Trip from Calgary, AB to Alaska
We live in Alabama but going to Calgary for the stampede in July. My wife and I are considering driving to Alaska from Calgary. Being from Alabama we don't drive through many mountains and am concer...
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davidcc wrote:
We have reservations at the Spring Hill RV Park in Cochran and have tickets to two rodeo days and Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. I will probably get tickets to another rodeo day and then just walk around the park and take in free events for a couple of days. We were in Calgary last year and parked the RV at Calgary West Campground but did not have a good experience there.
Thanks for all the responses about the roads and things to prepare for. I did not know about the Milepost book but will get one because I was concerned about the road conditions. I really appreciate all the help and any thoughts about things to do and see in Alaska would be appreciated
David
You will enjoy Spring Lake in Cochrane. We have been there a few times and have had good experiences there. I would suggest going from Calgary to Banff then on to Jasper. If you can't get into one of the full service campgrounds there is always the overflows by Lake Louise and Columbia Icefields on your way to Jasper. From there its a toss up as which way to go to Alaska. I have gone both ways (Jasper/Prince George/Dawson Creek)(Jasper/Grande Cache/Grande Prairie). I like the Jasper/PG/DC route because you go through the mountains where as the Jasper/GC/GP route goes around the mountains and not as nice and the road between Hinton and Grande Cache is narrow in spots and a bit rough.
