Has anyone ridden a bicycle UP and then down white pass?

[andreaplants]

I saw a post on someone's journal about biking up and down white pass. Has anyone done this? If so, did you have an altimeter? Were you able to rent road bikes or just hybrids?

 

Thank you!

 

Andrea

[Texasbob]

But I hope you get answer from someone who has!

 

;)

[andreaplants]

No such luck yet - I'll have to start searching and make some calls to alaska for advice - sounds great though! 15 miles up - like that better than holding onto the brakes all the way down

 

andrea

[Yukon]

Only a masochist rides up the hill - I see maybe 3 people a year doing it, and it does NOT look like fun in any way I understand the term.

 

Murray

[andreaplants]

Big Smile! You are certainly not the first to say something like that. I'm currently fundraising and training to ride 100 miles up and around Lake Tahoe (yes, all at once) for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I think people give me so many donations sometimes just so they don't have to think about all that riding!

 

However, I fear that most real road cyclists do not share your view. And the typical visitor to Alaska probably is not a young road cyclist, I would imagine or they have the time to do real road rides while there. I'm not finding many options for cycling while in port given the other things we want to do and the fact that my DH doesn't bike much. He can hang out or take the train roundtrip while I ride.

 

It's not totally 100% uphill and certainly not the longest climb in the world or anything. Plus, it would involve a lot of stopping to see the sights, which I find to be MUCH easier uphill than flying downhill at 30-50 mph and then stopping to catch a view.

 

Andrea

[tetleytea]

I know if I was riding uphill I'd be stopping a lot to see the sights. Yeah, it's to see the sights.....

[andreaplants]

:) it all depends if your eyes are open or not when bent over trying to breathe!!!