sleeping lady
Skwentna Roadhouse
mad moose cow
past Skwentna on the swamp
after Skwentna
arriving in Fingerlake at sunrise
Fingerlake
leaving Fingerlake
Happy River Valley
Happy River Steps
Shirley Lake
Fin Baer Lake Mike & Ingrid's
just before Puntilla
before Puntilla
an the way to Rainy Pass
above treeline before Rainy Pass
on the trail shortly after leaving Puntilla at 4:00 AM
Rainy Pass approach
creek crossing
Rainy Pass
Lynx tracks on top of Rainy Pass
Rainy Pass lake
top of Rainy Pass
desent down Pass Creek
on the Tatina River
Rohn cabin
tent camp Rohn
South Fork of Kuskokwim River
leaving Rohn you often ride on dirt, gravel and glare ice
South Fork Kuskokwim River
Post River Glacier
Post River glacier
bike tracks on Farewell Lakes
Farewell Lakes looking back at the Alaska Range
Lynx and Martin pelts in Nikolai
Nikolai
many frozen swamps in the Interior of Alaska, impassable in the summertime
swamps on the way to McGrath
winds after Nikolai
Peter's house McGrath
McGrath -Takotna
in Takotna
on the way to Ophir
Ophir
Ophir-Ruby
miles and miles of black spruce
crossing overflow
more snow and warm temps
camping out for 4 nights between McGrath and Ruby
trail before Ruby
on the trail before Ruby
black spruce country can be beautiful
Cripple Drop on the trail
Cripple
Mike Curiak after Cripple
Ruby HIlls
Ruby Hills
Iditarod dog team passing in the Ruby hills
more soft trails
Ruby hills
Moose Camp B&B Ruby
Ruby
laudrymat in Ruby
Ruby-Galena
Yukon River
Bill Merchant
Galena at Archie's Bill' s birthday
dog team on Yukon River
soft trails
Bishop's Rock Yukon River
bivi site
Yukon River before Nulato
Bishop's rock Yukon River
gym in Nulato
Yukon River before Kaltag
Kaltag
drop dogs and Iditarod volunteers
store in Kaltag
two dog teams ahead of us
lots of snow on the Kaltag portage
Kaltag portage
trap
Tripot Flat BLM cabin
inside Tripot Flat cabin
old Old Woman cabin
Old Woman Mountain
Old Woman BLM cabin with Iditarod trail sweepers there
Old Woman BLM shelter cabin on the Kaltag portage
20 from Unalakleet
Unalakleet
at Theresa's house
before the Blueberry Hills
Egavik fish camp
Blueberry Hills
Shaktoolik below on the spit of land
crushed sea ice
Bering Sea
Iditarod tripod trail markers
cold winds
before Shaktoolik
old Shaktoolik
sunset before Shaktoolik
Shaktoolik
Shaktoolik village store
after Shaktoolik
on the sea ice
new shelter cabin outside of Shaktoolik before the sea ice crossing to Koyuk
local hunting for caribou
sunrise on the sea ice
sea ice crossing
windblown trails on the sea ice
pushing bikes on the sea ice
sastrugi
arriving in Koyuk after over 24 hours
Koyuk school
back into the whiteout
windy trails
more sea ice riding
riding through the snow drifts
drifted in trails on the coast
Kwik 'n Gweek shelter cabin between Koyuk and Elim, high winds
more sastrugi
windblown trails on the way to Elim
the power of wind
lookng out to the Bering Sea
sastrugi before Elim
winddrifts on the way to Elim
just before Elim looking out to sea
before Elim
on sea ice again after Elim
coast after Elim
beyond Elim
more sea ice after Elim
view from shelter cabin out to sea
Walla Walla shelter cabin beyond Elim
more wind and cold
Little McKinley
top of Little McKinley at sunrise
sunrise on top of Little McKinley
Golovin Bay from Little McKinley
drifted in shelter cabin at Little McKinley, not really usable that year
on the beach
back on the sea ice Golovin Bay
Golovin
White Mountain
tasting bearded seal with seal oil
after White Mountain at sunrise
windblown trails on the coast
soft trails on the coast
drifted in trail on the coast
lenticular clouds announcing more wind
shelter cabin entrance blocked by wind drift
Bering Sea in a distance on Topkok hills
Topkok
dropping down off Topkok, in the distance somewhere Nome
Topkok shelter cabin
inside Topkok shelter cabin
notes inside Topkok shelter cabin
Nome Nugget Inn Hotel, we stayed here in 2008.
At the finish line in Nome after 1000 miles.
back home.
