george1011 wrote:
We haven't traveled the Cassier yet so that is why we are looking at that route back to Prince George. We are debating now if we want to deal with the road conditions vs. the Alcan again. We do not remember that portion of the alcan being as bad as it sounds like the Cassier may be. We are a bit concerned our coach may go on strike if we beat it up much more,lol.
The Cassiar is MUCH better than the Alaska Hwy. between Border City, Alaska and Kluane Lake, Yukon. I just don't understand all the concern over the Cassiar--if you take it easy and don't try to go from Watson Lake to Kitwanga in one day. Yea, some of it doesn't have a shoulder, much of it is chip-sealed, and some of it doesn't have a centerline. But dozens of miles of the Alcan in multiple locations were the same and there was far less construction on the Cassiar than on the Alcan.
The only rough road we had was the 20 miles section east of Dease Lake (the lake, not the town) and, like I said, it was much better than the Alcan on both sides of Beaver Creek for a considerably longer distance than 20 miles. If you have driven your motorcoach on State highways in the U.S., you should not have any trouble with the Cassiar. And, if you can make it from Watson Lake to Dease Lake, Dease Lake to Bell 2, and Bell 2 to Stewart without refueling, then fuel shouldn't be a problem either, because all those places have fuel all year (ie., people live there year-round). But, in spite of having just driven both roads in July and August, that's only my opinion.
