Explore the Best of the Northern North America
Alaska, Canada, Famous Inland Passage, Prudhoe Bay, Arctic Circle, Kenai Peninsula
Self Guided American Adventure: Alaska By Adventure Bike (ABAB) is designed to be a self-guided adventure. As GPS units have become both more powerful and easier to use, it has enabled anyone to be able to easily find their way along the trail. For many, this allows them to just experience the American trail without the burden of getting lost. Complete ride packages include a micro SD card for you GPS and a complete matching set of paper maps
Missy at 18yr saying Dad this is the most beautiful thing I've seen in my whole life!
Missy found Grizzly Bear Tracks
Terry and Steve on a river crossing
The A team at the Pass
Things to Understand
This is mostly a paved road ride, perfect for larger adventure bikes. There are some long section of dirt highway but they are all graded and have large truck running on them too.
I have structured this ride to be more scenic then tough riding, while there are some long days, most will allow you plenty of time to enjoy yourself. This is more about exploring then riding.
The weather can change quickly so you need to carry full gear with you everyday just in case.
You need to carry and use bug spray with DEET. Bugs can be bad, but if you use DEET it will not be a problem.
Buy the GPS Card and Rider Maps:
You can order a custom GPS Alaska By Adventure Bike microSD Card for your Garmin GPS and a complete set of printed maps. These maps are designed in combination and match the microSD card See the choices below:
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Notes: I suggest you plan and order early. Normally I ship within a week. But sometimes I run out and it can take me several weeks to get new cards and maps. And sometimes I am out riding and building new adventures so that can be hard too. I list the Option for 2 SD cards because many riders like to carry a backup card or a cheap backup GPS in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
View the ride maps
OK since many of you like to study more detail about the ride, below are the ride maps.
I put these ride maps on the web page because I know a few of you love looking at the ride detail and dreaming about the ride. At first glance these maps do not look so impressive, but they are way cool. If you start zooming in, you can see the ride in incredible detail. I have spent a ton of hours sorting through the details of the ride for each day, so for those of you that enjoy this sort of thing, well enjoy!
Legend:
The Blue lines are MAIN routes to the north
The Red lines are Main routes around lower Alaska
The Green lines are Routes to Prudhoe Bay and Return Routes
The Black lines are the out and backs to towns and viewpoints