Most folks come up here in June or July. But if you want the BEST chances of seeing Denali come in April or May. Yes it is a bit cool, days are in the high 40's to low 50's here in Fairbanks but skies are very clear, free of pollution and this is still a very dry time (fewer clouds).So if you are planning to come this JUNE start now if you can. If you are planning for next year same thing. And you have the added benefit that things are not nearly as crowded and busy.By the middle of May virtually everything is open.

Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?

Unless their protocols have changed, once the maintenance crews finish up plowing the roads to where they are passable - the park road permits free no fee travel to Teklanika River at mile 31.....on snowier seasons the road will not be open until well into May - the park officially opens right before Memorial Day Weekend with fees and restricted travel rules in place.During April when the park road is drivable and passable, most areas are still snowpacked throughout the park itself.

2lazy4U wrote:Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?They are already coming out, we are in the 50's today.

MORSNOW wrote:2lazy4U wrote:Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?They are already coming out, we are in the 50's today.I was afraid of that. Was thinking about heading north in a couple of weeks. I dunno, maybe this will be the year I explore closer to home.

2lazy4U wrote:MORSNOW wrote:2lazy4U wrote:Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?They are already coming out, we are in the 50's today.I was afraid of that. Was thinking about heading north in a couple of weeks. I dunno, maybe this will be the year I explore closer to home.Don't let something as mundane and easily avoided as a mosquito keep you from seeing someplace as stupendously beautiful as Alaska. And if mosquitoes really are so terrible for you, you could still visit the main centers like Anchorage and Fairbanks and Denali Visitor Center and Homer and Valdez and Seward and Skagway and probably never see as many mosquitoes as you do at home.They can be bad at certain times of th year and in particular places. But dont' let scare stories stop you.

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fulltimedaniel
Explorer
Apr 15, 2017
2lazy4U wrote:
MORSNOW wrote:
2lazy4U wrote:
Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?

They are already coming out, we are in the 50's today.

I was afraid of that. Was thinking about heading north in a couple of weeks. I dunno, maybe this will be the year I explore closer to home.

Don't let something as mundane and easily avoided as a mosquito keep you from seeing someplace as stupendously beautiful as Alaska. And if mosquitoes really are so terrible for you, you could still visit the main centers like Anchorage and Fairbanks and Denali Visitor Center and Homer and Valdez and Seward and Skagway and probably never see as many mosquitoes as you do at home.

They can be bad at certain times of th year and in particular places. But dont' let scare stories stop you.
2lazy4U
Explorer
Apr 15, 2017
MORSNOW wrote:
2lazy4U wrote:
Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?

They are already coming out, we are in the 50's today.

I was afraid of that. Was thinking about heading north in a couple of weeks. I dunno, maybe this will be the year I explore closer to home.
MORSNOW
Navigator II
Apr 15, 2017
2lazy4U wrote:
Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?

They are already coming out, we are in the 50's today.
AKsilvereagle
Explorer II
Apr 14, 2017
Unless their protocols have changed, once the maintenance crews finish up plowing the roads to where they are passable - the park road permits free no fee travel to Teklanika River at mile 31.....on snowier seasons the road will not be open until well into May - the park officially opens right before Memorial Day Weekend with fees and restricted travel rules in place.

During April when the park road is drivable and passable, most areas are still snowpacked throughout the park itself.
2lazy4U
Explorer
Apr 14, 2017
Are the mosquitoes still sleeping if I come early?

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