Driving the Cassiar Highway in November

Jefe
How about a couple of shots of your cool rack on the back.
Apologies to real poets LOL

crosscheck wrote:
List of Gas and diesel stations open in winter:

Kitwanga 0km
Bell II 249km
Iskut 405km
Dease Lake 480km
Good Hope Lake 628km
Junction #37 and Alaska Hwy 727km

Remember that stations opperate at different hours(reduced) in the winter. Fuel up before heading to the next place. You might want to carry a 5 gallon container just in case. The only time there was a problem in the hundreds of times I have travelling #37 in the winter over the last 30 years was when there was a warm spell and there was rain or thaws that turned the roads into ice rinks.

If you ever have a problem, get out of your vehicle, hold your hand up and you will receive some sort of assistance from everyone who passes. In the past, that was the way of the north.

Dave

Thank you Dave,

We are at the Nugget tonight just short of the Cassiar on the Alaskan Highway. We will head down the Cassiar tomorrow. Looks like some flurries called for but nothing worrisome. We stayed in Beaver Creek last night and left out at 0730 in the dark. Temp was minus 4 F. and dropped to minus 12F for the next few hours. Started warming into the 20's as we approached Whitehorse. I always worry about my fuel gelling at those temps even though I double up the anti-gel.

Cheers
Jim

Dave,
My, that was poetic. I also like GritDog's suggestion: good 'ol Yankee Ingenuity. We drove the Cassiar and environs on June 2-5, 2003. According to my sources a lot more of it was paved by then, compared to June of 1970: the wild and woolly days when we first contemplated doing it and it was 100% gravel. Fear of running out of gas in the winter, in the Northlands has a deep organic feel to it, mostly because of the unknown, and from watching too many episodes of "Ice Road Truckers". The only time I've ever needed fuel and had little to choose from was in off-beat Death Valley. Luckily we had two- 5 gallon diesel fuel cans which took a while to hand pour into the tank but got us back to a very expensive civilization ($5.25/gal.). Here are the cans and some firewood on our rear rack:

I hope down the road that Jeanie and I can do a late Fall trip to AK/BC. I guess the most pressing question is: is your TC winter-ready? Mucho insulation; double pane windows, heated tanks; winter tires; 1 set of chains. If you're going all the way down to OR to pick it up, I suspect you have this covered. Take a lot of pix.
jefe

List of Gas and diesel stations open in winter:

Kitwanga 0km
Bell II 249km
Iskut 405km
Dease Lake 480km
Good Hope Lake 628km
Junction #37 and Alaska Hwy 727km

Remember that stations opperate at different hours(reduced) in the winter. Fuel up before heading to the next place. You might want to carry a 5 gallon container just in case. The only time there was a problem in the hundreds of times I have travelling #37 in the winter over the last 30 years was when there was a warm spell and there was rain or thaws that turned the roads into ice rinks.

If you ever have a problem, get out of your vehicle, hold your hand up and you will receive some sort of assistance from everyone who passes. In the past, that was the way of the north.

Dave

We did it Dec & Jan 2001 took the,Sea to Sky ,Cassiar then on up to Alaska with no fuel problems had spare jerry can but never used that trip was with a chevy 8.1 vortec gasser (9.1 per)

Hey, suggestion, find a used trailer, biggest you can tow back, if you can find a good deal on CL or something.
Just like campers, trailers cost ALOT more in AK. I sold both a utility trailer and enclosed snowmachine trailer they I brought up. Pretty much paid for the one way trip with one of the trailers. The other one Id had for almost 10 years and got $1500 more than a paid 10 years prior!
Sold the TC we had up there too. Good way to make a few bucks if you're so inclined.

I'd even think about buying a little TT if you could tow it back. Or put a second TC on a flatbed trailer.

I did the Alcan in early April. Similar, not tourist season. Yes some were closed, but the locals need fuel too and it's the only highway around, lol.
I dumped in 5 gal once but I passed a gas station on half a tank and was getting 8 mpg.
Bring a can or 2 of fuel to make you feel better and have fun! I'm jealous.....

This question might be answered better and quicker in the RVing in Alaska and Canada section of rv.net
Or the Road and Route area.