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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 22, 2013 at 5:19am

Good question about the yeti.

And Marcia, can you plan an Anchorage perimeter ride for us :))



Chi Lowe (<12 parsecs) said:

Gak!  Your picture above is amazing!  

1. Is there a place that rents Big Dummies or other snow worthy winter bikes up there?  
2. Also curious: are there lots of places near Anchorage to make several days riding fun, or would a weekend be enough?  
3. What time of the year does the snow get real?
4. And finally, what about the Yeti?

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Permalink Reply by marcia howell on November 22, 2013 at 1:43pm

There are several places to rent snow bikes, not cheap, but good bikes, Surly Pugsleys, Fatbacks, etc.

There are miles and miles of good riding.  We could do a perimeter ride, about 50 miles around Anchorage, and almost all on trails. There are miles of single tracks at a couple of parks.  Here is a link to their maps. http://singletrackadvocates.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-detailed-kinca...  

January 4 is

the Frosty Bottom Race. Here's the link from last year.  It has a 25 mile and a 50 mile course.  http:/

/www.chainreactioncycles.us/FrostyBottom/FrostyCourse.html  (I came in 2nd to last in 2013 and am proud of it.)  And then there is a wilderness ride for 50k or 100k in February.  http://www.susitna100.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie....  I haven't done that yet, but might try the 50k this year.  There is usually a fun ride with about 100 people in late February around Anchorage with stops at coffee shops, bars... (You guys know the drill)  But I haven't heard of a date for that one yet.  

Right now we have 8 inches of snow.  It will probably stay until April. We are expecting 2-6 inches tonight.  Sometimes there is a nasty icy melt down.  But its pretty hard to predict.  So I guess I'd say that it is now for real. 

As for Yeti, yes, we have a Yeti, its called Yak and Yeti and is a very yummy Nepalese restaurant!

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