorway and Magruder in your FIT, do you agree with my opinion that the Lolo Motorway is more difficult than the Magruder? :P

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

As the Magpie Flies , Lolo for sure worse than Magruder! There was one uphill going west on Lolo where I would have turned around, except I knew what was behind and didn't want to go back over it either. That was where I spent a good hour moving rocks, filling the ruts, and generally fixing the road before hitting the gas & bouncing my way up the hill.

[@fuscavw1]

Just found your channel and subscribed. Great content. My buddy and I did the Magruder just two weeks before you. We loved it.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Welcome welcome 😊! That's awesome! It was a great route

[@MeghanStark]

Oh my lord, you are such a trooper for camping under those conditions. Seems worth it for those absolutely stunning views though!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

lol thanks Meghan! Just the side affects of travelling without enough money to just get a hotel XD Wasn't too bad ultimately, at least I slept a little lol Magruder was very pretty :) and very busy lol

[@fortheloveofknobs]

Thanks for making this video, Amanda! Always wondered what Magruder was like!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yess! Lol knowing you you'd probably be bored for most of it 😜 the ridge line was pretty though, and I think you'd have fun on the trails up to the lookouts!

[@rideoregonfirst]

@@AstheMagpieFlies It's not as rough & fun as the Lolo Motorway, but there's more beautiful vistas, for sure. I got to ride the old Lolo 500 road, but only the pickup on Magruder so far. I'll be back. it's that cool.

[@OregunAdventure]

Looks awesome. I cant wait to get on some roads like this!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yess! The CB500x will take you anywhere if you try hard enough lol I rode the whole of Barlow Rd with stock everything. Lol just a little slower than my companions

[@azdesertdog]

A friend told me about Magruder Corridor it been on the list since. I have the same questions 🤔 of those people who live in cool places. I have moved as far as I can from the insanity 😖. 60 mile commute is about as far as I can go. Love the content as always. Great job.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yes!! You should def ride it! :D Very worth the trip. 60 miles! MAN! That's dedication! My brother also commutes but his is more like 55 miles XD Thank you!!

[@JacobsLadder2009]

Hi! my husband and I just found your old video while looking around YT at our normal summer haunts. As someone who "lives around here" I can answer that question. It's actually fairly straight forward: most folks around here are supported by government help. Eg SSI SSDI or retired. But! as you noticed in Kamiah where you slept there is the mill you slept next to in the park and also there is now a mine opening as of last year in Elk City, so the job potential has increased around here. Don't get me completely wrong, some of us do work, but we commute out of here to work. There are slowly openings for jobs coming available around here. I answer you with this much detail bc you took the time to leave Oregon to come to our area and I think that's awesome. We spend weeks on Road 500 (what we locals call the LoLo motorway) every year (picked 23 gallons of huckleberries last year) (sorry you hurt your wrist up there! the road can be tricky!) and also other various other haunts we love around here including the Elk City Wagon Road, Lookout Butte, Coolwater Mountain, Lochsa and Selway river camping, 7 Devils down in Riggins, LoLo Creek/Elk River/North Fork of the Clearwater area...I could go on! lol there's much to enjoy around here and we live here bc of this exact fact. Making a living..well..we have to commute! but it's all good. A few years ago I commuted 160 miles per day. Makes for a tired drive after work. Such as it goes! Great video and happy travels :) Cheers!

[@richardmourdock2719]

Any road that reminds you of Highway 12 near LoLo is well worth doing!!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Precisely! Would be well worth the trip even if you just did the paved route into Elk City and back out

[@rideoregonfirst]

Thanks for the history in your description. I haven't been back to the Magruder since 2013 :-( We spent NINE days car camping slowly through there with two dogs. I'll ride back soon.

[@norsefalconer]

Just watched a vlog on FTA. Tim was saying what a great time he had at Rocky Mountain Roll. Congrats on another successful event. Sure wish I could have been there, even if it piddled a bit 😉 Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yes! It was so great having Tim there this year, we had a really great group. Maybe you can come next year 😉 thanks so much!

[@hairydogstail]

I ground that road, installed gabions, fixed washouts, hauled gravel and built 2 bridges on that road through out the years..I camped at Kim creek when my company ground the road..

