Boondocking with small trailer

People tent across Yukon and Alaska without issue. Softside trailer or pop-up isn't an issue. Our first camping trip north was in a tent, we also tented the two weeks during our river rafting trip on the Alsek River in Yukon (Tatshenshini River flows INTO the Alsek).

Regardless of what you're sleeping in, keeping a clean campsite is important.

Bears don't have much issue breaking into houses, garages or vehicles if they're tempted. Previous owner of the cabin we live in left some candy on the kitchen table when he was away during the spring. He came home to a broken window, empty candy dish, and the bear claw marks are still on the drywall in the bedroom.

A bear also broke into a garage when the homeowner thought aging moose meat in the garage was a good idea. Bear enjoyed the hanging carcass after tearing through the garage wall.

RoyB wrote:
I probably would stick with something with hard sides just to make feel alittle safer from both four legged and two legged animals.

My 2010 F150 pulls my 2008 Starcraft 14RT Off-Road POPUP trailer just fine. It weighs in around 4200lbs for us...

A POPUP with fabric windows and sides is probably not a good idea on the road to Alaska...

The make and model he mentions is hard-sided.

X2 on what Roy B said!

WoodGlue

I probably would stick with something with hard sides just to make feel alittle safer from both four legged and two legged animals.

My 2010 F150 pulls my 2008 Starcraft 14RT Off-Road POPUP trailer just fine. It weighs in around 4200lbs for us...

A POPUP with fabric windows and sides is probably not a good idea on the road to Alaska...

Absolutely. We boondock en route and we have a fifth wheel. The size of your rig doesn't make a difference. What the motorhomers like is that they don't have to leave their vehicle when they stop, those of us with towables, do.