This makes me want to race the divide less (planned in 2018), and just ride it at a fast and comfortable pace and enjoy it. I'm so torn! It's a big trip to plan, and part of me feels like the landscape would be wasted by just racing it on no sleep =S
This was posted in the touring thread, riding (not racing) the Great Divide in winter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa_28YltsuY