Extreme cold eats at the spirit of the human animal. On the wild, winter trails across Alaska, a long run of temperatures past 30 degrees below zero can bear down on a […]
The last hurrah?
The tough guy
For more than 34 days and 1,800 miles from the end of January into March, Jeff Oatley pushed and rode his fat bike ever west and north on the route of the […]
Alaska cooling
When cyclist Jim Ishman pushed through Ptarmigan Pass in the Alaska Range this week, he got a taste of the polar opposite of his home back in Fruita, Colo. There on […]
A survivor’s tale
Too late Cody Johnson realized he was riding on thin ice over the cold water of the South Fork Kuskokwim River deep in the heart of the Alaska Range. Rolling fast on […]
Gang of three
No rest awaited the weary as the fat-tired bikes of the Iditarod Trail Invitational on Tuesday rolled into the remote checkpoint of Rohn deep in the Alaska Range. Colorado’s Neil Beltchenko, an […]
Iditarod grueling
Things were not so happy as competitors in the Iditarod Trail Invitational, the toughest Iditarod race, wallowed through deep, sugary snow on Monday night high in the Happy Valley of the Alaska […]
Iditarod hardmen
Update: Defending champ Tim Bernston leads the race into The Perrin’s Rainy Pass Lodge with two-time winner Jay Petervary and Neil Beltchenko close on his tail. As dawn broke over the Alaska […]
On the Iditarod Trail
Alaska’s most famous trail, a trail that owes its place in history to the dogs, will largely be given over to men and machines this year. With the now internationally recognized […]
Rohn outhouse open
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s proposed lockdown on the lone outhouse in the remote, Alaska Range outpost of Rohn has been lifted, meaning fat-tired cyclists and ultra-runners headed north in the […]
One stinky story
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided 70 fat-tire cyclists and runners set to hit the Iditarod Trail in February pose a risk to the outhouse outside the iconic, one-room Rohn […]
