The Fairbanks Cycle Club is joining with Senator Robert Myers and the Alaska Department of Transportation to dedicate the newly constructed Matt Glover Bike Path on May 24, 2025, at 10 a.m.
The dedication ceremony will be held at the west end of the Matt Glover Bike Path just outside the main entrance of Fort Wainwright. Due to limited parking near the ceremony site please park at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center. (Please park as far from the building as you can.) From there, you can either walk or cycle to the ceremony site (just 1.1 miles via the non-motorized Chena Riverwalk) or walkers can take a shuttle, which will be available for the event from 9:15 a.m. to noon. Maps of the route can be found on the FCC Ride with GPS page (go to the Route Library and scroll down or do a search). For those without access to the FCC Ride with GPS page, please see the following helpful links.
- Google Maps link to Morris Thompson center
- PDF of route from Morris Thompson to ceremony site
- Map of route from Morris Thompson to ceremony (with labels)
- PDF of closeup for navigating the Gaffney-Airport-Richardson-Steese intersection
- PDF of Matt Glover Bike Path
- Matt Glover Path on Trail Forks
The ceremony is part of Bike Safety Awareness Month, which is a part of Alaska Bike Month.
Following the ceremony, the FCC will host a ride of the path. You do not need to be a member of FCC to join in. People are free to ride as much of the path as they like. It runs 5.2 miles to Badger Road, where there is a signalized intersection. The path crosses no major roads until it reaches Badger Road. It has a couple of small hills and briefly runs next to the Richardson Highway, where there are concrete jersey barriers to protect riders from auto traffic. You can find a map of the path on the FCC Ride with GPS page or HERE.
The FCC asks that as you ride, you remember Matt, who was struck by an automobile in 2022 during his regular daily cycling commute between North Pole and Fairbanks and later died of his injuries. Matt was a dedicated cyclist who regularly commuted to work at the Alaska Railroad, more than a dozen miles each way. Weather rarely deterred him. As one admirer put it: "Rain, snow, hot, cold… the man was a monster rider!"
Even more inspirational, Matt would cycle to rides and races that started in Fairbanks, cycle the event, then ride back home. He even did this for the Nenana-Rama, a 100-mile ride on its own. He participated in many local rides including the Chena Hot Springs Bicycle Classic, the Tour of Fairbanks, the Brown Leaf Classic series, the Tanana River Challenge, SCUM rides, and the annual Women on Wheels “Butterfly Ride.”
Besides his dedication to cycling, he will be remembered for being kind, caring, quiet, a good listener, and fun to be around. As one admirer said, “His smile was absolutely contagious.” He is sorely missed.
