Americas 2022-present: Cycling from Alaska to Patagonia

In 2022, we will tackle our most ambitious bikepacking adventure yet. It starts in Deadhorse, Alaska, the northernmost town in North America that is accessible by (dirt) road. From there, we plan to make our way south for nearly 22,000 miles (35,400 km) with the ultimate goal of cycling to Ushuaia, Patagonia, the southernmost town in South America. Along the way we will pedal across frozen tundra, through boreal forests, temperate rain forests, maritime coasts, scorching deserts, tropical jungles, and significant stretches above the tree line in the Andes.

Click on the links below to follow along on our journey.

Our planned route: 22,000 miles (35,400 km) in the saddle! (Click on the image above to link to interactive maps of the route including all of the places we stayed).

Quick Links to Cycling the Americas Blog Pages

USA - Alaska: Arctic Coastal and Foothills Tundra, Brooks Range, and Interior Alaska Taiga

Canada - Yukon Territory: Interior Yukon Lowland Taiga, St. Elias Range, and Watson Highlands

Canada - British Columbia: Northern Cordillera Forests, Northern Transitional Alpine Forests, Fraser Plateau and Northern Rocky Mountain Forests

USA - Montana, Idaho and Washington: Rocky Mountain Forests, Okanogan Dry Forests, Okanogan Highlands, and Puget Lowlands

USA - Oregon and California: Pacific Northwest Coastal Forests, Northern California Coastal Forests, and California Interior Chaparral

Mexico - Baja California: California Coastal Sage and Chaparral, and Baja California Desert, Gulf of California Xeric Scrub

Mexico - Northern Mainland: Sinaloan Dry Forests, Sierra Madre Pine-Oak Forests, Central High Plains, Bajío Dry Forests, Trans-Mexico Volcanic Belt and Balsas Dry Forests

Mexico - Southern Mainland: Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Southern Pacific Dry Forests, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas Depression and Central American Pine-Oak Forests

Guatemala and El Salvador: Central American Pine-Oak Forests, Chiapas Depression and Central American Montane Forests

Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama: Central American Dry Forest, Costa Rican Seasonal Moist Forest, Isthmian-Pacific Moist Forest, Isthmian-Atlantic Moist Forest, Panamanian Dry Forest

Colombia: Caribbean Lowlands, Northern Andes River Valleys, Northern Andes Montane Forests

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