Fall in Alaska & Canada
What is the absolute latest should a TC stay in AK & Canada. Is the 1st of Oct. to late to cross back into US. thanks for all your replies.
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You can still have reasonable weather in both the Anchorage bowl region, AKA, the Banana Belt, but to drive out, you have to go through the Interior of Alaska and Northern Canada. The years we lived in Nenana Alaska, we anticipate the first sticking snow of winter about October 5, a family members birthday is how I remember.
Wouldn't be unexpected to run into tempertures close to 0F at night in the Interior. But the good thing is you don't tend to get heavy snows in the Interior. Most of it is basically a northern desert due to the limited moisture received. But with the colder winter temperatures and the underlying permanent frost, the snow and rain received goes a long ways.
I would generally recommend leaving Alaska the third week of September for most visitors. While living in rural Alaska for 25+ years, that was about when we parked the summer toys, got the winter ones ready to go, put the skiis on the airplanes and waited for winter.
But if a person wants to stay longer,just make sure your RV is ready to handle and cold weather or snow storms you might hit. Just don't get in too big a hurry, if you need to spend a couple of days at a town or roadhouse waiting for the road crews to clear the roads, then do so.
Wouldn't be unexpected to run into tempertures close to 0F at night in the Interior. But the good thing is you don't tend to get heavy snows in the Interior. Most of it is basically a northern desert due to the limited moisture received. But with the colder winter temperatures and the underlying permanent frost, the snow and rain received goes a long ways.
I would generally recommend leaving Alaska the third week of September for most visitors. While living in rural Alaska for 25+ years, that was about when we parked the summer toys, got the winter ones ready to go, put the skiis on the airplanes and waited for winter.
But if a person wants to stay longer,just make sure your RV is ready to handle and cold weather or snow storms you might hit. Just don't get in too big a hurry, if you need to spend a couple of days at a town or roadhouse waiting for the road crews to clear the roads, then do so.
