The ride out of Whitehorse at 1938hrs Eastern Time will take them 388 miles thru some of the harshest that the Yukon Territory, and Eastern Alaska has to offer thus far.
The 7 and 1/2 hour ride will take them past the Kluane National Park Reserve and on into Tok, Alaska also known as the "Gateway to Alaska" and incidentally the Kluane National Park Reserve is best known for sightings of Bigfoot, 19 recorded sightings in the last 9 years alone.
In Tok Alaska they will have ample places to eat and relax while they service their bikes, most likely at Tanana Adventure Sports where the General Manager Josh will be happy to take care of whatever they need.
Thus far they have covered approximately 4553 miles and right at 1100 miles to go
Update:
Kurt and Rich decided to bed down for the night in Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, Canada.
For those interested...
Haines Junction is a village in the Yukon Territory, Canada. It is located at Kilometre 1,632 (historical mile 1016) of the Alaska Highway at its junction with the Haines Highway, hence the name of the community. Population is 789 (Yukon Bureau of Statistics, Dec. 2004). It is next to Kluane National Park and Reserve. It is a major administrative centre for the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.
For many thousands of years the Southern Tutchone people had seasonal hunting and fishing camps in the area of present-day Haines Junction. The original name of the area was "Dakwakada", a Southern Tutchone word meaning "high cache". It was common for Tutchone people to use raised log caches to store food year-round or temporarily while they hunted and fished in an area.
Haines Junction, Yukon
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The Haines area was also important for trade between the coastal and interior peoples. Its proximity to the Chilkat Pass, one of only three passes that allowed travel between the coast and the interior, was used extensively for trade between the coastal Tlingit and Southern Tutchone people.
The current town of Haines Junction was established in 1942 and 1943 during the construction of the Alaska Highway. In 1943 a second highway, the Haines Highway, was built to connect the Alaska Highway with the coastal town of Haines, Alaska over the Chilkat Pass. Situated at the junction of these two highways, Haines Junction was a construction camp and a supply and service centre for the US Army Corps of Engineers building the highway.
