Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
Most excellent ride on a wonderful fall day in Valdez yesterday with Karen Cline. Moderate ride over good grades for about a 14-Mile RT in a few hours. We pushed beyond the Stamp Mill but the trail soon disappeared. Here’s a few pics and a video with some nice single track effort through the upper canyon. Good time to […]
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Been awhile but it seemed like a good idea to ride the Goat Trail in Keystone Canyon with local Brian Teal this last Sunday. I rarely hear of anyone riding the route and based on my experience yesterday, you are missing out on one of the better mountain bike routes in Valdez. Sure you have to heave your […]
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It’s been a different type of biking this summer for me as I am taking a break from my road bike and time trials that have dominated my last few summers. My mountain bike has been regulated to local transportation during the winter and summer, with occasional rides around town in places like Mineral Creek. Last week I rode all […]
Read moreSomewhere on Blueberry Hill today, BT addresses his bike.
Read moreWith the monsoon season drenching Valdez, Tabitha and I loaded up the rig and headed north to the Alaska Range again for some backpacking. Rainbow Ridge is a strikingly colorful feature above the highway to the east as it descends north from Isabel Pass. The guide book Outside In The Interior by Kyle Joly gives the basics about a number […]
Read moreKudo’s to local rock scrambler Nick Weicht and pals for opening the trail behind the airport runway. The trail was abandoned many years ago. It was used as a road from Old Town to the campground and Valdez Glacier. In the 80’s when I worked at the Campground, Chuck Comstock and I pioneered the rocks above the entrance and […]
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