*FCC FACEBOOK WEEKLY WRAP-UP* *(An anti-social media compendium for our non-Facebook members)*
*SPRING TRAIL REPORTS – MAY 27*Spring trail reports for May 27. Many trails are ready, but please be careful. Many are also still wet and can be damaged.
Here’s some trail reports. What reports do people have from other areas?
Quick look –Birch Hill Recreation Area: Mostly ready. Bicycles please avoid damaging wet sections. –University of Alaska Fairbanks: Higher trails ready, lower trails are still too wet for use –Chena River State Recreation Area: Closed to all motorized use; other use is discouraged –White Mountains National Recreation Area: Roads are open, but trails still closed to motorized use
See the full report here: www.interioralaskatrails.org/2022/05/19/2022-spring-trail-reports/
And see Alternatives to Damaging Soft/Muddy Trails www.interioralaskatrails.org/2022/05/15/alternatives-to-damaging-muddy-trails/
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*JENNY’S WESTERN WILDLANDS ADVENTURE*FCC Secretary Jenny Campbell is off on a multi-month tour of the Western Wildlands bikepacking route with a friend. We’re keeping track of her adventure.
For more info on the Western Wildlands bikepacking Route see: www.bikepackingroots.org/western-wildlands.html
May 26 entry: Wow it’s been a journey across Navajo Nation! We joined with a German cyclist, along with our three days of food and water.
What we didn’t realize was just how hot the blazing sun was going to be and how hard it would be to make progress while not getting heat stroke. No shade whatsoever. Another character building stretch! Had one 70 mile day and a couple 35-40 mile days.
Still found incredible beauty among the scrub brush and camped at the east rim of the Grand Canyon about as far away from any other humans as you can imagine. Solitude.
Tomorrow we ride along the Vermillion Cliffs heading to Kanab and the end of our Arizona section.
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*NORTH POLE TRIATHLON – BIKING PORTION ON TRAILS*North Pole Triathlon is in a month. A biking course change will send the biking portion onto trails. And there is a relay option, so if you don’t have to do the whole thing if you can get a couple of buddies to do the other legs.
northpoletri.weebly.com/
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*BIKING FOR CHANGE*Biking, science, art, video, environmental advocacy. This 10-minute film has it all.
Shared from Adventure Cycling Association
A beautiful film from Protect Our Winters about bikepacking for environmental science and our dangerous future with climate change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q056hYXdtdM
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*WINTER COMMUTING AND CAMPING BY BIKE*The Fresco-Cable twins are kid-inspiration! They commuted to school on bikes this past winter, even when temps got close to 40 below, and then capped off their winter with a multi-day fatbike trip in the White Mountains National Recreation Area. Read about it all in Jay Cable’s blog post: yak.spruceboy.net/2022/05/a-family-tour-of-the-white-mountains.html
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*ROAD CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES*Road construction projects are needed, but they can slow down your commute or make an otherwise relaxing ride a bit stressful. If you want to keep up on road construction in the Fairbanks area, here are a few good resources:
Alaska Navigator for detailed construction information, including upcoming traffic impacts. www.alaskanavigator.org/
511 for road conditions and traffic information. 511.alaska.gov/
Northern Region Construction 2022 website for guided map tours of this year’s construction season, detailed project information, a public survey, and more. akdot-cy2022-projects-akdot.hub.arcgis.com/
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*JENNY’S WESTERN WILDLANDS ADVENTURE*FCC Secretary Jenny Campbell is off on a multi-month tour of the Western Wildlands bikepacking route with a friend. We’re keeping track of her adventure.
For more info on the Western Wildlands bikepacking Route see: www.bikepackingroots.org/western-wildlands.html
May 21 entry:
Talked to the ranger before heading out yesterday and they verified our route was clear of current fire danger so we pushed on. Our goal was to get over the 9,400 foot hill immediately out of Flagstaff and camp on the other side.
What a gorgeous day! Pedaling through old forest burns just coming back to life, crazy rock formations, and wind like I’ve never been happy to pedal in before. It literally pushed me up the hill such that I didn’t even pedal sometimes. Almost pushed me over the cliff a few times too, but that’s another story.
We’re now at the same elevation as the Grand Canyon but it’ll take us another couple days to get there. No water or food available for this next 100 miles so we’re riding heavy to begin with….
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*FCC RESOURCES*We’ve got lots of useful stuff on our website, including a bunch of information under our Resources dropdown menu: –National and International Cycling Advocacy Groups –Tanana Valley State Forest Roads –Winter Riding Tips –Maps Archive
See those and more under Resources at: www.fairbankscycleclub.org/
*SPRING TRAIL REPORTS – MAY 27*Spring trail reports for May 27. Many trails are ready, but please be careful. Many are also still wet and can be damaged.
