I know its early, but what do you all to do for some ATV rides ?
I would like to check out Standard Creek when the snow melts off.
Looks like some nice trails that take off of it and head to ?? Anyone ATVed down there
Summer Ride Ideas
Moderator: john
I have snowmachine from Murply dome road over to standard creek wood cutting road but there is a creek in there and I wonder about getting the 4 wheeler thru after break up? Have you ever run that new trail off nome ck ?
Seen any bear yet ?
Seen any bear yet ?
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
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I've seen a lot of bear hunters. Margaret while walking on the Fairbanks Creek Road talked to some folks who saw bear tracks at the Circle Trail,Trail-head.
We drove into Nome Creek last Sunday. The U.S. Creek Road has been plowed from the Steese to the Nome Creek Valley. Nome Creek is glaciered to the top of the bridge and the water is running over the road from the bridge to the outhouse. Its about six inches deep and we drove through it. The Ophir Creek road is blocked in the first 100 yards by a glacier. The Mt. Prindle Road is blocked in the first 100 yards by a small gully. Both could probably be navigated on a 4-wheeler but I didn't want to try it with my 1 Ton.
The re-route of the Quartz Creek Trail is great. We rode it last summer and it is a vast improvement over that section of the trail. It will probably be into June before it is open because of snow drifts.
Here's a map of the Quartz Creek Trail. The blue track is the Quartz Creek Trail including the re-route. The red track is the old section of the trail that is by-passed by the re-route.
For pictures go to my website: www.clearysummit.com and click on "Quartz Creek Trail".
Chuck
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We drove into Nome Creek last Sunday. The U.S. Creek Road has been plowed from the Steese to the Nome Creek Valley. Nome Creek is glaciered to the top of the bridge and the water is running over the road from the bridge to the outhouse. Its about six inches deep and we drove through it. The Ophir Creek road is blocked in the first 100 yards by a glacier. The Mt. Prindle Road is blocked in the first 100 yards by a small gully. Both could probably be navigated on a 4-wheeler but I didn't want to try it with my 1 Ton.
The re-route of the Quartz Creek Trail is great. We rode it last summer and it is a vast improvement over that section of the trail. It will probably be into June before it is open because of snow drifts.
Here's a map of the Quartz Creek Trail. The blue track is the Quartz Creek Trail including the re-route. The red track is the old section of the trail that is by-passed by the re-route.
For pictures go to my website: www.clearysummit.com and click on "Quartz Creek Trail".
Chuck
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Re: Summer Ride Ideas
Margaret and I rode the Circle Trail/Chatanika Trail to Champagne Rock yesterday. Pretty soft in places, we should probably stay off it for a week or two.john wrote:I know its early, but what do you all to do for some ATV rides ?
I know of a lot of trails and some pretty neat loops we can ride along the Steese, including Nome Creek, Sourdough Creek, Faith Creek and Montana Creek. We might want to check out the McKay Creek Trail and see if we could find our way off it into Belle Creek and a route back to the Chatanika Lodge for snowmobiling that you were talking about John.
Chuck
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Don,Don Lowell wrote:I'm all set to go where-ever, just post the day, where to meet and time!
Thanks,
Don
Some of us riding out the Circle Trail Thursday to try and retrieve an instrument package from a balloon launch. We are meeting here at our place at 9:30. It will be about a 50 mile round trip and will be muddy. Your welcome to join us.
Chuck