[@sdgoert]

The road to Elk City is a personal favorite! It is best if you don't remember the posted speed limits, however. Just ride for the conditions and your own comfort level... Won't say if that makes it faster or slower. :D

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yes! 💯 Agree 😜👍

[@PaddyOutback]

Not dying is an important factor in enjoying a motorcycle trip.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yes yes, kind of important 😂

[@gilvietor1918]

Great video! Ya, some of the dirt roads out in the desert here, you'll have those uber tricked out sideby sides doing over 80mph. It really worries me, cause they don't slow down much for corners.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Gil! 😊 Ya I sometimes think they should require a little more training to drive those things 😬

[@markheinig]

Tame, or not, it sounds like a nice ride. Looking forward to riding it someday. Thanks for the intro.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

It was a nice road :) I think the thing for me was, that everyone had worked it up to me so much that when I got there I was kind of like "oh this really isn't that bad, what were they talking about?" lol My effort was to try and share that it really is just a nice road to ride, not some kind of obstacle course that some of the forums make it out to be. I hope you do get to ride it! And enjoy it for what it is, a beautiful mountain pass.

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

I had a lot of the same questions about Stites, ID. I stopped for a burger on my way from Boise to Kalispell a few weeks ago.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

I hope the burger was good!

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

It (the burger) was awesome, the AC was icy, the soda was cold! All part of a Mountain Iron, MN to Boise, to Kalispell, Going to the Sun Road, Great Falls, Glendive and back to MN road ride the weekend BEFORE Rocky Mtn Roll. :(

[@thepatriot6365]

You are definitely living the dream love the scenery keep the vids coming and please stay safe!👍🏍

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks Ruben! :)

[@SmallADVentures1973]

LOTS of amazing scenery in this one, I can only imagine how beautiful the actual ride was! Great video, my friend, wishing you happy weekend 😁✌ (ugh, flies 😕😂)

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@simonchant761]

Love your channel, adventure rider from Australia,👍

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Simon!

[@PistonSlap]

We always seem to be in the same area of idaho around the same time. I was in Kamiah on July 20-21. I have always thought of cutting across there and pass on highway 12. I checked on Saturday with the Lolo ranger station about riding the motor way. They reported it was closed. I found out later it was open. 😐. Thank you for sharing the area! And the free camping in Kamiah. That mill is noisy at night😩. The hotel Clearwater across the way was 88 dollars a night this year. And free breakfast and wifi. Plus rooms are clean and nice for the area.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol right!? Ya the reports on Lolo can be conflicting, because they also discourage car/truck vehicle traffic. Best shot is to just head up that way lol it's still a beautiful ride up to the entrance. I have stayed there before, But ya know lol hotels aren't ideal for riding more miles on a budget. 😉 I'd rather get to ride that extra 2-300 miles and be a little uncomfortable for a night 😋

[@PistonSlap]

@@AstheMagpieFlies i was happy to have a hotel after 2 days in a tent up in whitefish. The koa campground showers were nasty

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol that's what dry bags are for 😂 'bucket' showers are my new specialty 😅

[@thomaskerr9891]

Back on the Trumpet! Looks pretty Forest-Service-ey :P Don't fall into a Cravine, or a Ravass...

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol thanks Thomas! 😉 No one wants to fall down a ravine!

[@TheUTVAdventureRider]

Great stuff. Glad you had fun, but Burnt Knob is a must next time for sure! I’ve gone over it about 5 times and BK has bitten a few people I’ve ridden with via spills or pinch flats.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

For sure! I was pretty bummed to miss it, but I've been trapped at fire lookouts when storms come in before so it's not something I mess with anymore XD

[@WildWestTrail]

what a ride! thanks for that.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much for watching it 😊

[@richardmourdock2719]

?? on hydration. Seeing that beautiful stream you rode along and your advice to hydrate... do you carry a "Life Straw" or some other purification device??

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

I do carry a Sawyer squeeze however the "stream" I rode passed was 15-20 miles before you hit Elk City lol the next water source that I could have used isn't until you're on the Montana side, so the section I ran out of water was up in the ridge where there is no water sources accessible from the road. I'm sure there's some little creeks I could have found if I had hiked a bit. Lol for the sake of ease, and not having to waste time filtering water it's just more efficient (as far as taking advantage of the daylight hours to see as much as possible) to bring what you need, in my opinion 🤷

[@hsntrkmnturkiye5326]

nice to travel with you...💐🧿

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks :)

[@NewBelgiumCO]

Great footage!! Thanks!!!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks Sasquatch!!

