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08-13-2022, 05:20 PM #1701
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08-14-2022, 06:05 PM #1702
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08-14-2022, 06:38 PM #1703
600 km jaunt through the Yukon
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08-14-2022, 08:17 PM #1704Registered User
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Going to need to hear more about that Wendigo
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08-15-2022, 08:10 AM #1705
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08-15-2022, 09:43 AM #1706
Sweet, westside rd action. Big quiet country on that side.
You're on Aurora there?
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08-15-2022, 11:29 AM #1707
Yep, good eye. The road is in amazing shape. Any vehicle could drive it if it was open. But I believe the park service has decided to keep it closed indefinitely and just keep it in pristine shape so they can do repairs to the bridges and culverts as needed. Good news for gravel grinders.
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08-15-2022, 11:40 AM #1708
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08-15-2022, 01:22 PM #1709
It was 16 bike miles round trip to the trailhead I used. It's 18 miles round trip to the end of the road where bikes are not allowed any further. I believe its a little over 2,000 ft elevation gain round trip (up on the out and back). It's not enough biking miles to make it a great bike ride alone so pick a trail to hike as well. Carbon River is similar (14 miles round trip of biking allowed) and Dosewallips (13 miles round trip) in the Olympics .
https://www.nps.gov/places/westside-...-trailhead.htm
https://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvis...-FINAL_508.pdfLast edited by altasnob; 08-15-2022 at 02:41 PM.
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08-16-2022, 01:11 AM #1710
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08-16-2022, 11:41 AM #1711
roll-a-canol
a 600 km bikepacking trip in the nwt/yukon
started in whitehorse where we found that it is possible to pack 4 bikes and passengers in a pa-31 navajo if all the occupants (and pilot) are of reasonable size.
the weather was a bit mixed when we took off so much of it was spent at 3,500 m to stay above the clouds, occasionally we had some views of the area we would be cycling.
whitehorse
landed at camp 222 about 4 in the afternoon so got things setup and started to bike over macmillion pass in the selwyn mountains.
loaded up with enough food to cover the 240 km until we got to ross river and resupplied.
apparently we would not be doing this with dry feet
back to the yukon after a brief stint in the northwest territory
set up camp at the mac pass airstrip, there's some mining exploration ops starting up so a bit of heli and vehicle traffic in the area
we had an easy 40 km of mostly down, bed surface was great and held up well to the pouring rains we had overnight
Last edited by wendigo; 02-14-2024 at 10:34 AM.
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08-16-2022, 11:42 AM #1712
cruising next to the south macmillian river and the itsi range
we made some new friends - i made a side deal with them: they get 1 cc of blood/10,000 corpses pretty sure we came out even
the upper canol is still very much a pioneer road, some of the hills were long, loose, and steep so occasionally we had to hike-a-bike
once in the flats, a bridge was generally the best place to stop try and keep away from the bugs
nice views at dragon lake
the road was closed earlier in the season for fires and then flooding, we got into a burn section right about the time my throat started to hurt. turns out what felt like horrible strep throat was covid. i felt like crap but managed to bike 75+ km each day - so long as i kept going things were good. whenever i stopped i wanted to collapse.
yard sale, after a monsoon type rain and camp for the night
cruising along the ross river
got to pelly river crossing at ross river
i took to the foot bridge
rest of the group took the ferry
heading out of ross river on a brief section of paved rd. two went ahead as we (spouse and i) waited for the general store to open to stock up on meds for me.
they took a wrong turn and ended up ~2-25 km behind us, we ended up riding the lower canol separately
the lower canol rd follows along the lapie river for a while
loads of wild strawberries and raspberries to pick along the way
getting into the alpine
many cool lakes
rose lake at 4am
cockpit view
into the lodgepole pine
more hills
heading into the final pass
Last edited by wendigo; 08-16-2022 at 02:03 PM.
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08-16-2022, 11:43 AM #1713
end of the lower canol
stopped in johnson's crossing to clean them out of the little food they had - there used to be hot food regularly available, which we were depending on
stopped to check out a coyote between johnson's crossing and jake's corner on the alcan, we were hanging out after eating some food and saw what we thought was a cyclist, turns out it was phil (i think that was his name) he is skateboarding from fairbanks, ak to jasper, ab...
some paved miles to get back to whitehorse
treated ourselves to a fancy hotel and dinner, then off to the hotsprings the next day
Last edited by wendigo; 08-16-2022 at 01:58 PM.
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08-16-2022, 01:20 PM #1714
Looks amazing, wendigo. Keep it coming!
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08-16-2022, 03:03 PM #1715
Ditto that, epic trip yo.
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08-16-2022, 03:08 PM #1716Registered User
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Nice ride. Looks like the definition of remote.
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08-17-2022, 10:42 AM #1717one of those sickos
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Lovely, except for the bugs. I wonder if I can convince my very popular with mosquitoes GF to join me on a trip to the Arctic...
ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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08-28-2022, 10:29 AM #1718
Gravel/Bikepack nerds enter...
Sad news coming out of Vermont this morning
https://www.velonews.com/news/gravel...ly-dies-at-33/crab in my shoe mouth
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08-28-2022, 04:22 PM #1719
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08-29-2022, 06:02 AM #1720
Certainly put a damper on the weekend. New course was much more brutal than the '19 one with more pave' riding and every bit was damp to wet from overnight rain.
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09-03-2022, 01:18 PM #1721
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09-03-2022, 07:35 PM #1722
Noice.
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09-04-2022, 05:41 PM #1723
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09-05-2022, 03:20 PM #1724
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09-05-2022, 05:46 PM #1725
thanks! Love that bike, steel is real. here are some glamour shots. can't believe its 8 years old already!
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