A Few Things to Know about the Dalton Highway ft. Scrambler Stories

[@robing4712]

Oh heck no on that ride! Alaska is beautiful, but my gosh, it is wet and cold. The same rattle apart on the bike would be hitting my joints. My huge respect for those who can do it and survive. My dream trip is an overall journey through the lower 48. This country is so vast. You could take a lifetime exploring and still find something new and special to enjoy! Love the video Amanda and pleased to hear about another channel to enjoy. Nice to meet you Chris! You guys crack me up! I really wanted to get to RMR this year. I just couldn’t work it out. I look forward to hearing of you next adventures. Travel safe!

[@ScramblerStories]

Nice to meet you and thanks for watching!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

lol Def not for everyone! I feel your comment about hte lower 48 being so vast. It's hard for me to justify riding to other countries when I don't feel like I've explored enough of our own country first. I hope you can make it to RMR next year! We had a fantastic group this year!

[@rkline3644]

I completed the ride from Philly suburbs to Deadhorse to Key West back to home from 17 June to 04 July 2023 on my 2015 Victory Vision. Overall, the weather was cooperative with a few slick spots on the Dalton. I stayed in a hotel/cabin each night. I shot from the hip each night because I didn't know where I would end up at the end of the day. Word of advice, if you're going to do the same, start looking for your hotel before 8:45 at night in the sticks of Canada. The front offices close shop and pickings are very sparce. 14 hours ride up from Fairbanks to Deadhorse, stayed at the Aurora for the night (now $189.00 per night) of course that was late arrival and no reservations. 14.5 hours from Deadhorse back to Fairbanks (longer food stops😆). Definitely take the extra gas when you leave Fairbanks. If it wasn't for a friendly southbound rider that had extra gas, I would have been stuck at Yukon Camp overnight. They ran out of gas. Overall, it was the most intense, white knuckled, and exhilarating ride I've done. Good luck and safe travels to future Dalton riders. P.S. Alaska511 and a good weather app will be your best friends for highway conditions and moving rain clouds.

[@UTADV]

Yes, riding C2C with a detour to Key West and then from Utah to Prudhoe Bay.

[@robw1017]

I love the lack of a windshield on his Scrambler. I’m heading to Sturgis from Fl next week. It will be my longest trip ever on 2 wheels

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Awesome!!

[@ScramblerStories]

Awesome, enjoy the trip and Sturgis!

[@easybutton333333]

Covid permitting I am traveling on my KLR to Tuktoyaktuk and then back down and up to Prudhoe Bay. Starting from Springfield, MO on June 1.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you David!

[@MRMRS2wheeler]

Florida to Alaska is on my bucket list. Hopefully we will get to do it in summer of 2020. Great video.

[@ScramblerStories]

Awesome. Hit me up if you have any questions or want any planning tips. Cheers, Chris

[@MRMRS2wheeler]

@@ScramblerStories thanks. I appreciate that. Ride safe.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yaas! Would love to see your vlogs from that adventure!

[@MRMRS2wheeler]

@@AstheMagpieFlies Thanks Amanda. So would I, lol. I have been dreaming of that ride. can't wait.

[@rso1411]

I'm doing this ride next year from San Diego area. What time of the year did you go & When would you recommend? How much gas did you carry?

[@johnjgravelysr9530]

I would love to do this trip. I have ridden from Philadelphia to Hyder AK on a Victory Cross Country.

[@johnhamilton2680]

Great stuff. Wish you the best.

[@redbeardthekiltedrider5608]

You're a god send! I'm starting a ride to Deadhorse from Rescue CA August 4th and this information was really helpful! So thank you and stay safe out there.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yay! I'm so glad it was help!

[@ScramblerStories]

Hit me up if you have any questions or want any tips! Otherwise enjoy the ride.

[@wjhrazorsedge76]

Magpie, I made it to Alaska & back! Sorry I missed your get together. I had Dempster highway people telling me the mud was about 18" deep!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Hurray! Awesome! Well Done!

[@colorider903]

Absolutely I would take a Scrambler any place I would take my Tiger. I did Alaska in 2015 with my 13 year old son riding with me. Lots of fires in Northern Alaska then. Turned back at the Dalton. I figured at home I would be running from this, and here I am with 4 1/2 gallons of gas between my legs and my kid on the back. So back to Fairbanks we went. You can see the smoke in the last part of my Canada to Fairbanks video. Now he's on a GS800 saying lets go back dad.

