Denali Hwy vs Fairbanks?
Instead of going through Fairbanks, I was contemplating turning south at Delta Junction on A4 then taking the Denali Highway AK-8 over to A3 before heading south to Anchorage. Will still make the 30 ...
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Thoughts (from nearly 60 years !!!) in Alaska:
- I took a couple of trips as a kid on the Denali Highway when it was "the highway" to get to McKinley. It was beautiful then and beautiful now.
- The Denali is arguably the most scenic drive in Alaska, although TOW and the Richardson into Valdez are also competitors.
- I've got some great friends in Fairbanks and go there often to see them and every now and then as a jumping off spot for hunting/fishing. Other than that, I don't find Fairbanks appealing, although there's plenty to do there.
- If your rig can handle an (often-rough) gravel road, take the Denali..but there's limited services and it's not a road to rush over.
- If you can swing it, I think one should take the "old road" from Delta to Anchorage. Then one can visit Denali NP by taking the Parks Highway back up North.
- I took a couple of trips as a kid on the Denali Highway when it was "the highway" to get to McKinley. It was beautiful then and beautiful now.
- The Denali is arguably the most scenic drive in Alaska, although TOW and the Richardson into Valdez are also competitors.
- I've got some great friends in Fairbanks and go there often to see them and every now and then as a jumping off spot for hunting/fishing. Other than that, I don't find Fairbanks appealing, although there's plenty to do there.
- If your rig can handle an (often-rough) gravel road, take the Denali..but there's limited services and it's not a road to rush over.
- If you can swing it, I think one should take the "old road" from Delta to Anchorage. Then one can visit Denali NP by taking the Parks Highway back up North.
