Hi,
I rode the Dempster this past summer. A couple of comments:
1) You can take a box of groceries and have it sent to the Eagle Plains Hotel at the halfway point for free. If you are starting from the south this can be arranged at the North West Territories visitor center in Dawson (on the main drag opposite the visitor centre). If you are starting from the north this can be arranged at the visitor center in Inuvik. (It's hard to miss. The staff are very helpful there.)
2) The road is constantly changing. It can be impassable after rain. It is regularly maintained by scraping the top, dumping gravel, putting on calcite, being packed down by vehicles etc. The road conditions I experienced heading north were different from the road conditions when I headed south a week later.
I hope this helps.
Cheers!
Don
Originally Posted by
Newspaperguy
I'm considering cycling the Dempster Highway in the summer of 2011 and I'm looking for any input, feedback or comments from those who have done this route. This is the gravel highway from Dawson City, Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. It's as far north as an all-season road can take you in Canada.
Crazy Guy on a Bike has some information on this and I am using that resource. Does anyone here have other information I should keep in mind.
At present, this is nothing more than a bit of daydreaming, but there's a good chance it could become a reality.