Le Tour de Koocanusa set for Saturday
<p>Dejon Raines announcing the beginning of Le Tour de Koocanusa 2015, Aug. 8, 2015. (Brennen Rupp/The Western News)</p>
<p>The mother-daughter team of Madison Keck, left, and Tammy Keck aboard a Giordano Viaggio tandem approach the turnout on the Forest Development Road overlooking Libby Dam 2.8 miles into their 83-mile ride. (From Missoula) (Le Tour 2014) (Paul Sievers/The Western News)</p>
<p>New for the fourth annual Le Tour de Koocanusa was the cycling jersey designed by Primal Wear of Denver, Colo. In all there were 122 registered riders for this year's tour. Aug. 9, 2014 (Paul Sievers/The Western News)</p>
The Le Tour de Koocanusa annual bicycle tour will take off from David Thompson Bridge on Saturday at 8 a.m.
The tour goes to benefit David Thompson Search and Rescue, a branch of the Lincoln County Montana Sheriff’s Office. Search and rescue provides the response for overdue, lost, injured or stranded people from an emergency incident in diverse environments.
The bike course consists of 83 miles and loops in a clockwise circle around Lake Koocanusa, crossing over the lake on the Lake Koocanusa Bridge near Rexford and following the lake back on the other side on Highway 37. The course then finishes where it started, on David Thompson Bridge.
For more information on Le Tour de Koocanusa, visit letourdekoocanusa.com.