I'm putting together a big bike dirt trip in Alaska, the Yukon and British Columbia for June 2021.
There will be a lot of dirt roads on the trip but to get to them, there will be a bit of road mileage hence the "big bike" title.
The trip will start in Anchorage Alaska and finish in Northern California as it's impossible ship the bikes out of Alaska. The bikes will be airfreight into Anchorage and sea freight home from Santa Rosa CA.
The trip will be 3 weeks long and will include the following major dirt roads:
The mileage for the whole trip will be around 7000 with about half on dirt which is why a big engine will be beneficial. I would see bikes for this will be Tenere 700, KTM 690, etc but of course big KTM's, GS's, Africa Twins etc will be fine if you feel you are confident enough. The bigger bikes would be a definite advantage on the road parts
The dirt roads up there range from hard packed dirt to deep gravel and if you are unlucky with the weather they can turn to a gloopy slush. Anyone who has ridden with me on the Dalton in changeable weather will know exactly what I mean.
I will organise and lead the trip with a pal of mine from Alaska until we finish the Dempster Highway because we will then have to go back to Anchorage to sort a road trip out which I will go into on another thread. You will be riding on your own from there but we will have worked out routes, stops, and all other details long before we go.
There will be no back up truck so you will have to be fairly self sufficient and have a good working knowledge of your bike. There is a lot of nothing up there and we will be fairly remote for long periods. It is also not for the faint hearted as it will be fairly intense from start to finish.
I will organise all the motels or it can be a camping trip or maybe a bit of both.
If you wanted to stay on a bit longer, that is absolutely no problem as the container home will be at the end of the road trip which will be 2 weeks behind.
PM me with your email address if you want initial details.
There will be a lot of dirt roads on the trip but to get to them, there will be a bit of road mileage hence the "big bike" title.
The trip will start in Anchorage Alaska and finish in Northern California as it's impossible ship the bikes out of Alaska. The bikes will be airfreight into Anchorage and sea freight home from Santa Rosa CA.
The trip will be 3 weeks long and will include the following major dirt roads:
- Dalton Highway: 800 miles dirt round trip to Prudhoe Bay and back
- Dempster Highway: 1000 miles dirt round trip to Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk
- Campbell Highway: 360 miles dirt between Carmack and Watson Lake.
- As we come down into BC and Northern US there will be other stretches of dirt roads which I'm working on.
The mileage for the whole trip will be around 7000 with about half on dirt which is why a big engine will be beneficial. I would see bikes for this will be Tenere 700, KTM 690, etc but of course big KTM's, GS's, Africa Twins etc will be fine if you feel you are confident enough. The bigger bikes would be a definite advantage on the road parts
The dirt roads up there range from hard packed dirt to deep gravel and if you are unlucky with the weather they can turn to a gloopy slush. Anyone who has ridden with me on the Dalton in changeable weather will know exactly what I mean.
I will organise and lead the trip with a pal of mine from Alaska until we finish the Dempster Highway because we will then have to go back to Anchorage to sort a road trip out which I will go into on another thread. You will be riding on your own from there but we will have worked out routes, stops, and all other details long before we go.
There will be no back up truck so you will have to be fairly self sufficient and have a good working knowledge of your bike. There is a lot of nothing up there and we will be fairly remote for long periods. It is also not for the faint hearted as it will be fairly intense from start to finish.
I will organise all the motels or it can be a camping trip or maybe a bit of both.
If you wanted to stay on a bit longer, that is absolutely no problem as the container home will be at the end of the road trip which will be 2 weeks behind.
PM me with your email address if you want initial details.