Trails near Cantwell

[BillyBBad]

Need some info on trails near Cantwell. I live in Willow and would like to ride up near Cantwell for a little change of scenery and some new adventures. Does anyone have some good trails that are long enough to be multi day trips?

 

[Alaskaflyer331]

By this do you mean the Denali Highway perhaps?

 

[BillyBBad]

I have a good offroad truck and trailer or I can start from the road. I just want to get as far back in as possible to some beautiful areas. What do you think?

 

[Alaskaflyer331]

There is nothing right around Cantwell IMO. Most of the land there is Ahtna or Park Service. But on the Denali Highway I have been down a couple trails for one-nighters. Osar Lake and what some call the Butte Lake trail. Not sure if any are worthy of multi-night trips myself but someone might know of more trails than me. Google is your friend

 

[TWB]

Not to mention the McClaren

 

[blasterak]

You can check out the Stampede trail at Healy, don't know if you been there or not. I dont know about it being multi-day,but you can really explore that whole area in multiple days if you'd like, there are tons of trails, and you can go check out the "bus in the book" magic bus from "into the wild". The water levels were pretty high last year though, hopefully not too bad this year.

 

[AKDoug]

The Butte Creek trail, which starts right before the Susitna River bridge on the Denali Highway, can be a great trail for overnight rides. There are many branches of the trail to explore.

 

[Akres]

You can check out the Stampede trail at Healy, don't know if you been there or not. I dont know about it being multi-day,but you can really explore that whole area in multiple days if you'd like, there are tons of trails, and you can go check out the "bus in the book" magic bus from "into the wild". The water levels were pretty high last year though, hopefully not too bad this year.

If you wind up checking out the Stampede Trail, then you can go across the Parks Highway and go in on the Ferry Trail. You can easily spent a couple of days back in there as well. Have fun.