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Alaska Trip Part 2: Cordova, No Road

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After a few days of exploring Anchorage by bike during the day, and the inside of Anchorage bars by night, we were ready to leave the city. A 300 mile road trip, an improvised campsite and a high-powered catamaran ride later we were standing in front of Ryan on his Raleigh Port Townsend at the ferry dock in Cordova, AK. “Welcome to Cordova!” exclaimed Ryan, unstrapping some beers from his porteur rack and offering them up. “We’re the first house on the left”. Breath taking views in every direction, mountains rising up out of the sound, nothing but green trees, blue waters and a postage stamp sized town. This is the Alaska I was looking for.

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For the next six days and five nights we explored Cordova by bike, by foot and by bottle. We road out “the road” and the other road (yeah, there is two of them) as well as some scenic trails. One of the highlights was riding Saddlebag Glacier trail. It winds through the woods along a creek that has cut out a valley, the terrain changing several times before spitting us out on the shore of Saddlebag Lake.

The beauty that constantly surrounds you in Cordova is unbelievable. It is a very unique and isolated corner of the world. There aren’t many paved roads, being a road cyclist here is not an option. There aren’t many mountain bike trails either. What Cordova does have though is an abundance of beautiful wilderness. The weapon of choice to see Alaska by bike is certainly the fatbike. When I visited Ryan had not yet acquired a fatbike, but by the time you are reading this he will be tooling around on his new Fatback fatbike.

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There were also many non-bike related experiences on the trip. Hiking some beautiful trails, exploring the town and harbor and of course discussing important GMG business while attempting to drink the town dry. As Ryan explained to me “the liver is evil and it must be punished.” I’ll spare you the reader from accounting all the details, but here are some more photos if you so care to look at them. Click on the thumbnails below to see a couple more photos from the trip, or check out the full set on Flickr here: Bryan’s Alaska Trip.


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