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Originally Posted by koz
Any thought on a sled for hauling gear? You'll be able to use the rivers (frozen) to move longer distances with little vertical change.
Just a suggestion - you may want to go visit some "off-roaders" (for those who don't know "off road" in AK is where one doesn't have any access to the house except for snow machine in the winter or float plane in the summer - of course foot is the third option). They have great long term planning (sometimes 2 months between resupply during break-up). They also have some of the best redneck engineering that you'll see. Sometimes the indig have the best handle on what is best to have handy. I've spent a lot of time around Willow just up the Parks Hwy from you and there's lots of the off road types up there.
You may also do some testing with snow shelters before you go out - can save your ass when you're out in the bush.
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I was thinking the same thing, drive to the end of the road, and then hit the trail with a snow machine and akhio.
I suspect that it depends on the distance, not sure what the range is for the snow machines.
TR
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