Planning summer 2022 trip to Alaska Fly/Rent
We are planning to take a trip next summer. Think we will try Alaska. Planning to fly and rent a Class C (or A). We have traveled for years including across country in a TT, but with limited time, ...
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After living there for a year and realizing how little we actually saw during the one summer we were there, (Typical summer, working full time+, mostly weekend trips and kids started football in end of July) I would not try to "see it all".
I've never taken the bus through Denali. We did camp there early in the spring when it opened to locals and drove up a ways. Regardless it seems like a destination so I'd try to include that if you're inclined.
I'd boondock everywhere except Denali and down on the Kenai Peninsula (but there are good boondock places there, know a couple that are awesome, but not on the side of the highway).
If I went back for 2 weeks, I'd spend up to a week on the Kenai Pen, maybe less depending on how much of a loop you want to do elsewhere. Whale watching and glacier tours are cool. But if you fish, I'd go halibut/salmon fishing. Still see whales, still see glaciers but not close up and you generally come away with some good eatin!
Then I'd head to Denali, then Denali Hwy (if you're ok with breaking the "rules" in your rental), down to Chitina and Mc Carthy and back.
Caveat, never made the Denaili Hwy trip, nor did we make it all the way to Mc Carthy (got held up too long fishing...) so maybe that's why I recommended those locations.
IMO, not enough time to go to Fbks and other locations north in the same trip.
And if you're looking to kill a half day back near Achorage, Hatcher Pass is beautiful, road is good (but another non no location with the rental rules).
FWIW, some friends rented a moho and we hit every dirt road that was on our path. They brought the moho back dirty (not trashed, but could tell it went off pavement) and no issues because they didn't damage anything.
I've never taken the bus through Denali. We did camp there early in the spring when it opened to locals and drove up a ways. Regardless it seems like a destination so I'd try to include that if you're inclined.
I'd boondock everywhere except Denali and down on the Kenai Peninsula (but there are good boondock places there, know a couple that are awesome, but not on the side of the highway).
If I went back for 2 weeks, I'd spend up to a week on the Kenai Pen, maybe less depending on how much of a loop you want to do elsewhere. Whale watching and glacier tours are cool. But if you fish, I'd go halibut/salmon fishing. Still see whales, still see glaciers but not close up and you generally come away with some good eatin!
Then I'd head to Denali, then Denali Hwy (if you're ok with breaking the "rules" in your rental), down to Chitina and Mc Carthy and back.
Caveat, never made the Denaili Hwy trip, nor did we make it all the way to Mc Carthy (got held up too long fishing...) so maybe that's why I recommended those locations.
IMO, not enough time to go to Fbks and other locations north in the same trip.
And if you're looking to kill a half day back near Achorage, Hatcher Pass is beautiful, road is good (but another non no location with the rental rules).
FWIW, some friends rented a moho and we hit every dirt road that was on our path. They brought the moho back dirty (not trashed, but could tell it went off pavement) and no issues because they didn't damage anything.
