The Adventurous Motorcyclist's Guide to Alaska

27/02/2018

Want to ride the Dalton? Here's the 411 from Phil's book!

Enter the Alaskan expanse on the northern-most road in North America: the Dalton Highway. This steadily plodding pathway charts a lonely route through three different geologic regions: the forested sub-alpine Interior, the mountainous Brooks Range, and the tundra-covered Arctic Coastal plain. Find m...

14/08/2017

If South America riding is your bag, this is your film.

Expedition 65 is an adventure motorcycle journey from Cartagena, Colombia to the “end of the world” in Ushuaia, Argentina. Follow along as 15 intrepid…

27/07/2017

https://youtu.be/IzlZXOMNNw8

Thank you Justin Carlson for putting together this drone footage from the Top of the World Highway!

27/07/2017

https://youtu.be/IzlZXOMNNw8

11/05/2017

Are you headed to Overland Expo this weekend? Be sure and catch Jim Hyde or Alfonse Palaima--they will have copies of their new book, JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD.

Everyone has a bucket list. And on almost any motorcycle rider's list is some kind of remote destination —a dream journey. For many, that destination is the so-called "end of the world,' in Ushuaia, Argentina. The 15 seasoned adventure motorcyclists in this book made the dream a reality as they nego...

05/05/2017

Want the 411 on riding Salar de Uyuni? Read on . . .

The following is an excerpt from Journey to the End of the World, which chronicles the Expedition65 voyage to the bottom of South America. Clocking over 10,000 miles and 13 international border crossings on adventure bikes, the veteran group of riders tackled soaring Andes mountains, relentless rain...

23/03/2017

Gracious House Update: Now under new management. It is now known as Clearwater Mountain Lodge https://clearwatermountainlodge.com/

02/03/2017

http://www.advpulse.com/adv-rides/alaska-mountain-passes/

One of my favorite features of any road system — one that is often overlooked, I might add — is mountain passes. For centuries roads have been built through low points in mountain ranges, connecting regions and facilitating trade, migration and even war. Here in my home state of Alaska, mountain pas...

15/12/2016

Here is a new map worthy of attention from Benchmark Maps:

https://www.benchmarkmaps.com/products-page/atlases/alaska-road-recreation-atlas

When you want to venture on and off the roads of Alaska.

14/05/2016

Here are some images from a group we took to Copper Center and the Denali Highway. There is some great riding in Alaska!

https://motoquest.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumKey=b4RGwZ

18/04/2016

An article by Phil Freeman about the Southwest US in ADVPulse
http://www.advpulse.com/adv-rides/8-great-adventure-motorcycle-rides-in-utah/

The motorcycle rides in Utah are some of the best in the American Southwest. Here are 8 of the greatest places to ride adventure motorcycles in Utah.