Lunch near the Tsaina River

Liberty Falls

The Alaska Range

A few facts about the owners of Alaskabike...

Alaskabike is owned and operated by Walt Rowland and Deb Winkelman.

    Deb was born in McGrath, Alaska.  Her father, also from McGrath, was a bush pilot.  Flying a small plane for the US Mail, he met Deb's mother at the small village of Shageluk.   They were married, and  a few years after Deb was born,   moved to Anchorage.  Deb traveled extensively throughout Alaska with her family, and later on her own.   Deb attended the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.  During the off season, she teaches second grade in the Anchorage School District.

    Walt was raised in Southern California and came to Alaska in 1975 to work on the construction of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline.  It was supposed to be just a summer job for college, but when he graduated he decided to move to Alaska and continue to work in the construction field.  This work took him to many of the most remote areas in the state.

    In the 1985 Walt decided he didn't want to get old under a bulldozer, and became a Stockbroker in Anchorage.  Walt prospered in the brokerage business, until 1992, when he and a friend bicycled across Alaska for a vacation.  He could never seem to get that experience out of his mind.  Soon he followed his heart again, quitting the brokerage business, and in 1993, starting up Alaskan Bicycle Adventures.

    Walt and Deb were married in January, 2003.

• Started in 1993 by Walt Rowland
• Eleven years in business as Alaskan Bicycle Adventures.
• Operated over 50 bicycle tours in 2000, more Alaska bicycle tours than all competitors combined!
• Walt and Deb re-named the business 'Alaskabike' in 2004.

Walt & Deb Rowland on top of O'Malley Peak.

Owners and guides live in Alaska