ALCAN Highway

I followed this post to see how long it would take for some as to correct ALCAN (5 posts). I like ALCAN as it's easier to spell. OP in recent years the ALCAN is great until you get past Whitehorse.

rag-ftw wrote:

pigman1 wrote:
It's the summer in the far north. There will be construction. As usual the section from Destruction Bay north will be fair to poor and from Beaver Creek north will be terrible. Just slow down, pull over and let the idiots be idiots.

Ditto. We just came south about a month ago and would add that there are sections from Tok to Glen Allen in pretty bad shape also. When I say pretty bad I am saying there are a number of frost heaves and rough sections that you have to slow down to about the speed limit or a little below if you are an RV. We likewise spent over four months traveling the ALCAN, Cassiar, Richardson, Parks, Glen, etc highways in a Class A towing a pickup without any windshield or other damage to either vehicle.

X3 --Just finished he Alaska HWY last month also in our TC. Were a few lengthy unpaved portions, but the unpaved areas were sometimes better than the paved sections!

I managed to find an unmarked frost heave and went airborne just when we thought we were in a clear stretch without heaves north of Destruction Bay. Never knew my TC and truck could fly but I found out at 45 mph it will lift off. Significant pucker factor at that point.

The stretch from Destruction Bay to Glen Allen was the worst. Luckily no damage but it was close. Caught one rock, but luckily it didn't crack the windshield. I don't think there are any bugs left north of the Canadian border as they all stuck to the front of our rig like fly paper so you should have a clear run.

2 broken water lines in the TC for the trip. Managed to get them fixed (I hope).

Sigh...the Alcan hasn't existed for decades. It is officially called the Alaska Highway, for more than half a century now.

Alcan was the label for the US military project for construction of the original dirt road.

Yeah, I take it kind of personal since I grew up on the Alaska Highway, Mile 1204 to be precise. :D

pigman1 wrote:
It's the summer in the far north. There will be construction. As usual the section from Destruction Bay north will be fair to poor and from Beaver Creek north will be terrible. Just slow down, pull over and let the idiots be idiots.

Ditto. We just came south about a month ago and would add that there are sections from Tok to Glen Allen in pretty bad shape also. When I say pretty bad I am saying there are a number of frost heaves and rough sections that you have to slow down to about the speed limit or a little below if you are an RV. We likewise spent over four months traveling the ALCAN, Cassiar, Richardson, Parks, Glen, etc highways in a Class A towing a pickup without any windshield or other damage to either vehicle.

Thanks. Didn't mean for a double post but was advised that I'd get better responses on "RVing in Canada and Alaska".

I'll give the same reply that I wrote in your other post.

No, it's not a mess. There are areas of construction just like in the lower 48.

The area around Destruction Bay will never be smooth because of what the highway is built on. They have challenges up there with such a short season for doing repairs. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and just took it slow and enjoyed the scenery. It's not an interstate.

We had absolutely no damage to the MH or toad on our full summer trip.

It's the summer in the far north. There will be construction. As usual the section from Destruction Bay north will be fair to poor and from Beaver Creek north will be terrible. Just slow down, pull over and let the idiots be idiots.