Resources

We have collected a variety of resources about biking in the Fairbanks area and beyond.

Places to Bike

• Most of our regular rides have some or all of their routes on Ride with GPS. See them here:
  • Moderate Monday Gravel-ish Rides
  • Tuesday Night MTB Rides
  • Pedal Powered People (paved rides around town)
  • Women on Wheels (road, gravel, MTB)
  • Sunday Brunch Rides (more to come)
• Bikeways map (in and around Fairbanks; interactive and PDF versions)
• Trail Forks website and app (for mountain biking and snow biking)
  • There are several other trails apps. See a list here.
• Top 10 Best Roads to Bike in Interior Alaska (blog post)
• Tanana Valley State Forest Roads Offer Excellent Gravel Biking
• Our Maps Archive
• Bicycle Parking Project: Help build a database of bicycle racks and other bicycle parking spaces (to help show where more are needed).
• Suggested Fatbike Rides in the Fairbanks Area
• Winter Group Ride Starting Points in the Fairbanks/North Pole Area
• Here's a Ride with GPS map of backroads in Southeast Alaska

Advocacy, Laws, and Safety

• Local, National, and International Cycling Advocacy Groups
• Riding Lawfully in Alaska (AK Dept of Transportation flyer, last updated in 2003)
• Bicycles on the Road (AK Dept of Transportation blog post from 2015)
• Alaska Department of Transportation Report a Safety Concern page
• BikeMaps.org: a crowdsource tool for global mapping of cycling safety (good place to record near misses).
• What to do if you're in a crash (checklist)
• Bike education resources from the League of American Bicyclists
• “Who Maintains My Road?” map for Fairbanks area
  • A resource to find out who to contact for road maintenance and infrastructure issues. Also for trails and sidewalks that parallel roads, which are almost always maintained by the same agency. Find the appropriate road on the map, then click on it. A window will come up with the associated agency and contact information.
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety for All Ages: A useful resource suggested by Jackson, a Boy Scout working on his Traffic Safety merit badge.

Bike Registration Programs (to help recover your bike if it is stolen)

• Fairbanks Police Department Bike Registration Program (local only)
• Bike Index (nationwide and local reach)
• 529 Garage (nationwide and local reach)

Grants and Other Cycling-Related Funding Programs

• Alaska Trails and Local Access Systems: Umbrella page that contains links to several of the state’s trail-related programs, including:
  • Recreational Trails Program: A federal program administered by the state; the largest consistent funder of trails in Alaska; requires about a 10% match.
  • Transportation Alternatives Program: Provides funding for a variety of generally smaller-scale transportation projects including pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and recreational trails.
• Community Transportation Grants (Fairbanks/North Pole area): Small grants for visible, community-scale projects that improve walking, biking, transit access, and public right-of-way usability. By FAST Planning.
• Community Spark Grants (League of American Bicyclists): Up to $2,000; application deadline in January
• Trail Accelerator Grants: For mountain biking projects from the International Mountain Biking Association. Not a cash grant. It is an award of IMBA professional services, and requires a match from applicants.The 2026 Trail Accelerator Grant spring will open on January 15 and close on March 15.
• Rasmuson Foundation: Alaska-based foundation that gives a variety of grant types. First-time applicants should start with a Tier 1 request. Gave a large grant to the Homer Cycling Club in 2025 for a trail-related project.
• Clif Family Foundation: Variety of grants, including for "Inclusive Outdoor Access: Catalyze solutions that expand access to safe places to enable healthy physical activity and improve mental health." Deadlines are March 1 and August 1. Typical grants range from $5,000 - $50,000 and last for one year. 
• AARP Community Challenge grants: Can include biking-related infrastructure, as well as trails and trail-related infrastructure, accessible to seniors, and In 2025 several Alaska communities won grants. Deadline is in March.
• AllTrails Stewards Fund: For trail projects that expand outdoor access and preserve outdoor spaces. Fund awards range from $2,000 to $10,000.
• Trails Capacity Program: Funds projects across the nation that strategically improve the abilities and capacity of the trails community as a whole. Application portal opens mid-April.
• Two for Trails: From Athletic Brewing Co. Grants intended to help organizations offset the costs of trail maintenance, waterway protection, urban greenspace improvement, and overall environmental preservation to create equitable outdoor access for all.
• For a variety of trail-related funding sources (some of which are included above) see the Interior Alaska Trails Funding Sources PAGE.

Facebook Cycling Pages

• Fairbanks Cycle Club
• Fairbanks Fatbikes (private group)
• Ester Dome Single Track
• Fairbanks Lost, Found or Stolen Bikes
• Alaska Bicycling and Walking Advocacy Group
• Road Biking Alaska and Yukon (private group)
• Alaska Mountain Bike Group (private group)
• Alaska Gravel Bike (private group)
• Alaska Bikepackers (private group)
• Local bike shops
  • Goldstream Sports
  • Beaver Sports
  • Bankstown Bike and Ski
  • REI Fairbanks

Reports

• Interior Alaska Spring Trails Report
• Interior Alaska Trails Newsletter archives (free, monthly)

Miscellaneous

• Winter Riding Tips
• Guidance for Cycling During Times of Wildfire Smoke
• FAST Planning (Fairbanks Area Surface Transportation Planning)
  • An organization that coordinates transportation planning with several governments in the urbanized Fairbanks/North Pole area. It has a Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC).
• Alaska’s Statewide Bicycle-Pedestrian Plan (and other resources)
• Alaska Transportation Funding Opportunity Hub: State programs and federal grants that are available to Alaska communities to support transportation improvement across the state
• Alaska Bike and Pedestrian Resources: A guide for Alaskan cyclists and pedestrians
• Bikepacking Roots’s “Love Where You Ride” Ethical Bikepacking Guidelines
• The Youth Services Team of Fairbanks Volunteers in Policing has a “Youth Bike Safety Program”
• Pulk systems for winter biking