Alaska-Spring or fall and why

We've been up in '06, '07, '09, '11, '13, and will be up in 2015. We generally leave home in the last 2 weeks of May and start home in very late August. With those dates, we're usually on the Alaska Highway before "most" tourist places open and when we start down most are again closed for the year. That said, travel is easy, the sightseeing is great and fuel and food are easily available in the towns along the route. Don't get too hung up on the bugs. We fish rivers and lakes and have no problems that we don't see in Delaware. If you camp in deep woods or the swamps you'll have problems but we've never been to the point where we need to wear a headnet, even though we carry them. Late August colors over the Top Of The World Highway (Fourty-Mile Country) are just outstanding. We also hit 8" of snow in Atagun Pass in the Brooks Range coming down from Prudhoe Bay on June 14, 2011.

Stay Flexable. It's a great place and you won't be able to see it all in one trip.