Alaska trail advice: Hope to Seward?

[powderhound]

Trying to put together a Hope to seward trip prefer bike but would settle for bike then foot.

 

I know I can take the resurrection trail from hope to the devils lake pass trail to the hwy.....and this is where I get lost. thinking crescent lake to....just wondering if anyone else has done this on foot and has some advice to offer.

 

Thanks,

 

Bryan Schmitz

 

[powderhound]

I remember seeing some reference to some Northwest Hiking website....but I dont remember the exact website url....any help? Are they friendly over there?

[olyclimber]

I think this is the site:

 

whoops meant this first link

 

http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=northwest+hiking+website

 

Your trip sounds pretty cool. Are you going mtb to Alaska? Surely anything on foot you can accomplish on a bike! You just need to get more EXTREME. Bring a parachute.

 

 

Edited July 9, 2010 by olyclimber

[powderhound]

No not planning on biking to AK. Family has a fishing cabin on thr Kenai river, and I will be spending about a month up there fishing, backpacking, and kayaking. I want to add a mtn bike trip this year. I have hiked part of this and figuered I could do it in half the time with a bike.

 

that site doesnt work BTW

 

any other hiking related sites out there. trails.com wants me to suscribe. But there has to be a hiking forum out there for the ultralight through hikers to exchange beta on how best to make your toothbrush weigh nothing.

 

thanks,

 

bryan

[Hugh Conway]

stfu. buy a map. have an adventure.

[wfinley]

Starting from Hope you can bike Rez Pass to Cooper Landing. Then you'll have to bike up the road (about 10 miles) to Crescent Lake trail. Getting around the lake with your bike will require a bit of bushwhacking. After that go down the other side, bike down the road towards Seward about 20 miles then take Lost Lake trail up and over Lost Lake to just outside of Seward. Once you reach the other side it's about 5-10 miles to Seward.

 

If you have a bike and are hanging out near Cooper Landing also check out Johnson Pass trail and the Russian Lakes trail.

 

Be sure to figure out in advance how to hang your bike spray off your water bottle cage. Lots of bears on those trails and more and more mountain bikers are getting chomped these days.

 

As for sites... check out:

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/index.html

 

And you might also want to read this:

Mountain bikers fend off grizzly attack

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/voices/tundra-talk/5944-bear-attack-a-firsthand-account

 

Alaska Mtn Bike Forum; they're mostly friendly:

http://akspokes.com/forum/index.php

 

And finally... a gear link for you:

http://www.revelatedesigns.com/

 

[sobo]

Be sure to figure out in advance how to hang your bike spray off your water bottle cage. Lots of bears on those trails and more and more mountain bikers are getting chomped these days.

 

Sorry Billy, but I just couldn't resist...