Why this ride
The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Seward Highway · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 92 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 23
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Moose Pass
Moose Pass is a small cluster of cabins, a general store and a roadhouse beside a turquoise lake, and the speed limit through it is low for good reason. The village lies on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, about forty kilometres north of Seward on the Seward Highway, and perhaps two hundred people live here. Trail Lake, in front of the village, is fed by glacial meltwater, and the water has the milky blue-green colour of ground rock, which makes the whole valley glow. Mountains still holding patches of snow rise on both sides, and spruce forest covers the lower slopes.
Read the complete Moose Pass write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Moose Pass is where the day begins. Next is Seward.
2. Seward
Alaska's Seward Highway earns its reputation from beginning to end, and Seward is where it runs out of road. The town sits at the head of Resurrection Bay, a fjord on the Kenai Peninsula ringed by steep, snow-streaked mountains, and it has a working harbour full of fishing boats, tour vessels and the occasional cruise ship. It was founded in 1903 as the ocean terminus for a railroad to the interior, and it is also mile zero of the Iditarod Trail, the dog-sledding route to Nome. The 1964 Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful ever recorded in North America, destroyed much of the waterfront here, and the town has rebuilt itself since.
Read the complete Seward write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Seward comes up about 46 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Moose Pass.
3. back through Moose Pass
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Moose Pass write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 92 km.
Leg by leg
Moose Pass to Seward
Moose Pass → Seward is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Seward to back through Moose Pass
Seward → back through Moose Pass is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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