[@declary]

Really enjoyed your video!!! When I did my ride We left Fairbanks and rode to Galbraith lake campground on the other side of Atigun Pass, Stayed the night at Galbraith lake and planned on riding to Deadhorse and back to Galbraith lake but the weather was turning to crap so we pushed it to Coldfoot, arrived at Coldfoot at 1030pm, they serve breakfast till 11pm, had a grandslam breakfast after a very sketchy sloppy ride over Atigun and down to Coldfoot..Then into Fairbanks next day. Planning on another ride this June, hope the weather hoolds out!!

[@NewBelgiumCO]

Love, love, loved this video!! Alaska is a dream destination for many, if not all moto-tourists!! Chris’ perspectives were awesome!! Thanks!! ✌🏼

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yay! Thanks Biker Sasquatch!

[@ScramblerStories]

Awesome, thanks for watching!

[@jirrahdrake8320]

i drove from Orofino up to the Dalton highway and then all the way to Seward Alaska, caught the ferry to Kodiak Island in 2000. I could not believe how much gas cost in Canada.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

That's awesome! :D

[@NotNowCato1254]

That looked like fun to film. Impossible to not smile watching. Thanks both 👍

[@Crunchyham6]

Thanks for sharing!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thank you for watching!

[@SaddleTrampTV]

I would love to try riding to Prudhoe Bay from where I live in south Mississippi. If I could get away with it, I would do it on the Tramp... but not without at least some 5 inch seat springs and a springer front end with knobby tires. My ultimate dream ride would be something like riding anywhere and everywhere as far as I want for as long as I want. Basically a motorcycle vagabond of some sort.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Ya!! I believe in you and the Tramp lol

[@HippoDrones]

Wow, that looks like quite an adventure into the wilderness.... def wouldn't want to run out of fuel in the wild there!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Right!

[@PaddyOutback]

I would love to do that ride. It’s step one of my grand plan to do the Pan American Highway. In unrelated news, I’m off to buy a lottery ticket.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol yess!! I believe in you Paddy!

[@PaddyOutback]

As the Magpie Flies Turns out that the bastards who run the lottery don’t 😩

[@TheGorillaBiker]

@@PaddyOutback every time I play the lotto I get so excited thinking of things. I've had to stop playing it as I just can't handle the disappointment anymore :'(

[@ScramblerStories]

Do it!!

[@PaddyOutback]

Scrambler Stories Just need to find thousands of dollars. Everyone check their sofa cushions!

[@kevinnashskitchen3517]

Good chat.. Nice story. Good just b guys 😁👍

[@mr.solitude3352]

The dream ride that my body will let me do without bitchin' too much? The IBA Bun Burner 1500 (1,500 miles in under 36 hours) to see my daughter in Nashville, TN. Maybe this fall. And the dream ride that my body will absolutely resist doing (wear and tear issues)? The IBA 48 States in 10 Days. But I can still dream about it.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Dreams are important! Even the unrealistic ones lol

[@trey631]

The Dalton Highway is a bucket list ride. I went to Chris' channel and subscribed in order to check out his content and not have to look up his channel again later. Now, I got another playlist of videos to go through! Damn KZbin!! Most importantly though, I am interested in his ride from the Florida Keys to Alaska since that starts is in my neck of the woods. :) Oh, and hey, another great video, and I look the outtakes! Great personally and fun times doing what you love. Keep it up!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Tommy!!

[@ScramblerStories]

Awesome, I'll be editing the footage soon although I have a lot too go through!

[@fireball36]

In the last 4 years I rode The Dalton twice, once on a Harley Crossbones and once on a BMW F850GS. I also rode The Dempster twice. Once on my Triumph XCA and once on my BMW - I actually rode both this past spring on my F850GS. If you could only do one - ride the Dempster to Tuktoyaktuk. And be sure to visit Dawson City and enjoy a sour toe cocktail on the way!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

That's awesome! Yes the more research I do about it the more that I was leaning towards Tuktoyaktuk, particularly the part where if you go to Deadhorse you have to pay to see the ocean lol Plus the part of me that loves 19th century history is kind of giddy about the idea of getting to see Dawson City.

[@thewanderingpinto5979]

Good info on the Dalton Highway! We did it two years ago,not o a bike,but in a 1978 Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon. Check out our adventure. We had an AMAZING time on the Dalton!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks!

[@kevinsterner9490]

Good video. Loved the outtakes at the end too. I would love to ride from Key West across the country to Alaska. Prudhoe Bay used to be a goal but not so much now. I have a couple of friends that have ridden there and they both said they are glad they did it but it was kind of a let down. like mentioned in the video nothing much there. But to each their own. I have a bunch of places on my list that will keep me busy for some time.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Agreed Kevin! Sounds like there's lots of other beautiful things to see in Alaska that might be time better spent than in Prudhoe Bay

[@randlayman2668]

Great advise 👍, you both did a great Collaboration, I enjoy the laughter, ride safe ride far, Rand

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Rand!

