Page 44 - Travel Guide Fly Alaska Winter Edition

fat tire biking Photo by Jody O

If biking on ice sounds like to explore ice caves and get up
fun, then fat tire biking may close to the beauty and majesty
be your new favorite winter of a glacier. There are bike
sport. Picture a mountain bike, rentals in the city of Palmer,
but outfitted with oversized, which is located on the Glenn
studded tires that allow for Highway in the Matanuska
better gripping across frozen Valley. The most popular
lakes and tundra. The four to access point to the glacier is
five inch tires also help keep Hunter Creek. The best time
the bike from sinking in the to get to the glacier is January
snow. Several companies in through February when the
Anchorage provide guided river freezes over. While the
tours including Alaska Trail bike trail to the glacier has
Guides and Alaska Bike some awe-inspiring scenery, it
Adventures. Fifty miles from is 22 miles round trip. If you are
Anchorage is the Knik Glacier not prepared for that level of
in the Mat-Su Valley. This has exercise through the cold and
become a very popular place the snow, well let’s just say that
to fat tire bike as you are able it can be a real pain in the tush.

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