Dawson City to Watson Lake

Considered doing it last year but after looking at sections of it on Google Earth thought better if it with the largish 5er & 2WD truck. Would not hesitate with a truck camper or a B.

Veebyes wrote:
Considered doing it last year but after looking at sections of it on Google Earth thought better if it with the largish 5er & 2WD truck. Would not hesitate with a truck camper or a B.

I don't know how much it might have changed, but the Google Earth streetview images are from 2009.

There's some good information and advice in this recent thread.

Personally, I would love to travel the Campbell highway, but would give it very much thought and consideration and enquire locally about conditions before taking a motorhome down it...and I am not generally scared about going on imperfect roads, such as the Dalton Highway all the way up to Deadhorse or the Taylor to Eagle.

Look up posts from Sue.t exlporenorth on RVnet both of them live in the Yukon.
As well check this and other official Yukon sites for the latest info.
Yukon info

Soup.

I imagine weather will be the deciding factor. A nice dry gravel road can turn into a gooey mess with rain. We have done the TOW 4 times now however we have been extremely lucky in having a dry road every time.

Here's my Campbell Highway Road Log from July 2018, with almost 100 photos. Even in my Class A I would do it again, but it's not a road to be in a hurry on. Early October, though, can be Early Winter, so I'd sure check the weather carefully.

Thanks, Murray. This is huge help. When I traveled this road in 2005, I was by myself (well my dog was with me) and therefore I didn't take a lot of pictures. This was also early October and the weather was great. We'll be checking it frequently and will decide at Carmacks whether we try it.

Here's my photos of the route on various years and months
http://yukonsights.ca/CampbellHwy.html

The Yukon government campgrounds along the Frenchman Tatchun road are some of our favorites in Yukon.
http://suethomas.ca/20080701_FrenchmanLake.html

One of our favorite campsites at Frenchman Lake

Thank you, Sue.

We will hopefully be making the Campbell Highway trip in early October.

Chris

Be sure to check the conditions of the highway before heading out on it. Snow can fly then and because it is a remote highway between Ross River and Watson Lake, it may not be cleared or driveable.
And you know there isn't a gas station between Ross River and Watson Lake. Sometimes the Ross River station is out of fuel and in Faro, the digital system was out of order when we were there once so fuel could not be pumped. So we always carry some fuel with us when travelling the Campbell Highway.