Vancouver to Whitehorse via Vancouver Island?
Mods I'm re-posting this over here. I forgot we have a Canada forum. Getting a very late start in planning this year for our summer trip. I'm thinking of taking our 34 ft fifth wheel from Vancouver...
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MDKMDK wrote:
Can't help much on the Vancouver Island road restrictions, but the rest should be doable. So from Price Rupert you're taking the Cassiar to Watson Lake, then west to Whitehorse? It's a nice, but desolate along there. Lots of potential construction delays. Only concern is fuel. Others have said no problem getting diesel if that's what your F450 drinks. It will be hilly, winding, and frost heaves in places but that's the northern Canadian infrastructure.
On the way back there's a CG in Muncho Lake PP called Strawberry Flats. Right on the water, and your fiver should be OK getting in and out. We saw moose on the roadway the next morning after spending the night.
Yes, we're taking highway 37 so that's the route.
Yes, the truck is diesel. It's got a 48 gal tank, but towing we only get 9 MPG which works out to 26 L/Km, so our range is not great.
I'm worried about frost and ice. But we are not taking the trip until mid-June, possibly not till July. The truck is a dually with 19.5" commercial rated tires which do not do well in icy conditions. I'd rather not have to deal with chains as they'll probably mess up my Alcoa aluminum rims.
The alternative is to go the overland interior route, but that's not as scenic. That's the way we would be heading back down south.
