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Bicycle The Yukon!
(or Klondike Gold Rush...)
9 day, 8 nights, $2995 U.S.
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This tour
explores Canada's Yukon Territory, continuing across the Top of
the World Highway into Alaska, and ends in Anchorage. The Yukon
Territory has about 1/3 the population density of Alaska, and is
a vast empty land of forests mountains and huge rivers. The
roads are paved, yet in a rougher manner than usual. This is
not an easy tour. The daily mileages average 75, and there are
many options for centuries available. The rewards, however, are great! The biking is fantastic, the scenery magnificent , and most of the time is spent on some of the most remote paved roads in North America! Standard mileages are long, but the van is available for any who want a break. |
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Day 1: We meet in Skagway, orient
ourselves, and have a ball in this scenic, well preserved, gold rush town. Day 2: We wake up early to board the White Pass & Yukon Railroad for a ride along the mountain cliffs up to the top of White Pass. Built in 1901 through terrain considered impassable, the railroad was an engineering marvel of it's day. Leaving the train at the Canadian Customs station at Frasier, British Columbia, we bicycle down from the pass along a magnificent string of alpine lakes into the Yukon Territory. . Riding distance 60 miles. Day 3: From Whitehorse, capital of the Yukon, we van to the 'marge of Lake LaBarge' where we start bicycling north on the Klondike highway. We stop for lunch at Braeburn lodge where we witness ... and consume... some amazingly large food. We continue riding through the vast uninhabited Yukon interior to Carmacks. Riding distance 80 miles. Day 4: We cycle along the banks of the mighty Yukon River. The road offers an excellent view of Five Fingers Rapids, where a rocky canyon breaks the river into five channels. This was a major navigational hazard for the stampeders! Our ride for the day ends at Pelly Crossing Riding distance 65 miles. Day 5: We cycle north from Pelly Crossing through the hills and forests. The road moves away from the Yukon River the next few days, entering a trackless and largely uninhabited wilderness. The Yukon is home to some mighty rivers, and we cross two of them today; the Pelly River, and the Stewart River. We divert to the east on the 'Silver Trail' and spend the night in the village of Mayo.. Riding distance 80 miles. Day 6: A possible century day as we ride into Dawson City. The first half of the day winds on primitive, but paved highway, through a land of hills and lakes. The road is increasing in altitude, but winding through so much varied terrain, you are scarcely aware of the gradual climb... We reach the Tantina Trench 40 miles from Dawson and take in a beautiful view north across the valley to the Richardson Mountains far to the North. The next 40 miles are all downhill... Rapidly we descend to the Klondike river, and then continue along its banks the rest of the way into Dawson City, Riding distance: up to 100 miles. Day 7: Dawson City! Destination of the gold rush of '98 Dawson was once home for 30,000! Now only 1500 remain through the winter. Many of the original buildings remain, along with a multitude of shops, eateries, and other attractions. We take a Van ride to Bonanza Creek in the morning where we try our luck at panning for gold. You can actually wet your feet at the Junction of Bonanza and Eldorado creeks, once the most valuable address in the world! In the evening we visit Diamond Tooth Gertie's - the first legal casino gambling house in Canada, and see show with the northernmost Can-Can dancers in the World! Day 8: The Top of the World Highway! We take the ferry across the Yukon River (We have now gone too far to be able to expect a bridge!) And start up the Top of the World Highway. It is 66 miles from Dawson to The Alaskan Border, and it is not an easy start. From the ferry landing the road immediately climbs steeply over 1500 feet. It crests a long line of ridges that take us all the way to the border. We spend the night in Tok Alaska. 20 - 50 milesbike riding To the right, we pass Nelchina and Tazlina glaciers, the outlets of major ice fields in the Chugach range. As we near our destination, the enormous volcanoes of the Wrangell Mountains seem to grow directly in front of us! Total bicycling 68 miles. Day 9: We take a scenic ride along the Tok Cutoff as we head into Anchorage. The Wrangell mountains on the left, and the Alaska Range on our right. up to 50 miles bike riding.nto the Copper River Valley. as we ride, the Talkeetna Mountains fall away on our left. |
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