Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR) has made two announcements for dual-sport and adventure riders: the new BDR-X routes, which will be looped BDR-style routes, and the free BDR documentary film library, made accessible via YouTube. The Red Desert, WY BDR-X will be the first of the series. The folks at BDR were featured on the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast, which you can listen to here. Read more in the press release below.

Since 2010, the adventure motorcycling nonprofit Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR) has created 11 trans-state and regional routes for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel. Now BDR announces a new concept of shorter BDR-style routes that loop with the release of the first in the series: the Red Desert, WY BDR-X.
BDR-X routes will be developed as excursions off existing BDR routes or routes in an entirely new area known for its desirable BDR-style riding. BDR-X?s will be 300-600 miles in length, take only a few days to complete, and conveniently loop riders back to wherever they started the route. A number of BDR-X routes are already in the works, including the PA Wilds BDR-X, set for release in early fall, the Steens Mountain & Alvord Desert, OR BDR-X, and the Black Hills, SD BDR-X planned for release in 2023.

The free trip-planning resources for BDR-X?s are similar to that of traditional routes and include an interactive map, free GPS tracks download, a short documentary film, a printable map, trav...