[@ScramblerStories]

Appreciate it!

[@Rikenglebert7558]

1. There are several bikes I would do that trip on, but NOT a scrambler :-) 2. Girls are WAY tougher than guys:-) 3. Always worth it to watch to the end:-) “birds”

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol thanks Rik!

[@Rikenglebert7558]

As the Magpie Flies I’ve been a nurse for more than a decade, trust me, women are tougher than men

[@RideOnTwo]

Would love doing the Alaska ride but NO I would not want to ride a scrambler to Alaska from Florida. Great Video to the both of you!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much 😜 ya I don't know many would wanna do that on a Street Scrambler

[@eddiechu433]

Thanks for the useful information and nice video. I have done long solo trips on my Ninja 300 from Vancouver, BC where I live to Austin, Texas and down the west coast to San Francisco. Going up to Arctic Circle and ride the Dalton Highway is always on my bucket list. I will have to get a different bike and really psyche myself up for it..........maybe one day!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Glad it was helpful! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Eddie! :D

[@loadblock4995]

Been up there! If I’m that way again it will be tuk. 1190 then 790 now for the range and maneuverability

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Awesome! :D

[@CindyBallreich]

Before I bought my V-Strom I was obsessed with the Street Scrambler and "Scrambler Stories" was my fave. I'd love to do the Dalton Hwy, but first I've got to make it to Rocky Mtn Roll.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yaa!! lol You'll make it next year! I believe in you!

[@ScramblerStories]

The V-Strom is awesome. My buddy Marek sold his when he was laid off and now he wants another one.

[@thatoneguymoto]

This was a lot of fun. Just hopped over and subbed Chris's channel. I'm guessing he's going to be another one who will chip away at my trepidation for long distance travel. Or, maybe I'll just continue to live vicariously through y'all! 🤓

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Ya!! :D

[@ScramblerStories]

Awesome, thanks for tagging along!

[@stoney3398]

Alaska is definitely on my radar (after retirement, 7 years or so away), but not cheating by going to Hyder. Dalton Highway, well, maybe. But, as much as I love my Triumph Trophy SE, it would have to be on an ADV bike (Tiger 800 XCA is in the near future). Thanks for sharing the stories!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks Stoney! Renting in Anchorage is always an option 😜

[@dougharitopulos7694]

Great advice

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much Doug!

[@JerseyNickMoto]

Well since I’ve ridden to all of the lower 48 states I guess I should get to Alaska some day lol.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

It sounds like it's the next step doesn't it? 😜

[@JerseyNickMoto]

A very long step lol 😂

[@JerseyNickMoto]

A very long step lol 😂

[@jimweagant8920]

Good video thanks for sharing

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks Jim

[@davidenete]

I'm heading from Atlanta up to Nova Scotia next month. Thank you for the inspiration. 😘

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Awesome!!! Have a good trip!

[@curtissmith8789]

Nova Scotia is beautiful. Try the Cabot trail while you're there.

[@seannaylor5222]

Florida to Alaska? Hell yeah! My dream ride on this side of the planet would be Prudhoe Bay to Bahai Lapataia. I don't think I have the mettle for it, but it sure would be amazing!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

I knew you'd be up for it Sean! lol

[@scotpleski5534]

on the list

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Ya!!

[@BACK40ADVENTURE]

Wow, great info I want to do that trip one day.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks Back40ADV! Chris is chalk full of information 🙂

[@AdventuresWithNimby]

One day I'll make it up there! Your edits are getting so tight! Great job, good first hand info!

[@ScramblerStories]

She's killing it! I got to step my game up.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thank you Nimby!! High praise!! ☺️

[@kieronbotting5265]

Scrambler Stories! Top lad. Great Vlog. 👏

[@ScramblerStories]

Thank you!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

He is! Thanks so much!

[@Likecash]

The one trip I would like to do is the Pacific Coast Highway. Enjoy your videos. Definitely would not take my touring bike to Alaska. For sure it would not make it back home.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yes! Pacific Coast is gorgeous! just remember your rain gear XD Thanks Steve!

[@krisfant4749]

Yes! I would ride it! It's one I think I'd put off for a sabbatical.or retirement due to time off constraints, but this got me curious... If you get 3-4 weeks off a year, is it worth it to use them all at once to do this ride?

