Junkie
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Figured I'd put my basic route plans up here.
Day 1: slab it to Yuba City, 20 to Marysville Road to 49N to Gold Lake Highway (if open, not sure if it is) to 89N to 147N to 36E to 139N to 299E to 31N to 97N to Bend, OR for the night. Google Maps
Day 2: 97N for a long way, to 821N back to 97N, 153N to 20E back to 97N to Kelowna, BC for the night. Google Maps
Day 3: 97N to Kamloops, 5N to 16W to Prince George, 97N to Dawson Creek for the night. Google Maps
Day 4: 97N to Watson Lake. Google Maps
Day 5: 4 to 2 to Dawson City (if weather cooperates), 1 to 2 if weather doesn't cooperate. Google Maps
Day 6: make my way to Yukon River Camp. Not a lot of route options. https://goo.gl/maps/mBtXJvUHvDvXP52HA
Day 7: depends a lot on weather. Probably start the run to Prudhoe Bay, and I absolutely want to make it to Atigun Pass, but if the weather is bad... who knows. I'm not riding in a snowstorm, which can happen any time of year over the pass. I don't want to spend the money to stay in Prudhoe Bay, so I won't be spending the night there (not that it gets dark anyway).
after returning from the FAR north I'll be heading down to Kennecott Mine, probably Valdez as well.
Return trip will be by way of 1, probably spend a night in Haines Junction or Whitehorse, continue to 37, maybe a trip out to Prince Rupert, 16 to Prince George, down 97 to 99 through Vancouver, I5. Not sure if I'll take 20/Port Townsend-Coupeville Ferry or 104/Edmonds-Kingston Ferry, or maybe even continue down I5 to 101 so I can start at the "North" end of 101.
Either way, undecided. I might do 101 until 1 starts, or I might take more interesting routes such as https://goo.gl/maps/oUpWDdebVBBZRWoR7
I have 3-4 weeks for this, so if things go as planned (yeah...) I shouldn't run into time constraints. I'm hoping to make it without changing tires (have a few hundred miles on a fresh set of Shinko 705s) but we'll see... and that may contribute some to route choice.
Day 1: slab it to Yuba City, 20 to Marysville Road to 49N to Gold Lake Highway (if open, not sure if it is) to 89N to 147N to 36E to 139N to 299E to 31N to 97N to Bend, OR for the night. Google Maps
Day 2: 97N for a long way, to 821N back to 97N, 153N to 20E back to 97N to Kelowna, BC for the night. Google Maps
Day 3: 97N to Kamloops, 5N to 16W to Prince George, 97N to Dawson Creek for the night. Google Maps
Day 4: 97N to Watson Lake. Google Maps
Day 5: 4 to 2 to Dawson City (if weather cooperates), 1 to 2 if weather doesn't cooperate. Google Maps
Day 6: make my way to Yukon River Camp. Not a lot of route options. https://goo.gl/maps/mBtXJvUHvDvXP52HA
Day 7: depends a lot on weather. Probably start the run to Prudhoe Bay, and I absolutely want to make it to Atigun Pass, but if the weather is bad... who knows. I'm not riding in a snowstorm, which can happen any time of year over the pass. I don't want to spend the money to stay in Prudhoe Bay, so I won't be spending the night there (not that it gets dark anyway).
after returning from the FAR north I'll be heading down to Kennecott Mine, probably Valdez as well.
Return trip will be by way of 1, probably spend a night in Haines Junction or Whitehorse, continue to 37, maybe a trip out to Prince Rupert, 16 to Prince George, down 97 to 99 through Vancouver, I5. Not sure if I'll take 20/Port Townsend-Coupeville Ferry or 104/Edmonds-Kingston Ferry, or maybe even continue down I5 to 101 so I can start at the "North" end of 101.
Either way, undecided. I might do 101 until 1 starts, or I might take more interesting routes such as https://goo.gl/maps/oUpWDdebVBBZRWoR7
I have 3-4 weeks for this, so if things go as planned (yeah...) I shouldn't run into time constraints. I'm hoping to make it without changing tires (have a few hundred miles on a fresh set of Shinko 705s) but we'll see... and that may contribute some to route choice.