I rode the Dempster with a buddy on an Africa Twin, July 20th all the way from Dawson to Tuk in one shot. We camped the night of July 19th by the cardlock gas station. The Dempster was blocked off and had an electronic sign saying it was closed due to mudslides. Yikes! The sign was still saying closed in the morning, but changed about 0900-ish. The road was in really good shape, except for the mudslide area which wasn't too bad. We got to Inuvik about 2300, decided to just keep going since the weather was good and the road was working in our favor.t Took about 3 hours to get to Tuk, my buddy was going a bit slow for me but probably for the best.....it was kind of loose gravel.
Camped on the ocean for a few hours, then got word of a big storm coming in. We decided it would be in our best interest to get out of Tuk before the weather so we didn't get to do any sight seeing or visiting with people. I guess we got lucky, talked to some people later who were stuck there for 2-3 days. We stayed ahead of the rain until after the first ferry. Camped north of Eagle Plains. My buddy crashed in some mud just past there and broke his hand. Then he got a flat tire about 20 miles after that. Damn long day.
I'm ready to go again!