Border closure extended

jsummers72 wrote:
From AK to the Lower 48 there have been different experiences. In the last 10 days 2 different families left Palmer for AZ. One got thru', the other was turned back. Ram truck pulling TT got thru', MH pulling toad was turned back. Who knows why ? A Sept article in the Anchorage newspaper on the Border closure Extension said CBC says they're allowing 5 crossings per day in the "Western States". Does that mean crossings going South from AK, or crossings heading to AK from the Lower 48. Who knows ? If you call and finally get a real person the CBC will tell you "it all depends". I think they are allowing the Border Agents to decide "as the situation dictates" from day to day. Good luck. We're staying in AK this winter for the 1st time since 2006. Hello snow shovel.

I just made the trip from AK to ID just a couple weeks ago, you can go through Canada with an approved purpose not just for a vacation. It's not 5 vehicle crossings per day, it's 5 open border crossings for Alaskan's use on the stateside border (2 in WA, 1 in ID, 1 in MT, etc). You are given 5 days to make the journey, with a 24 hour limit in the Yukon. Most of us who entered Canada in the morning, drove all the way through the Yukon and parked in a pullout in BC, 5 Kilometers from the Yukon border. I drove through in 3 long days with a truck camper without issue (gas and camped in pullouts) but followed the Canadian rules to the letter to avoid any fines. Canadian Provincial parks and campgrounds are closed to Americans so pullouts are it. People at the gas stations and check points were all friendly to me as usual and did not treat us a the lepers that the Canadian Gov't did. We had our "Scarlet Letter" in the windshield for the trip and turned in our paperwork at the southern end to confirm departure from Canada. Follow the rules and everything is okay, I'm proof of that.