When is generally a good time to start?

TOMMY47 wrote:
When is a good time to start into Alberta through Banff, Jasper to Alaska next year? I want to miss the snow.

Tough question to answer. We usually hit the border around the 1st of May. Sometimes it is clear sailing and sometimes we have to wait a few days for a spring snow to melt. In 2014 we were parked in Ft McCloud, Alberta for a week waiting for snow to melt along the ice Fields Parkway. It was 60 in Ft McCleod and 70 in Anchorage but a big snow in the Rockies between the two had the roads covered.
In 2012 we were in Anchorage by the 15th of May! We like to be on the road when the green grass starts sprouting along the sides of the highway. This creates many more wildlife viewing opportunities as they are coming to the roads for the fresh grass.

I would say if you want to drive straight through with no chance of being delayed by snow you should not hit the border until early June.

We are retired so a week here or there doesn't bother us at all. We have never been stranded at a place that we couldn't find things to see and do for a week.

A trip to Alaska from the lower 48 is definitely not something to be rushed. There is just to much beautiful country and wildlife to see to get in a hurry. (And then there is the infamous FROST HEAVES to contend with!) The trip is truly at least half the experience along the Alaskan Highway!