Here’s some trail reports. What reports do people have from other areas?
Quick look –Birch Hill Recreation Area: Mostly ready. Bicycles please avoid damaging wet sections. –University of Alaska Fairbanks: Higher trails ready, lower trails are still too wet for use –Chena River State Recreation Area: Closed to all motorized use; other use is discouraged –White Mountains National Recreation Area: Roads are open, but trails still closed to motorized use
See the full report here: www.interioralaskatrails.org/2022/05/19/2022-spring-trail-reports/
And see Alternatives to Damaging Soft/Muddy Trails www.interioralaskatrails.org/2022/05/15/alternatives-to-damaging-muddy-trails/
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*JENNY’S WESTERN WILDLANDS ADVENTURE*FCC Secretary Jenny Campbell is off on a multi-month tour of the Western Wildlands bikepacking route with a friend. We’re keeping track of her adventure.
For more info on the Western Wildlands bikepacking Route see: www.bikepackingroots.org/western-wildlands.html
May 26 entry: Wow it’s been a journey across Navajo Nation! We joined with a German cyclist, along with our three days of food and water.
What we didn’t realize was just how hot the blazing sun was going to be and how hard it would be to make progress while not getting heat stroke. No shade whatsoever. Another character building stretch! Had one 70 mile day and a couple 35-40 mile days.
Still found incredible beauty among the scrub brush and camped at the east rim of the Grand Canyon about as far away from any other humans as you can imagine. Solitude.
Tomorrow we ride along the Vermillion Cliffs heading to Kanab and the end of our Arizona section.
—-
*NORTH POLE TRIATHLON – BIKING PORTION ON TRAILS*North Pole Triathlon is in a month. A biking course change will send the biking portion onto trails. And there is a relay option, so if you don’t have to do the whole thing if you can get a couple of buddies to do the other legs.
northpoletri.weebly.com/
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*BIKING FOR CHANGE*Biking, science, art, video, environmental advocacy. This 10-minute film has it all.
Shared from Adventure Cycling Association
A beautiful film from Protect Our Winters about bikepacking for environmental science and our dangerous future with climate change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q056hYXdtdM
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*WINTER COMMUTING AND CAMPING BY BIKE*The Fresco-Cable twins are kid-inspiration! They commuted to school on bikes this past winter, even when temps got close to 40 below, and then capped off their winter with a multi-day fatbike trip in the White Mountains National Recreation Area. Read about it all in Jay Cable’s blog post: yak.spruceboy.net/2022/05/a-family-tour-of-the-white-mountains.html
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*ROAD CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES*Road construction projects are needed, but they can slow down your commute or make an otherwise relaxing ride a bit stressful. If you want to keep up on road construction in the Fairbanks area, here are a few good resources:
Alaska Navigator for detailed construction information, including upcoming traffic impacts. www.alaskanavigator.org/
511 for road conditions and traffic information. 511.alaska.gov/
Northern Region Construction 2022 website for guided map tours of this year’s construction season, detailed project information, a public survey, and more. akdot-cy2022-projects-akdot.hub.arcgis.com/
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*JENNY’S WESTERN WILDLANDS ADVENTURE*FCC Secretary Jenny Campbell is off on a multi-month tour of the Western Wildlands bikepacking route with a friend. We’re keeping track of her adventure.
For more info on the Western Wildlands bikepacking Route see: www.bikepackingroots.org/western-wildlands.html
May 21 entry:
Talked to the ranger before heading out yesterday and they verified our route was clear of current fire danger so we pushed on. Our goal was to get over the 9,400 foot hill immediately out of Flagstaff and camp on the other side.
What a gorgeous day! Pedaling through old forest burns just coming back to life, crazy rock formations, and wind like I’ve never been happy to pedal in before. It literally pushed me up the hill such that I didn’t even pedal sometimes. Almost pushed me over the cliff a few times too, but that’s another story.
We’re now at the same elevation as the Grand Canyon but it’ll take us another couple days to get there. No water or food available for this next 100 miles so we’re riding heavy to begin with….
—-
*FCC RESOURCES*We’ve got lots of useful stuff on our website, including a bunch of information under our Resources dropdown menu: –National and International Cycling Advocacy Groups –Tanana Valley State Forest Roads –Winter Riding Tips –Maps Archive
See those and more under Resources at: www.fairbankscycleclub.org/