What should I stock up on?

joe b. wrote:
When you get to Alaska, you will find the roads referred to by name, not a number. Names such as, the Glenn Hwy, the Parks, the Richardson, the Seward, the Denali, should be called the Denali dirt road, the Tok Cut Off, still part of the Glenn, etc.

That's a fact! I have lived up here over 20 years and couldn't tell you a single road number. Intersections are also labled by road name or an arrow pointing which way to a town. We also have major roads that change names at curves within Anchorage (Muldoon Rd/Tudor Rd, L Street/Minnesota Dr/O'Malley Dr, Dimond Ave/Abott Loop Rd, etc).

If you use a compass for hiking, make sure you take the magnetic declination into account (magnetic north vs true north). Anchorage is around +17 degrees. It is shifting some, so many runways around the state have been remarked with a 1 degree change.

....and the higher prices up here are due to the Alaskan currency exchange. The exchange from your wallet to the stores register :-)

AKSuperDually wrote:
Bring spares of anything that might break, and any special tool required to fix it. Bring cash. Cash talks big time in canada and Alaska both.

Other than that....you can buy anything you need, pretty much most of the way. Maybe bring some ammunition, it's hard to find in Alaska. bringing up your limit of 22LR could probably make you enough profit to pay for a tank of gas.

Gotta love it,we know you know better looking at your profile.

Yeah, I lived in Alaska for many years and didn't recognize any of the Hwy #'s. I guess I knew in the back of my mind that they existed, but you'll never here them up there.

I'm aware that the Denali Highway is a dirt road but, unless conditions are particularly bad, I believe my Tiger can handle it. And I do know it will take longer and plan to stop a couple of nights along the way.

joe b. wrote:
When you get to Alaska, you will find the roads referred to by name, not a number. Names such as, the Glenn Hwy, the Parks, the Richardson, the Seward, the Denali, should be called the Denali dirt road, the Tok Cut Off, still part of the Glenn, etc.

....and the Denali Dirt Road is one of the most spectacular drives (IMNSHO) in the state, but it is not a good road for a big trailer or MH. Inverse relationship between the size of the RV and the speed at which it can be traversed

When you get to Alaska, you will find the roads referred to by name, not a number. Names such as, the Glenn Hwy, the Parks, the Richardson, the Seward, the Denali, should be called the Denali dirt road, the Tok Cut Off, still part of the Glenn, etc.

AK 8 maybe shorter but is going to take longer. I do not remember what the road was like (AK 8). Didn't think it was very good.

I'm not planning to visit Fairbanks but plan to take A1 to A4, north from Gulkana then west on the Denali Highway, SR8. It's a little shorter than going through Delta Jct. On my way back from the Kenai, I will likely take A1 from Palmer to Tok.

Mockturtle - If you do the "big loop" around the state, you'll almost have to pass through. It's between Tok & Fairbanks.

Gee, I wasn't planning on going through Delta Junction but may have to reconsider. ;)