Hwy 37
Looking at my route, Hwy 37 between New Hazelton,BC and Watson Lake it appears to be about 450 miles with very few towns in between. How about fuel availability? Or should I re-reroute through Dawson ...
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Thanks a lot Joe, Sue and Paul. Extremely helpful.
I used Streets & Trips and it routed me along 37/16 to Prince George.
It looks more direct and I accepted it at first. More research seems to favor 97 tho.
For one thing, seems about 66-miles difference. A good hour+ of driving I'd guess. Not a deal killer for 97 tho.
A lady near a high point RV site, at elev 4200-ft, told me 97 was plowed and keep open year round and she said if I leave by Sept 15th I'd be able to get thru no problem.
My main concern is for safety and to get thru Canada. Maybe I'll change my mind on the road tho. No schedule I have to keep.
Another concern is having to pull up very long steep grades tho I'm not towing. I've read the 97 Hwy has been re-aligned over the years and improved.
I got this off a trucking site. It was written in August of 2010 by a trucker named Fuddle Duck HA!.
His mention of smoke makes me think I better check construction along the route.
Hwy #37 is mostly closed with piloted escorts during the day when possible due to forest fires on both sides of the highway. The smoke is dense and covers many miles.
Under normal circumstances there are only the two options to get to Watson Lake and that is the Alaska highway and #37. Thirty seven is a little shorter milage but that is where any advantage ends for that highway. I have traveled both ways thousands of times and do not choose 37 ever unless I have some reason that can not be avoided for being there.
Comparing the two routes I do not save time or fuel using thirty seven. Thirty seven has a fifty mile an hour speed limit, the road is narrow with no shoulders and some miles are still gravel. From Kitwanga to the Yukon border seems to be one hard steady pull especially for those of us pulling many wheels. Services of any kind are sparse and pretty much non existent for trucks. While traveling 37 you will have several very close calls with knuckleheads that are driving at warp one speed and on your side of the already narrow road, they seem unable to correct back to their side and expect you to get out of the way. Fly by nighters use this road to sneak overweight, unpermitted and oversize loads down the road with trucks that would be condemned in any inspection. The last one hundred miles to the Yukon border will shake the dash out of your truck and maybe brake your dentures. The two KW dealers west of P.G. are now closed so service for your truck may not be available should you need it, other than that have a wonderful trip on #37
RR
I used Streets & Trips and it routed me along 37/16 to Prince George.
It looks more direct and I accepted it at first. More research seems to favor 97 tho.
For one thing, seems about 66-miles difference. A good hour+ of driving I'd guess. Not a deal killer for 97 tho.
A lady near a high point RV site, at elev 4200-ft, told me 97 was plowed and keep open year round and she said if I leave by Sept 15th I'd be able to get thru no problem.
My main concern is for safety and to get thru Canada. Maybe I'll change my mind on the road tho. No schedule I have to keep.
Another concern is having to pull up very long steep grades tho I'm not towing. I've read the 97 Hwy has been re-aligned over the years and improved.
I got this off a trucking site. It was written in August of 2010 by a trucker named Fuddle Duck HA!.
His mention of smoke makes me think I better check construction along the route.
Hwy #37 is mostly closed with piloted escorts during the day when possible due to forest fires on both sides of the highway. The smoke is dense and covers many miles.
Under normal circumstances there are only the two options to get to Watson Lake and that is the Alaska highway and #37. Thirty seven is a little shorter milage but that is where any advantage ends for that highway. I have traveled both ways thousands of times and do not choose 37 ever unless I have some reason that can not be avoided for being there.
Comparing the two routes I do not save time or fuel using thirty seven. Thirty seven has a fifty mile an hour speed limit, the road is narrow with no shoulders and some miles are still gravel. From Kitwanga to the Yukon border seems to be one hard steady pull especially for those of us pulling many wheels. Services of any kind are sparse and pretty much non existent for trucks. While traveling 37 you will have several very close calls with knuckleheads that are driving at warp one speed and on your side of the already narrow road, they seem unable to correct back to their side and expect you to get out of the way. Fly by nighters use this road to sneak overweight, unpermitted and oversize loads down the road with trucks that would be condemned in any inspection. The last one hundred miles to the Yukon border will shake the dash out of your truck and maybe brake your dentures. The two KW dealers west of P.G. are now closed so service for your truck may not be available should you need it, other than that have a wonderful trip on #37
RR
