Sledding

Short ride, about 45 miles but an excellent ride. Had its pitfalls, lots of wind and some white out conditions on the mountain near the top of Murphy Dome, but down along the mountain side and the Chatainka River the riding was excellent. Lots of powder and fun. Best part, I thought was I found more »

Here are some GPS track files for the new re-route for the 2011 Iron Dog. Sal-Boniface-Tanana sal-bon-tan-flood-chena Iron_Dog_New_Route Yeah I know, the route is round about, but its the best way to get to downtown Fairbanks. And yes there are options other than what I’ve tracked and logged, but this route will work this year more »

Got Ur Done.. Finally, after days of exploring and lots of hours of riding we got the new track set to get the finish into downtown Fairbanks. It’s going to be a great finish this year coming across the Tanana Flats, then the Floodway, down the Chena River and hot a racers finish into downtown. more »

I’ve been trying for the past 3 years to get the Iron Dog finish in downtown Fairbanks and not just a ceremonial finish, but a hot “race to the end” finish. Now that I’ve gotten the OK from the Iron Dog folks to do it I have to get the trail set to make it more »

Drove up to 42 Mile Steese for our first ride of the season. The club had a ride planned from the Elliott (Haul Road) side of the White Mtns. But I was planning to try out the new sled and see how she handled and figured I’d be better to do so without a large more »

Images for the 2011 Iron Dog route through the Tanana Flats, Chena Flood Project and the Chena River to downtown Fairbanks. This is going to add 66 miles to the race and make for a better finish. Share on Facebook

So the first snow has come and gone and I figured there won’t be a better time to buy a new trail/freight sled then now, so I did. And she’s pretty, but heavier than any thing I have ever owned before. Now if the snow would just stick and build up a few feet I’ll more »

The Iron Dog has a new directory, Kevin Kastner and I for one think he’ll do a good job. Of course both the Daily Miner and Anchorage Daily News posted articles on his hire and the negative idiots have crawled out of the wood works. Kevin made mention that he’d like to see the Iron more »

Well it was a quiet trip for me. I stayed near Paxson in the motorhome and was about 12 miles south of the main Arcticman Camp. I rather enjoyed it that way, no roudy partying going and it was a short one mile ride to the lodge. Biggest disappointment of the whole trip was not more »