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Idk I feel like if I couldn't take a little time off here and there throughout the year I would go crazy lol

[@mose717]

My last bike was a Super Tenere so yeah, absolutely would have done it. My current bike is a Road King, very happy with it but probably won't be trying the Dalton Highway.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Ya maybe not as enjoyable on the Road King!

[@foxglove8836]

Nice :-) Love the funny bit's at the end. stay safe.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol thanks Linda 😁

[@prophet8photo]

I am desperately trying to sell my house to make that same ride from key west to dead horse. Thanks for introducing me to another Long distance rider to follow

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Ya!! Thanks Robert!

[@ScramblerStories]

Nice!

[@JohnDoe-xr5is]

I'd just like to be able to ride from Ohio to the Rocky Mountains. And even maybe up to Corvalis Montana for the RMR. But I'm a new rider without experience and the only long ride I've done is from central Ohio to Ann Arbor, Michigan. (ok, not exactly long) I have to take several stops to rest my behind.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

That is an excellent goal! 😁 I believe in you!!

[@egalitarianvegan8806]

I would love to ride to Alaska, and the Arctic circle. Not interested in riding to Prudhoe Bay. I like my bike far too much to mistreat it that way. I would think a Scrabbler would work just fine for the trip.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol sounds good to me Dennis!

[@myakkacityriders1341]

Want to take my goldwing to prudhoe Bay in the next couple of year. it was net to watch your video

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yaaa! Thanks David! Taking a Goldwing sounds like a blast

[@Joez86]

His bike looks like Steve McQueen‘s bike in the great escape :-)

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Lol Steve McQueen did ride a triumph for the movie so makes sense

[@Steve-ps2tw]

I'd go to prudhoe bay if I had an adv bike, not on my harley. Dream ride though is back home to socal, then ride the coast and then come back across the top half of the country.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

That sounds like a great trip Steve!

[@davechavis4275]

was going in july 2020 but that didn't happen, so planning for 2023 july 5th departure from central coast of ca. hopefully canada gets there act together. Amanda is cool!

[@stepheneckles2345]

Like to go to Baja and ride. I would say buy some nylock nuts they are lock nuts or take a long time and drill all the fasteners with nuts on them and put in cotter pins so you don't loose the nuts. Oh wait should I not take a Harley up there. With the bolts always coming loose probably not the best choice. :)

[@RideWithRen]

That super slippery mud was calcium chloride mud, it's like glass.

[@ScramblerStories]

Yeah, did not enjoy!

[@TheGorillaBiker]

Great video, I'd love to do this, neither of my bikes would survive this tho :D I'll definitely do it one day. Ima go sub to him now he seems like a cool guy. :) ALso had a look at your artwork, did you do that yourself? It's excellent I'll definitely have to get something :O I wish I was artistically talented.

[@ScramblerStories]

Appreciate it!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much!! What kind of bikes do you have? Maybe you're underestimating their strength :P I feel like the Dalton is on the Biker Bucket list, like Beartooth and Tail of the Dragon :P lol Yes I do that myself. I have a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts. I paid lots of money to be able to draw like that lol

[@TheGorillaBiker]

@@AstheMagpieFlies I have a 1987 Honda Magna and a 2007 Yamaha Fz6 fazer s2. They are my children :D Maybe I am with the Yamaha but the Magna would break my spine anyway :D I have a list for over yonder just a question of will it ever happen really! Haha well however much you paid it was worth it, a really cool skill to have :) I'm a boring engineer myself!

[@dn8533]

Hey,do you think I can make it there on my katana 750 like sports touring bike higher raise than gsxr if I put dual or off road tires? Thanks

[@myjudge45410]

I would do that trip. Of course, money, time, arthritis, and being an older person (61 Feb. 26 2021) are all stacked against me. I would still give it a shot if the time and money could be worked out. I really enjoyed this video.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

I believe in you!

[@ScramblerStories]

I met someone who was either 68 or 78, and had done it a few weeks after me. He did it on a bike with a sidecar as he was worried about taking a spill. I might be youngish, but I actually have had Osteoporosis all my life, and arthritis for almost 20 years. I can't promise it won't suck at times, but you can do it and it'll be awesome afterwards!

[@EpicMotorcycleAdventures]

I want to do the Pan American Highway. Originally on my GS, but my GS might have to make way for a S1000RR. So who know's what I'll end up doing it on

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

lol I look forward to see what steed you end up riding on it :P

[@MRTPR]

I love your videos, I would love to do a trip like that. Gorgeous, my choice would be camping for accommodation. Stay safe 😎

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Me too! 😜

[@sisiddharthagavini1209]

I am the one in that white helmet. Great video guys...@scramblerstories send me the footage.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Awesome!! 😁

[@wanderlpnw]

I'd really like to do the BC part of that trip. So just to Dawson. When I have time and maybe a bike with a little more power.

