Dalton Highway, Alaska ride

captainwelch · 2008-02-11, 08:06 PM

So I'm planning a ride on the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Deadhorse and back from May 1-24. Is anyone else interested in doing this ride (or part of it)?

saskatchewanian · 2008-02-12, 12:44 AM

Is the Dalton Highway an all weather road?

I was planning a ride from Dawson to TOK last year for May but the Top of the World Highway was still closed for the season.

I would ride with you but I have other commitments for the May long weekend.

captainwelch · 2008-02-12, 06:25 AM

Yeah, the Dalton Highway is open year round I think. If not it's open by May.

chuckaeronut · 2008-02-14, 05:14 AM

That sounds like it'd be amazingly fun. You're going to Coker it? All 414 miles, and both ways? If you've got 24 days, it's a slam dunk; I can just imagine how cold it might get, even in summer. You've probably got a pretty hard core pannier setup... I once rode from San Francisco to San Diego on my bike, only spending 5 days and not 24, and I brought a sleeping bag, tent, change of clothes, 30 power bars, 2 burritos, loads of money, etc... but you're going to have to bring ALL your food and ALL your water with you, because between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay, there's... nothing. Like a truck stop at mile 240 or something. That's a pretty crazy pannier setup. Let me know how you're carrying everything!

chuckaeronut · 2008-02-14, 05:15 AM

BTW, if I didn't have to stay here at college... I'd go with you. I'm serious.

lpounds · 2008-02-14, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by chuckaeronut

BTW, if I didn't have to stay here at college... I'd go with you. I'm serious.

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lpounds · 2008-02-14, 05:17 AM

Yeah seriously be careful with access to civilization. I found the maximum distance I felt safe going without civilization (meaning places you could stop in case of an emergency as well as places to buy food) was about 100 miles, and I was on a recumbent. I also wonder what your pannier setup will be like.

2008-02-11, 08:06 PM	#1
captainwelch Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 40	Dalton Highway, Alaska ride So I'm planning a ride on the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Deadhorse and back from May 1-24. Is anyone else interested in doing this ride (or part of it)?

2008-02-12, 12:44 AM	#2
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 5,244	Is the Dalton Highway an all weather road? I was planning a ride from Dawson to TOK last year for May but the Top of the World Highway was still closed for the season. I would ride with you but I have other commitments for the May long weekend. __________________ My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton

2008-02-14, 05:14 AM	#4
chuckaeronut Lover of Geared 36ers! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Age: 26 Posts: 323	That sounds like it'd be amazingly fun. You're going to Coker it? All 414 miles, and both ways? If you've got 24 days, it's a slam dunk; I can just imagine how cold it might get, even in summer. You've probably got a pretty hard core pannier setup... I once rode from San Francisco to San Diego on my bike, only spending 5 days and not 24, and I brought a sleeping bag, tent, change of clothes, 30 power bars, 2 burritos, loads of money, etc... but you're going to have to bring ALL your food and ALL your water with you, because between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay, there's... nothing. Like a truck stop at mile 240 or something. That's a pretty crazy pannier setup. Let me know how you're carrying everything! __________________ Uni to work to eat to live to uni to work to...!

2008-02-14, 05:15 AM	#5
chuckaeronut Lover of Geared 36ers! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Age: 26 Posts: 323	BTW, if I didn't have to stay here at college... I'd go with you. I'm serious. __________________ Uni to work to eat to live to uni to work to...!

2008-02-14, 05:17 AM	#7
lpounds Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 25 Posts: 1,004	Yeah seriously be careful with access to civilization. I found the maximum distance I felt safe going without civilization (meaning places you could stop in case of an emergency as well as places to buy food) was about 100 miles, and I was on a recumbent. I also wonder what your pannier setup will be like. __________________ Unicycle Dot Com Canada

2008-02-12, 06:25 AM	#3
captainwelch Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 40	Yeah, the Dalton Highway is open year round I think. If not it's open by May.

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