Alaska-Spring or fall and why
We are thinking of going t Alaska in 2015 and want input on when to go. Thanks
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Give some serious thoughts to why you are wanting to visit the north country. Once you have some rough ideas to that it is much easier to plan your trip. A lot of good advice in the above posts. Most of the sport fishing is on a calendar basis. The salmon run about the same time each summer. Baby wildlife are mainly in the spring for photography. Bugs are less in the late fall, as are the crowds of people.
After spending 25+ years in rural Alaska, fall would be my favorite time of the year. The crowds of summer time Kenai, just doesn't appeal to me any more for fishing. We now spend more time in Valdez than we ever did when living in Alaska. I think it is far enough from Anchorage, that you don't have the weekend mobs of people heading down to fill their freezers with fish.
But, anytime from breakup to freeze up can be great, and well worth while being in the north country of Canada or Alaska. Whatever and whenever you make the trip, just stay flexible with your time schedule. The fall rains, light though they be most of the time will hang around till it turns to snow in October, in the Interior of the state. Our last RV trip of the fall, was a family get together on the Denali Hwy, near the Paxson end around the Tangle Lakes. Cool clear mornings, some freezing temperatures, great grayling fishing, sitting around the campfire at night, few if any biteing bugs. The tundra vegetation was changing into it's fall colors. Just doesn't get much better for me, than fall time on the Denali Hwy. unless it is spring time lake trout fishing in Paxson Lake, just as the ice is starting to melt around the edges. I love Alaska in all the seasons, just small degrees of preference with the seasons. LOL
After spending 25+ years in rural Alaska, fall would be my favorite time of the year. The crowds of summer time Kenai, just doesn't appeal to me any more for fishing. We now spend more time in Valdez than we ever did when living in Alaska. I think it is far enough from Anchorage, that you don't have the weekend mobs of people heading down to fill their freezers with fish.
But, anytime from breakup to freeze up can be great, and well worth while being in the north country of Canada or Alaska. Whatever and whenever you make the trip, just stay flexible with your time schedule. The fall rains, light though they be most of the time will hang around till it turns to snow in October, in the Interior of the state. Our last RV trip of the fall, was a family get together on the Denali Hwy, near the Paxson end around the Tangle Lakes. Cool clear mornings, some freezing temperatures, great grayling fishing, sitting around the campfire at night, few if any biteing bugs. The tundra vegetation was changing into it's fall colors. Just doesn't get much better for me, than fall time on the Denali Hwy. unless it is spring time lake trout fishing in Paxson Lake, just as the ice is starting to melt around the edges. I love Alaska in all the seasons, just small degrees of preference with the seasons. LOL
