09 | July | 2013 | Two Wheels to Nowhere

Spent the night in Fairbanks and next morning the ride to deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay) began….

If you ever watched “Ice Road Truckers” on TV, this is one of the roads that they travel over. The James W. Dalton Highway, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11) is a 414-mile road in Alaska. It begins at the Elliott Highway, north of Fairbanks, and ends at Deadhorse near the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay oil fields. Once called the North Slope Haul Road, it was built as a supply road to support the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in 1974.The main purpose of this highway was for the construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline and supply the oil fields in Prudhoe Bay.

Starting from Fairbanks, one way trip to Deadhorse is about 500 miles and I plan to ride it in two days with one stop in Coldfoot which is about the half way mark. I total I will spend four days roundtrip back to Fairbanks with two nights in Coldfoot (1 night way up, 1 night way down) and one night in Deadhorse. The road itself is about 30% paved and 70% gravel/dirt (and mud when it rains) and at times can be quite hazardous for small vehicles and motorcycles….I guess that’s part of the appeal, as well as the fact that it is the farthest north you can drive in North America…

The Famous “Dalton” Hwy”…the start is about 100 miles north of Fairbanks

This is the nice paved part of the Dalton…don’t be fooled though…there’s some nasty stuff right around the corner…

The Arctic Circle!!! you can’t see’um, but the bugs are just swarming!!

Coldfoot Camp, my first nights stay and last gas to Deadhorse…240 miles away…

This is what $200 a night gets you in Coldfoot…cause they are the only game in town….

How Coldfoot got its name….

Part of the gravel/dirt sections…not too bad… until it rains…

Some of the “locals” out for a morning stroll…they just stared me down till a semi truck almost ran them over…and me..

Views from atop Atigun Pass…

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