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Originally Posted by colebatch
I would say you could pus the early season side to late June, But early July better.
Early June is very likely to have washed out sections of road on the federal highway.
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Thanks Walter (and others!)
We won't reach Yakutsk before August, as we can't leave the UK until early June. That's cutting things tighter than I'd like, but I can't do it any other way (this year at least). When I've done big trips before (trans Americas and UK to Cape Town) I do tend to be comfortable around 5000 miles a month, so it's probably not too bad.
What I really need to know is, 'How late can I ride the Road of Bones?' I'd rather be cold and dry than warm n wet! I know it's colder than Alaska, and conditions will be a lot worse, but I rode the Dalton Highway early September 2006 after everyone told me it was too late. Liked it so much I went up the Dempster to Inuvik a week later - spurred on by a German guy who'd turned back on a 650 (or 80?) GS, telling me not to attempt it as it was too slippery ;-)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/iancha...57603628020663
BTW we met a few years back at Austin's barge, when he did a BBQ for the Pyle brothers who'd just returned from China.
Last edited by IanC; 6 Apr 2015 at 18:44.
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