Best time to travel to Alaska
We are traveling to Alaska in our 5th wheel in August and September. We will be leaving from Whitefish, MT the last week of July. Is this too late to start our adventure? Our current itinerary is we...
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Crazy4silvers wrote:
Here in Fairbanks most tourist attractions including most public campgrounds will be closing by Labor Day. We normally get our first frost in late August which is also the wetest month in much of the state. Bus transportation will end in Denali in mid Sept so you should be ok there.
Agreed, especially about August often being very wet. While it's unusual for South Central Alaska to get snow in September, the Yukon along the Alcan can be iffy. When I drove it in the 80s in September, there was snow in the mountains north of Anchorage, and torrential rains in Canada. It's a **** shoot, really. Denali being open is totally dependent on the weather, but early September is usually okay, and the fall colors are wonderful. If you drive slowly, the old Denali Highway is a beautiful 2-day ride.
