For the GDT the start is pretty easy to get to (Banff is ~1.5 hr from Calgary Airport, flights from anywhere) but the finish in NM is also in the middle of nowh

For the GDT the start is pretty easy to get to (Banff is ~1.5 hr from Calgary Airport, flights from anywhere) but the finish in NM is also in the middle of nowhere. The only saving grace is that the finishing season is typically compact enough that you can organize some sort of transportation. Most of the thru riders end the videos or logs at the border; it would be helpful if they showed how they got home from the middle of the desert.