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Caption: Try Something New this Winter Winter Spoke
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Caption: Instead of primo single track this winter seek out primo crisp snowtrack.
Earlier this year our hardy, fun loving crew and fleet of fat tire snow bikes embarked on a week-long adventure near the Arctic Circle in the heart of Alaska.
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Caption: The White Mountains (of Alaska) are truly a multi-use area and you can expect to share the trails with local dog mushers, snowmobiles, Nordic skiers and the occasional wolf pack.
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Caption: Decked out with seat, frame and handle bar bags from Revelate Design, we were able to carry warm winter clothes, sleeping bags, and a weeks worth of groceries including 4 bottles of spirits and a box of wine.
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Caption: The BLM maintains over 200-miles of snow track in the White Mountains, most of it kept firm by snow mobile traffic.
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Caption: These limestone cliffs form the backbone of this little known range.
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Fossil Creek
Caption: Far North Conditions: Breakable ice and overflow on Fossil Creek forced us to improvise a new route through the spruce forest.
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Caption: And when the track becomes too soft after recent drifting near the top of 3,285-foot Cache Mountain Divide we opted for a good old fashion bike push.
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Caption: Snow Track Fact: Your feet won’t warm up until you get off the bike. None of us knows the reasoning behind this. But we’d take frequent trail stops to warm our feet with hot drinks or two-minute dance parties.
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Caption: The trail network is connected by 12 public recreation cabins.
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Caption: Sub-Arctic Truth: They who cut their own firewood, warm themselves twice.
All the cabins rely on wood heat which the BLM tries to keep supplied with wood as well as an axe and saw.
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Caption: Each cabin comes equipped with rudimentary items for cooking, allowing us to spruce up our menu from the super light freeze-dried meals we normally carry.
Alaska-based Adventure Appetites reindeer Gouda scramble hits the spot on a sub-Arctic morning.
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Caption: And each cabin has an outhouse for good rugged Alaskan fun.
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Caption: The Cherry: Far from artificial light sources, the White Mountains are a renowned place to catch the aurora borealis. The cold, clear nights are plentiful in Alaska’s interior.
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