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Two week round trip starting in Utah and turning around in Tuktoyaktuk after a quick dip in the Arctic Ocean.
US Rocky Mountain To the Arctic!
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This trip is definitely on my to do list in the next year or two but two weeks? That's going to be like 500mi a day is it not?
very cool, love to join since I'm already halfway there
but you need a week just to do the North of 60 part
but you need a week just to do the North of 60 part
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A little over 400/day according to my calculations for 15 days. That is why I plan on going far and fast on the way up looking for points of interest and then taking a bit more time coming back down. I would love to take more time but that is all I can get right now.
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Yeah I guess you are saving a fair bit starting outside SLC. I think when I planned that trip I had even more added running up through CA instead of UT.
I think you've got the right idea to go hard while you're still fresh. We had planned a 3-week doing the same and figured staying in hotels on the way up where available could get us to Tuk in 5 days assuming the weather cooperated. You could shave a day off that with your head start but bad weather in the north can quickly make the Dempster a slog. June, July, and August is their rainy season so I'd do what you can to leave slack there.
I think you've got the right idea to go hard while you're still fresh. We had planned a 3-week doing the same and figured staying in hotels on the way up where available could get us to Tuk in 5 days assuming the weather cooperated. You could shave a day off that with your head start but bad weather in the north can quickly make the Dempster a slog. June, July, and August is their rainy season so I'd do what you can to leave slack there.
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That’s a pretty fast trip you’re planning. We would be interested in hearing more about your plans. We might be game.
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I wish it could be longer but two weeks is all the time I can get away from work. I have my route mapped out on Gaia and could share it if you would like.
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I am crossing the border at Roosville which is north of Kalispell, Montana. Costs are being kept down by camping most nights at improved campgrounds so not free but not hotel expensive either. There will be a couple of hotel nights for me just for sanity sake. Meals will be a lot of camp cooking but I tend to get lazy and dine out if it is convenient too. Obviously gas will be the biggest expense.
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Thought you might cross in Idaho north of Bonners Ferry. We are coming from Oregon
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Thought you might cross in Idaho north of Bonners Ferry. We are coming from Oregon[/QUOTE]
My second night is going to be just outside Grand Cache, Alberta and we could meet up there.
My second night is going to be just outside Grand Cache, Alberta and we could meet up there.
I am interested, I like a lot of the ideas here. I could easily take the time to meet up with you. I'm in Denver, CO.
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I could always do a quick trip down to Moab for a meet up. Run a trail or two and talk things over.
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