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Bicycle Alaska

Summary

For those who want to see Alaska, and love to cycle, this is the ultimate tour! Six days of cycling through a wide variety of the incredible scenery of Alaska. We top things off with a last day cruise through glacier studded Prince William Sound.

Recreational, Road bike

7 days

652 km / 405 mi

$ 4,195.-

300- mile ride down the spectacular Richardson Highway
A visit to Fairbanks
Views of Mt. McKinley, Worthington gletsjer
Cruise across Prince William Sound.
Please plan on arriving in Anchorage at least one day prior to your trip departure; day one of your itinerary starts at 9 a.m.

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Details

Type

Recreational, Road bike

Duration

7 days

Level

Challenging

Support

Guided

Daily distance

100-120 km / 62-75 mi

Total distance

652 km / 405 mi

Climbing

500 m / 1640 ft

Lodging

Basic hotel, full board

Luggage transport

Daily luggage transfers

Bicycle

Included

Dates

04 Jun 2023 - 10 Jun 2023
02 Jul 2023 - 08 Jul 2023
16 Jul 2023 - 22 Jul 2023
06 Aug 2023 - 12 Aug 2023
27 Aug 2023 - 02 Sep 2023

Start

Anchorage (09.00)

Finish

Anchorage (17.00)

Transfer

Anchorage

Airport at start

Ted Stevens Anchorage Int. Airport (ANC)

Airport at finish

Ted Stevens Anchorage Int. Airport (ANC)

Prices Please note the prices are subject to change depending availability

Price per person / please note the prices are subject to change depending availability

The tour price per person

$ 4,195.-

Single supplement

If you travel alone a single supplement is charged. With some group tours you can avoid a single supplement by sharing a room with another rider.

$ 600.-

Itinerary

Included / Not Included – lodging

Day 1:

After breakfast in Anchorage, we van north beyond the population centers and down the Parks Highway into the wilderness. We bicycle along the Parks Highway toward Mt. McKinley and Denali National Park. The road passes along the south face of Mt. McKinley and offers excellent vistas of the mountain and the other peaks and glaciers of the Alaska Range. We rise above treeline at Broad Pass (only 2,200 feet!) where we have a magnificent view of the Alaska Range to the left and front, and see a beautiful series of glacial valleys in the Talkeetna Range to the right. We ride to our cabins at the Perch Restaurant, near the Entrance of Denali National Park.
Distance: 54 mi / 89 km

Day 2:

We mount our bicycle for a beautiful ride along the Nenana River, through the backbone of the Alaska Range. We pass the headquarters of Denali National Park, then exit the park through the Nenana River Canyon. At the mouth of the canyon the land opens up and we enter the vast forest of the great Alaskan interior. We continue paralleling the Nanana River to the town of Nenana. We then van to dinner and our rooms in Fairbanks.
Distance: 80 mi / 128 km

Day 3:

Our tour of the Richardson Highway begins with a 75-mile ride from the outskirts of Fairbanks to Delta Junction. The road winds along the magnificent, wild Tanana River as it flows through the interior of Alaska on its way to join the Yukon. The warm weather and thick forest here are typical of the huge Alaskan Interior. As we cross the Tanana River, we get an excellent view of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Ahead looms the mighty Alaska Range, highlighted by Mt. Deborah (12,339 ft.) and Mt. Hayes (13,832 ft).
Distance: 75 mi / 120 km

Day 4:

We leave Delta Junction and began the gradual climb up the glacial Delta River toward Isabel Pass. Passing through the Alaska Range, we see huge ice fields on either side of the road. Enormous mineral fields color the mountains in different hues of red, gray and brown. We ride along beautiful Summit Lake, only 3,000 feet in elevation, well above tree line.
Distance: 68 miles/ 109 km

Day 5:

Leaving the Alaska Range behind us, we pass Paxson Lake and drop into the Copper River Basin. We pass many small rivers and lakes as the road parallels the Gulkana River. Moose, caribou, and trumpeter swans are common sights in this area. We stop for dinner at the historic Gakona Lodge (built in 1906).
Distance: 70 mi / 112 km

Day 6:

We wind our way up the Tsaina River, toward Thompson Pass. On the way we stop off at Worthington Glacier, only yards from the road! Thompson Pass is only 2,678 feet, but far above the tree line, and the views from here are truly spectacular. Don't forget your camera! We now drop 2,500 feet in six miles into the Lowe River Valley. Following the Lowe River, we ride through the vertical rock walls and numerous waterfalls of Keystone Canyon. We spend the night in Valdez, the port for the Alaska State Ferry, and across the bay from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Terminal.
Distance: 58 mi / 93 km

Day 7:

We wake up early and board a ship of the Alaska Marine Highway for an unforgettable trip across Glacier studded Prince William Sound. We leave the ship in Whittier and board a shuttle for a 15-minute ride UNDER the Chugach Mountains to Portage. From Portage, we van back to Anchorage which marks the end of our Bicycle Alaska Tour.

Please note: Over the last few years, budget cuts have been making the Alaska Marine Highway increasingly unreliable and difficult to work with. We have been having problems with cancellations and schedule changes. If that happens on the tour you sign up for, we will run a different itinerary on Day 7, which will include cycling and/or hiking in another beautiful location.

* This is a general itinerary. Tour itineraries are subject to change based on the group, available accommodations and other unforeseen circumstances such as the weather, local conditions, government intervention, that may affect the quality of the trip and/or safety of the participants. Please view this itinerary as an outline as to what to expect on this tour.

Included:

All lodging, including the night before the tour departure.
All meals and roadside snacks, except meals on the ships of the Alaska Marine Highway.
All transportation, from your hotel in Anchorage back to the Anchorage location of your choice.
Excursions on your tour.
Cannondale bicycles, with fenders, rack, water bottle and day pack
Luggage transfer each day.

Not included:

Flights to and from the trip.
Night after the tour.
Alcoholic beverages.
Gratuity guides.

Lodging

Hotels and cabins:
We stay in the ‘best available’ at each location.
In Alaska, If you design your tours around four-star hotels you become very limited as to where you can go. All the hotels and cabins we use are clean and have private baths.
In Anchorage, we stayed at the Hampton Inn.
All lodging, including the night before the tour departure, is included in the tour price! We can’t expect you to miraculously appear in Anchorage at 8:00AM, so your room the night before the tour departs is included in the tour price.
* Possible to share a room with another cyclist to avoid single supplement.

Map & Routes

Map

Satellite

Bicycle

Cannondale hybrid.
Equipped with 21 or 24 speed Shimano, rear-rack, water bottle and day pack.

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