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jukes
Explorer
Jan 11, 2022

ALASKA! Driving from California to Anchorage...

Hi!! We are thinking to drive from Santa Cruz, CA to Achorage (and explore from there).. It's showing as 60hrs, is that winter hours, would it be a faster route in the summer (very end of May)? ...
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ScottG
Nomad
Jan 11, 2022
jukes wrote:
ScottG wrote:
Most of the driving directions sites (like Mapquest) give you driving time at that very moment. Get the same directions at a another time and the driving time will be different based on current traffic.
So you can "play" with it to figure out the best times.


oh so I can change it to May or June, when certain roads may be clear of snow for example?


Sadly, no. You could try at say 7:00 AM today and then like Noon but you can't do anything in the future.
Sorry if I mislead.

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