Author Archives: John
Caribou Trip 2, 2016
So the weather is nice and we all have Caribou tags to fill. Normally I’d go up to Rosebud in the Chena Rec area, but that is in zone 1 and was closed while Trish and I were at the cabin in Dec. So Dean, Dave, Jake and I decided to go into the White more »
Share on FacebookChristmas with the Kids, cabin with Trish
We spent Christmas Eve with the kids at home and Christmas day packing for our trip to the cabin near Hurricane. This was the wife’s first trip to the cabin since the walls went up. She’d been there once before after we got the foundation and platform built, but it’s a big change from platform more »
Share on FacebookMay 2015, FST ATV Ride
So the first ride of this summer. Met Stoney Robertson at True North camped the night. The next day we were joined by John Johnston and Dave Oliver. We took off explored the mine and then headed down some dusty trails crossing the Steese and Circle Fairbanks Trail…ended up at Chatanika Lodge had a nice more »
Share on FacebookThe Cabin Has Stairs
Took a few days off of work and went down to the cabin. I left around 5:30 in the morning figuring I’d get to the parking area by 9:00 so I could ride in to the cabin before the snow started to get to soft to haul any loads. It went pretty good, the temps more »
Share on FacebookTwo Rivers Run
What I figured was my last local ride was the Snow Travelers Two River run lead by Stoney. It turned out to be a good ride of about 48 miles on the trails north and south of Chena Hot Springs Road and through a couple of trails I hadn’t been on before. We started out more »
Share on FacebookSpring is in the air
So I made a trip down to the cabin for 4 days and it was beautiful. 50 above when I arrived at the parking at 4:00 PM Thursday. Still lots of snow and not to soft for riding on. Share on Facebook
Share on FacebookFresh snow and Chatanika
We got a nice dump of fresh snow, a wet and heavy fresh snow, not what we usually get in Interior Alaska. I’m use to that nice dry powdery stuff, but this year has been such a snow drought for us any snow is appreciated, even wet heavy stuff. As the club didn’t have any more »
Share on FacebookIron Dog Week 2015
After the Sweetheart run the week before I decided to make a cabin run and haul in some more lumber for the generator shack. Jake offered to come along so we also hauled in the new 7KW generator, which means I can run the chop saw again when getting the tongue and grove up on more »
Share on FacebookFeb 15, 2015 FST Sweetheart Run
A great day and an excellent 106 mile ride. When I arrived at Chena Pump Landing, our parking area, at 8:30 AM it was already 2 above zero. It looked like it was getting a little cloudy and of course that had me wondering about the flat light. Last year there was a couple of more »
Share on FacebookHurricane Cabin in Jan 2015
Finally made it in. We are definately lacking snow fall, but I did have a good 5 days :
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