Fairbanks Snow Travelers

The lodge is almost full. There are 2 bed left in the lake view cabin. This is a dry cabin but the bathrooms are about 150' away. Call me if you are interested. As of now, I have a total of 32 persons signed up to go on this ride. Thirteen folks will be leaving on Thursday March 31, and the rest wil...

The Salcha winter trail ride is schedule for Saturday March 19th. We will depart from the second parking lot behind the Salchaket Roadhouse and Post Office (9162 Richardson Hwy) at 10:00am. Our plan is to try to get to a gold dredge that is 50 miles from the trailhead, so bring extra gas. I am hopin...

The board change the date for the Caribou Lake ride from the 2nd week in April to this weekend due to concerns the Jack River having open water that late in the riding season. The plan is to depart JustaStore at 7:00am. (Corner of Chena Pump Rd and Chena Ridge Rd). For those folks that do not want t...

The upcoming Golden Eagle ride scheduled for March 5th is canceled. Instead, I (Dan) will lead a ride starting from Murphy Dome and head toward Tolovana Hot Springs. If we make it to the Hot Springs, it will be a 100 mile round trip ride so bring extra gas if your machine is not fuel efficient. Plan...

All, The ride scheduled this week (Feb 26th) to the Minto flats is canceled. In place of this ride, we will do the Chena Lakes to the Salcha River. Tim Schackman will be leading this ride and will provide more details. I plan on joining him and assisting if needed. Hopefully, we can do the Minto fla...

On Saturday February 19th, we will have a ride to the Compeau's cabin. The starting location will be at the pull off near the Chena River, off of Nordale road. Plan on having your snow machines ready to go for a departure at 10:00am. We will be using the Quest trail for most of this ride since the d...

The Maclaren River ride is scheduled for April 1-3. I (Dan) have contacted the lodge and finalized the arrangements and payments. Like everything in this county, the price has increased this year. It is now $125 per person for each night. This includes your lodging, three meals (each day), and non-a...

All, The fairbanks Snow travelers will have a ride this weekend . Either Mike C. or I (Dan) will lead this ride. The starting location has change from our original ride schedule. Plan on departing Tanana Lakes swimming area at 10:00am on Saturday. We will cross the Tanana River and ride on the Bonni...

Upcoming ride on April 17th. I (Dan) was scheduled to lead a ride to the Dunkle mine (Near Cantwell) this weekend. Since Fairbanks still has a lot of snow, there is a change of plans. I will lead a ride departing at 10:00am from the Salchaket Roadhouse. We will take the winter trail and head up the ...

Plan on meeting at Just-a-store (Corner of Chena Pump and Chena Ridge Rd) and be ready to depart at 7:30am. We will drive to Cantwell which is a 2.5 hour drive, then turn onto the Denali Hwy and drive about 5 miles. The state stops plowing the road at this point, and there is a large area to park. T...

Upcoming ride this Saturday March 6th. The Bonifield ride in February was canceled due to cold weather so we will try again this week. Meet at the Tanana Lakes swimming area. We will depart at 10:00am and cross the Tanana river and ride in the Clear Creek area. This is a family ride, but there shoul...

Upcoming ride on Saturday January 16th. We will depart the Two Rivers school trailhead (left side of the road about 1/2 mile in) at 10:00am. Overflow parking is at the school. We will ride on several trails including the Compeau's trail and make one large loop. Total distance will be around 50 miles...

Plan on meeting at the Wickersham trailhead at 10:00am. This is located on the right side at mile 27.7 of the Elliott Highway. If the parking area is full, there is plenty of parking on the other side of the highway. We will travel on the Wickersham Creek trail, then the Fossil Creek trail and try t...

Meet on the top of Murphy Dome and be ready to depart at 10:00am. The parking lot is just before you enter the Radar site. Caution; it is usually very windy on the top. From the top, we will drop down to the Chatanika River. The plan is to head south towards Nenana. This will be a combination ride a...

I contacted the lodge this evening (Thur Mar 26th) and the lodge decided it will remain open. The restaurant and bar are close, but they will still provide us room service for food and drinks. The road going in may be rough, since Alan is no longer grooming due to budget cuts. All other lodges on th...