Mystery Creek road

Metalcarver · 07-19-2010, 01:32 PM

The Mystery Creek road (East of Sterling just before you go into the mts) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...90895&t=h&z=14
Opens Aug. 9

You can ride north to Turnagain Arm directly across from Potter Marsh.

legion · 07-19-2010, 02:05 PM

Hmmm... what kind of bike does a guy need to get through there?

Is the worst problem likely to be potholes or more likely to be swamp?

friar mike · 07-19-2010, 02:46 PM

I used to run that road in the 70's been to the end many times. You see that Island at the end thats where it used to stop. I know it as the pipeline road.

Beezer · 07-19-2010, 06:54 PM

pretty much anything will go back there if you stay on the main drag(s),,, yes, it wanders off into the swamps and Mystery creek comes over the road most of the time. It's gated a lot of times too, but easy to get around.

Metalcarver · 07-19-2010, 07:19 PM

I haven't been on the road, just flown over it a number of times. But I've seen camper trucks all the way back. There used to be a federal marshal that would park his Pacer on one of the strips along the road to lure pilots in and then they would confiscate the plane. The Indian Creek landing strip is open and I've seen lots of planes parked in there. There's a permit caribou hunt for that area. Upper Indian Creek is where the Kenai caribou herd summers over. If you look at the satellite map there's a bunch of 4 wheeler tracks that head out toward the inlet. The wildlife refuge is known for being hard assed when it comes to wheeled vehicles. Heard about some hunters who were using a single wheeled cart to haul out a moose and they busted them and confiscated their truck and weapons. Maybe if I mount my 45-70 on a swivel on the handlebars I'll count as a hunter... They open the road during hunting season specifically for hunting. The rest of the year it's supposedly closed.

AK_Troyer · 07-19-2010, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metalcarver

They open the road during hunting season specifically for hunting. The rest of the year it's supposedly closed.

It was closed this past Saturday.

friar mike · 07-19-2010, 10:17 PM

If I had a scaner for my slides I would put some on to show you the road and the bikes we rode back it the 70's.

flybynitetours · 07-20-2010, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by friar mike

If I had a scaner for my slides I would put some on to show you the road and the bikes we rode back it the 70's.

I have a slide scanner that makes a 5 meg file, easy to use. rw

friar mike · 07-21-2010, 10:53 AM

Coooooooooool man I have some slides to put to dige.

AK_Troyer · 08-20-2010, 07:41 PM

The gate was wide open yesterday. Unfortunately I wasn't on my bike.

Metalcarver · 09-06-2010, 07:04 PM

Finally went out there Labor Day and it's a pretty good road to a point. Many big puddles, the farther back the more puddles. Finally about 11 miles in there was a big bog that had been chewed up by 4X4's.http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...,0.011362&z=17 (stoopid me, didn't get a pic of it ) Looked about 3 feet deep in the middle and not something for a solo ride. Tried to tiptoe around the outside and stopped once, put my foot down, and there was no down to put my foot on. So Miss Piggy takes a nap... Beautiful day though. Bears pooping on the road, jays cussing, flies trying to suck your eyes out, and hunters driving real sneaky like. The best part of the road looks to be after that bog - probably only half way to the end.

07-19-2010, 01:32 PM	#1
Metalcarver ^OP Geezer Berserker Joined: Jun 2010 Location: Nikiski, Alaska Oddometer: 133	Mystery Creek road The Mystery Creek road (East of Sterling just before you go into the mts) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...90895&t=h&z=14 Opens Aug. 9 You can ride north to Turnagain Arm directly across from Potter Marsh.

07-19-2010, 02:05 PM	#2
legion fire and gas Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Alaska Oddometer: 11,715	Hmmm... what kind of bike does a guy need to get through there? Is the worst problem likely to be potholes or more likely to be swamp? __________________ You have no (expletive deleted) idea of what you are talking about. - santaferider

07-19-2010, 02:46 PM	#3
friar mike IronButtGruver Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Wasilla Alaska Oddometer: 4,882	I used to run that road in the 70's been to the end many times. You see that Island at the end thats where it used to stop. I know it as the pipeline road. __________________ We,re on a mission from God. "blues brothers" Don't go up there someone's going to die. "Walter" A world without string is chaos Good-Bad-Iam the guy with the gun "evil dead" God's speed Rommel run free my dog

07-19-2010, 07:19 PM	#5
Metalcarver ^OP Geezer Berserker Joined: Jun 2010 Location: Nikiski, Alaska Oddometer: 133	Watch for the feds I haven't been on the road, just flown over it a number of times. But I've seen camper trucks all the way back. There used to be a federal marshal that would park his Pacer on one of the strips along the road to lure pilots in and then they would confiscate the plane. The Indian Creek landing strip is open and I've seen lots of planes parked in there. There's a permit caribou hunt for that area. Upper Indian Creek is where the Kenai caribou herd summers over. If you look at the satellite map there's a bunch of 4 wheeler tracks that head out toward the inlet. The wildlife refuge is known for being hard assed when it comes to wheeled vehicles. Heard about some hunters who were using a single wheeled cart to haul out a moose and they busted them and confiscated their truck and weapons. Maybe if I mount my 45-70 on a swivel on the handlebars I'll count as a hunter... They open the road during hunting season specifically for hunting. The rest of the year it's supposedly closed.

07-19-2010, 10:17 PM	#7
friar mike IronButtGruver Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Wasilla Alaska Oddometer: 4,882	If I had a scaner for my slides I would put some on to show you the road and the bikes we rode back it the 70's. __________________ We,re on a mission from God. "blues brothers" Don't go up there someone's going to die. "Walter" A world without string is chaos Good-Bad-Iam the guy with the gun "evil dead" God's speed Rommel run free my dog

07-19-2010, 06:54 PM	#4
Beezer Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Anchorage, formerly Spenard (hub of the universe) Oddometer: 4,440	pretty much anything will go back there if you stay on the main drag(s),,, yes, it wanders off into the swamps and Mystery creek comes over the road most of the time. It's gated a lot of times too, but easy to get around.

07-21-2010, 10:53 AM	#9
friar mike IronButtGruver Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Wasilla Alaska Oddometer: 4,882	Coooooooooool man I have some slides to put to dige. __________________ We,re on a mission from God. "blues brothers" Don't go up there someone's going to die. "Walter" A world without string is chaos Good-Bad-Iam the guy with the gun "evil dead" God's speed Rommel run free my dog

08-20-2010, 07:41 PM	#10
AK_Troyer Not AKTroy Joined: May 2010 Location: Girdwood Oddometer: 142	The gate was wide open yesterday. Unfortunately I wasn't on my bike. __________________ '10 F800GS

09-06-2010, 07:04 PM	#11
Metalcarver ^OP Geezer Berserker Joined: Jun 2010 Location: Nikiski, Alaska Oddometer: 133	Surprise!... Mud Finally went out there Labor Day and it's a pretty good road to a point. Many big puddles, the farther back the more puddles. Finally about 11 miles in there was a big bog that had been chewed up by 4X4's.http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...,0.011362&z=17 (stoopid me, didn't get a pic of it ) Looked about 3 feet deep in the middle and not something for a solo ride. Tried to tiptoe around the outside and stopped once, put my foot down, and there was no down to put my foot on. So Miss Piggy takes a nap... Beautiful day though. Bears pooping on the road, jays cussing, flies trying to suck your eyes out, and hunters driving real sneaky like. The best part of the road looks to be after that bog - probably only half way to the end.

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