Highway 4: Watson Lake to Carmacks
Been to Alaska 4 times now & thinking about doing trip #5. We have driven most every road possible to drive. Not many are left. Hwy 4 is one of them. Considered doing it in 2011 but was advised not...
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Doug, I didn’t go as far as Carmacks, only to Little Salmon Lake (haha) a few years ago now.
It was a mixed bag of narrow’ish gravel 1.5 lane wide to 2 lane hard surfaced road. Traffic tended to be in ‘bunches’ of 3 to 6 pickups or 2 semi’s at a time.
I did it with a 20’ tag trailer carrying a dismantled airplane behind a 34’ class A. I won’t say it was exactly a relaxing drive, but not a white-knuckle expedition either.
I was told by locals that time of year and recent weather was key, so that’s what I used to time the trip.
It was a mixed bag of narrow’ish gravel 1.5 lane wide to 2 lane hard surfaced road. Traffic tended to be in ‘bunches’ of 3 to 6 pickups or 2 semi’s at a time.
I did it with a 20’ tag trailer carrying a dismantled airplane behind a 34’ class A. I won’t say it was exactly a relaxing drive, but not a white-knuckle expedition either.
I was told by locals that time of year and recent weather was key, so that’s what I used to time the trip.