[@markmcguire7988]

Amanda.....two part question...... You've done Magruder, Lolo, Stanley, etc. Have you been through the near ghost town of Warren ID which is northeast of McCall? The Baum Shelter (formerly the Winter Inn) has a swiss mushroom burger that's fabulous. Also, you have gone from the anonymity of the pilgrimage to a KZbin celeb. Which do you prefer when on a trip? Meaning, can it sometimes be time consuming if people recognize you when you are trying to get where you are going or trying to get miles in? Maybe use the "change in traveler status" as a question for your next Q&A vid.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

I have not been to Warren! Thanks for the tip! :D haha I wouldn't call myself a KZbin Celeb, lol I think Tim (Forty Times Around) probably has more issues being recognized than I do. Mostly I run across a handful of people at Motorcycle Events that may recognize me from my videos, or every once in a while someone will come into my day job at REI and be like "wait aren't you a moto youtuber" or something along those lines, but when I'm just travelling I've never been recognized on the road. So far anyway lol More than anything the change has been that when I'm posting on Instagram (since that's more real time than my youtube videos) I get people offering me places to stay which has saved my butt more than a few times lol I saved a solid grand, because through the connections I've made from the channel, I was able to stay with someone in Phoenix for a week for free while my bike got fixed. That could have cost a LOT of money if I had had to stay at a pay campground or a hotel. So in that way it's pretty awesome. There's always a downside, ya know a lot of people offer me a place to stay on my way to Montana but I'm terrible at explaining like 'hey I really just wanted to camp in the woods' and I'm always worried that people are offended when I don't take them up on their offers haha Overall I don't regret it at all because without this channel and the people who support me on Patreon, I wouldn't be able to travel nearly as much as I do now.

[@trey631]

Your channel more than any makes me really want to get a dual sport. Or, I make a bad decision and hit these roads and others like it on my Concours, which wouldn’t be smart. You keep it fun! Thanks.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Well Thank You Tommy! I take that as a huge compliment lol Hey. I stand by my statement that the best Adventure Bike is the one you have. I'm sure you could do it, it would just take a biiit longer. If you take it easy you can do a lot of things on bikes that "aren't made for that" take my friends on the Windjammer Ranch for example lol they're doing MX on 80's Goldwings! :P kzbin.info/www/bejne/e37VqZiblMuUsNE

[@RideOnTwo]

Axe shovel and a bucket, odd combination of items. Looked beautiful up there, hope you didn't get too wet when it piddled. Ride Safe Amanda!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

They're for putting out fires 🔥 Magruder catches fire almost every year. It was beautiful! Not really it was very in and out, didn't even rain enough to reduce the dust the ground is do dry. Thanks!!

[@ScramblerStories]

Looks fun!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol it was fun! Just a bit tame 😛

[@thejerseyj1636]

After watching your video, this cruizer guy is thinking about adventure bikes. I MUST ride the Magruder corridor, during the flies "off season"!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

lol Not sure Magruder is passable in the flies 'off season' :P lol Thanks Jersey J!

[@TheGorillaBiker]

Love your style of videos! Keep em up they're class :) that looks a very beautiful part of the world! And yes being alive and whatnot is rather important 😂😂😂 not dying is very good indeed 😂

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much! :D It was very beautiful! YES not dying is very good XD

[@McCurdyOutdoors]

Stumbled onto your channel while trying to figure out a route this summer/fall to take my RZR on the Magruder. You mentioned the last 30ish miles being pavement in Montana? Are there alternative routes that you know of to Darby? Any advice as far as when to go (assuming late July-August)? Also, thanks for sharing! Great video!

[@newlifeeveryday1821]

Thanks for making the video. Do you know if there are any camp sites accessible from the Magruder Corridor ? Are there places to park and leave your car for a week and go hiking ?

[@TheRiderGuider]

Weirdly I don’t suffer flies in South Australia! I would’ve bet my house it’d be worse than the UK but not really. A Sunday morning blast around the Lake District guaranteed a Sunday arvo cleaning up bike, jacket and skid lid.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Good to know lol I'm more inclined to visit now :P

[@Mike-fx4jn]

Great video, Adding this to the list for next season. Is it wide enough for full size SUV?

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks Mike! Yes def wide enough for full size SUV, just be very aware that a lot of motorcycles and side by sides use this trail as well, so don't blast down the road and know you may have to reverse for a bit on Rocky terrain to allow others to pass. 👍😊 Brings lots of water, and remember your camera! You'll want it in the middle!

[@nickhildabridle1612]

Well, its official. I am current on all your videos. What an amazing journey you have been on and shared with us. Your honesty is breathtaking and very welcomed. Keep up the tremendous videos that you provide. You give me hope and inspiration. LTMV & #unt ;;;

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thank you so very much Nick! I really appreciate that!!

[@mtowle4034]

Hey Amanda - really enjoying your videos !!! Kind of binge watching since I found your channel... you and Tim from FTA .. So in this video I see you riding the Triumph Tiger.... as I am looking at all of the options for bikes before settling on what to buy for Adventure bike (Have ridden a chesterfield -GoldWing- for a number of years) and learning as much as I can about different brands - hands on experience over time is the best teacher. How do you like the Tiger as compared to your other fleet bikes??