[@ScramblerStories]

The Kenai Peninsula would be worth checking out too. That was probably the best part of everything north of Vancouver. But British Columbia and the Yukon were great. The farther you go the better it keeps getting.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Sounds good to me Will! Although, the best adventure bike is the one you have ;P

[@1001CP]

Absolutely! I did a LOT of my riding growing up there on a 70s 175 Kawasaki Enduro! But as an old guy now, I love my Vstrom 1000.

[@1001CP]

BC is an absolutely beautiful place! It is a GREAT place to travel. As state below, that area around the MATSU Valley (Palmer and Wasilla area) and down through/below Anchorage has amazing views, rivers, glaciers and watch the BORE TIDE in Turnagain ARM! All either on or near paved roadways.

[@luvnotvideos]

Great video! Does this mean the Magpie is gonna fly farther north some time soon? Now that would be another epic journey :D

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Thanks so much! lol hopefully in the future! I've got a few friends in Alaska, but I feel like I have a few things left to explore in the lower 48 first ;)

[@luvnotvideos]

@@AstheMagpieFlies True. There's a ton of country to ride. If you ever feel like hitting the Blue Ridge Parkway / Skyline Drive or doing the Mid Atlantic BDR, give me a heads up. I have a couple of weeks vacation and it would be nice to ride with another woman.

[@603Rydes]

I would need 6-8 months for that trip and I don't think I could fit that into the various seasons...

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

lol Maybe you could find trusted people to park the bike with and fly home in between seasons? XD

[@ricksmith1842]

Next August 11 on on my way

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Wooohooo!!

[@richardmourdock2719]

I would do the Dempster Highway but no interest in the Dalton... too many trucks from every vid I've seen. Dempster is pretty desolate, had pack with spots of loose gravel. Slimey when wet, of course, which is often.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Yes! I was looking at the route to Inuvik! (well actually I want to go to Tuktoyaktuk haha) I don't like the idea of having to pay someone so I can see the Arctic Ocean!

[@terryturnerjr8271]

I’m going to go from mile marker 0 to Prudhoe Bay for my 40th birthday

[@robertpolkamp]

The Dalton is one word, "underwhelming". Round trip from Fairbanks is 900 miles.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

🤷 to each their own

[@arthurweiss8400]

I did the Dalton in 2017

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Rad!

[@ravenbom]

Kidney belt. For pavement lower 48 riders, they don’t know. It creeps up if you don’t wear one. But once you’re hurt, it’s agony to stay on a bike and only time and not riding heals it. Kidney belt. Hundreds of miles on washboard roads won’t be eaten up by suspension, especially if you ride in a very upright position. And arms transfer to the spine as well. People don’t know, but you gotta do a kidney belt if you respect your body on these long Alaskan dirt roads.

[@Dalevd]

I have rode the Dalton Hwy and it snowed, hailed and rained. Never again. If you are an experienced rider then ok. What they do not tell you is that people get hurt badly. Separated shoulder and head injuries. A guy lost one of his eyes. Please be careful.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

It's no joke for sure!

[@dwtwp]

I would like to ride Peru and find some ancient aliens.

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Peru!!! Now THAT would be an adventure!!

[@jessicastefanoff4304]

My dream ride is to have friends to ride with Don't think I'll go as far as Alaska it's kind of cold

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Finding good friends to ride with is a struggle for sure!

[@terryspear8533]

Would love to

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

Heck yes!

[@ChrisLonsberryMedia]

And some people say there are no real bikers anymore. Huh. Okay. ;-)

[@ScramblerStories]

Ha! I think most people would just call me a fool, but I appreciate it!

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

That's a pretty high compliment Chris! :P

[@pitoniakcycle]

👍👍

[@Nexus-6]

You have to pay to see the Arctic Ocean? 🤯

[@Khaled-f5o]

👍🏼

[@TheBlueBikeDoyle]

👍

[@mikehagan4320]

I like your concise format. Also you have holes in your Ears. They can fix that. Best Wishes! M.H.

[@AllMotoTireLLC]

Making a plan to go back to Alaska & Prudhoe Bay this June, with my good friends Mark and Uli. We did a trip to Anchorage in 2017. That video is on my KZbin channel.

[@RonaldEidson-p5e]

I am going June of 2024

[@bluedolphin5792]

A 60s Triumph would never make it.

[@Patrick-co1qm]

It’s BS you can’t go to the Artic Ocean on your own. Then they charge you. Ridiculous

[@AstheMagpieFlies]

For real.