The Denali Highway stretches from Cantwell to Paxon. I made two trips along the road this winter, getting a little past the Susitna river each time. Maybe in Spring I'll be able to ride the Full Monty.
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This is the road closed sign a few miles east of Cantwell. "Traffic" on the road consists of dog mushers and snow machines. I posed for this one at the end of the trip.
I could hear snow hitting the tent on my third night. One drawback of travel by fatbike, as opposed to skis, is that a couple inches of fresh snow can turn ridable conditions into mandatory walking/pushing the bike. Fortunately this day I was able to simply reduce the tire pressure and pedal probably 90% of the way back to the car.
The muted colors of our sunrise-turning-into-sunset days.
Not a bad camp site. This was night 2, and I awoke to the tent in my face. High, gusting winds from the East. The following morning I was nervous about venturing out in the wind, but knew I at least had to move camp to a more sheltered location. Instead of pushing the bike into the wind towards Alpine lodge, I headed back to Cantwell and had an amazing tailwind.
The bridge over the Susitna.
The kitchen is right next to the bedroom.
Peter joined me for the first night.
Alaska sky.
When it is clear, the views from this road are amazing.
