Your suggestions please, on route
I'm a virgin, and planning my first drive up for next spring. Origination California and nothing unusual on my outbound trip, using the suggested route from 2014 Milepost page 747. It's the return r...
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Haines is a deadend, yup. But a great drive. Ferry can be boarded at Haines.
Skagway is also a deadend. Another great drive. Ferry can also be boarded at Haines.
If you like to drive, then taking the Alaska Highway northbound is a good idea, and the Cassiar Highway (Hwy 37) southbound provides a nice route. Makes it easy to stop in at Stewart BC and Hyder AK. We very much like driving the Cassiar Highway. There are three excellent provincial parks along this route, all very nice overnight stops.
There aren't many lesser roads out of Skagway or Haines. Only the same routes on which you drive in.
The coastal area is mountainous, thus no lesser roads connecting communities. Just the local roads around each community.
Some would argue the Cassiar is a lesser road :B
Skagway is also a deadend. Another great drive. Ferry can also be boarded at Haines.
If you like to drive, then taking the Alaska Highway northbound is a good idea, and the Cassiar Highway (Hwy 37) southbound provides a nice route. Makes it easy to stop in at Stewart BC and Hyder AK. We very much like driving the Cassiar Highway. There are three excellent provincial parks along this route, all very nice overnight stops.
There aren't many lesser roads out of Skagway or Haines. Only the same routes on which you drive in.
The coastal area is mountainous, thus no lesser roads connecting communities. Just the local roads around each community.
Some would argue the Cassiar is a lesser road :B