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Hey Milt Towle! Thanks so much! :D For a little bit of me talking about the Tiger vs the Honda CB500x which is really the only other bike that I have to properly compare I did make a video about that over here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3jCfKCoqrmgqpY

[@jirrahdrake8320]

this is in my back yard, but my R1200 rt BMW is not something id feel comfortable taking off road, some times i whish i would have went with a dual sport

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

I feel ya! If you haven't already I recommend reading Tiffany Coates book she road around the US and into Mexico on her little FZ-07 def NOT a dual sport but she made it work. Here's some of her articles on Motorcyclist Mag: www.motorcyclistonline.com/authors/tiffani-burkett/

[@thatoneguymoto]

Sorry about the lame GoPro footage. I've been there, but definitely not with the same stakes as what you're looking at. I would have a difficult time choosing what footage to use if I had as much amazing video as you capture. Does it take you some time decide what makes the cut, or in your mind, do you know what you want from what you recorded and you can go straight to it? You captured some absolutely breathtaking views. Thank you so much for sharing! 🤓

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thank you!! I'm just trying to figure out what's happening to the codec, because it was fine for the last two videos, have you found that it might be the SD card?? Or amount of videos? Lol normally I use just about everything I record on my A7rii because all that footage is very intentional, but I just kind of shift through the GoPro stuff and use the highlights where the scenery is interesting enough to be different from the last clip and not be like "oh yup another section of the same old road" kinda stuff so I only use like 10% of all the helmet cam footage I shoot.

[@thatoneguymoto]

So, I had an issue with corrupted files, on my Hero5 Black, a few months ago. I tried doing an erase and reformat on my Mac every time I uploaded. That worked for a while, but then the problem resurfaced after a couple weeks. What's been working since, is using the GoPro mobile app to delete files and reformat. It's in the camera's settings when you connect to your camera. (Knock on wood) I have not an issue since I've started doing that. Good luck! 🤓👍

[@RideWithRen]

Lovely video as usual. Where do you get the musc for your edits?

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Ren! I get all my music from Epidemic Sound

[@RideWithRen]

@@AstheMagpieFlies Thank you. I like your music selection for your videos, very chill.

[@BigCjat]

My favourite motorcycle vlog for sure

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Chris!

[@twotiretirade4624]

Were there great places to camp through there? It looks like it was hit with a huge fire.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

There were a handful of places I would have deemed worthy to camp yes! I feel like if you could make it up to one of the lookouts that would be an amazing view in the morning!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol also yes Magruder gets hit with fires every single year (hence the bucket, shovel and axe requirements)

[@HippoDrones]

flys and rain... the bikers pain! :D

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

for REAL lol

[@mithunkartha]

Why dont u have more subs? Subscribed 😊!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks :3

[@timellis1421]

Amanda, i ordered a print for you to autograph, bought you coffee, and sent money. hope i did it right. Your old man fan in nc. Wish my grandaughter could meet you. She goes with me on the motorcycle, she is 8. A real gamer.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Hey Tim! Thank you thank you thank you! I appreciate your support so so much! Your postcard will be in the mail today! Signed and everything! :) Your granddaughter sounds like she has a fantastic supportive Grandpa and I'm sure she'll grow up to be a strong independent young lady.

[@PalacinkyPDX]

How many miles is it between gas stations?

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

125 Miles

[@ywr969]

to paraphrase indiana jones: flies. i hate flies.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yessss!! Why Idaho?! Why!?

[@toby621]

come to out back australia and then you will realy hate flys millions of them here lol

[@life_on3s490]

Can anyone come to your event

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yes anyone 21 and over, who's bought a ticket 😉👌

[@life_on3s490]

@@AstheMagpieFlies how much are tickets? And are small campers allowed?

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

$50 and yes! but know there are no hookups

[@billparke1520]

The U.S. Census can get you facts on Elk City, Idaho. Some work, some get social security, some get food stamps.

[@billparke1520]

factfinder.census.gov

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Bill!!

[@zurnie]

My kinda country

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

It was beautiful!

[@TheBlueBikeDoyle]

shove, axe and bucket. Ok I can see the shove and axe . But why a bucket??

[@zurnie]

all three needed to fight any fires you may "find"

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Fires! 🔥 In order to properly out out a fire you need to reduce the "fuel" source (hence the axe), then kill the flames with water (bucket) and soil (shovel). You're essentially making a soupy meds until you can put your hand int he soup mess and not feel any heat.

[@Andrew-td6hi]

Like, like, like, like, like. This was beautiful. She likes the word “ like” . Generational vernacular? However, nice video

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

you know "SHE" reads the comments right?

[@GeorgiaGrowGuy]

I love you.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol Thank You? 😄

[@rondarrelladventures8843]

I really enjoy your channel. I gave a shout out to you on my channel Your the only lady on that list of motorcycle channels i follow . Check my channel out if you have time.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Ron!!