Going north to Alaska on route #89 questions?
DW and I are planning an adventure to Alaska at the end of our 2015 snowbird season. We plan to start north around the first of April. Not sure if this is the correct forum for the questions I have,...
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I have used US 89 in both Wyoming and Montana, but think it would be much more rewarding on the trip home from Alaska than on the trip up in "early spring" (at the elevation of Yellowstone NP, that is still very early and possibly not even open yet if they have a late snowfall).
If you use it on the way home and are planning to visit Yellowstone Falls, I would highly recommend spending a few days detouring to Cooke City. Leave your RV parked there and take your TV or toad over the Bear Tooth Highway to Red Lodge. You will not regret the time or the drive, as it is one of the most exciting and scenic roads in the entire West.
But, DO NOT try to take your RV over it unless you have a pickup camper with the world's best brakes! Unfortunately, you cannot take that drive in the spring because the pass will not be open (the same goes for the Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier, which usually opens in early to mid-June).
If you use it on the way home and are planning to visit Yellowstone Falls, I would highly recommend spending a few days detouring to Cooke City. Leave your RV parked there and take your TV or toad over the Bear Tooth Highway to Red Lodge. You will not regret the time or the drive, as it is one of the most exciting and scenic roads in the entire West.
But, DO NOT try to take your RV over it unless you have a pickup camper with the world's best brakes! Unfortunately, you cannot take that drive in the spring because the pass will not be open (the same goes for the Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier, which usually opens in early to mid-June).
