Dalton Highway Article for TCers

[Geewizard]

Interesting article from a NYTimes writer. The comments at the end are equally interesting.

I found driving the Dalton with my TC to be a great adventure, one that I did several times for fun and for work.

Driving the Dalton Highway, North America's loneliest road

[Geewizard]

Rbertalotto wrote:

Mary Kitchen Roast Beef Hash

....:B

...with a Moose Drool beer! 😉

[c_traveler2]

Great photos everyone, my wife and I are planning a return trip in the summer of 2017 a little later in the summer.

[Chuck_and_Di]

Next trip, swing across the border and do the even longer Demster Highway 🙂

[Rbertalotto]

Mary Kitchen Roast Beef Hash

....:B

[Geewizard]

I'm glad my post triggered many memories and photos!

And they make me want to go back North right away......

[54suds]

my favorite photo of the our Dalton Rd.

ps this has been photoshop stiched

[Scott16]

Good trip. Thanks for the photos and the post.
Scott

[flht_db]

I rode the Dalton last year on a motorcycle. Along with Top of the World and Denali. Was going to ride the Dempster but with the amount of rain it was closed part way up.

Plan is an extended trip to Alaska in a few years, with the TC pulling an enclosed trailer with the bike(s)

South of Coldfoot


Coldfoot, just stopped for fuel




North of Coldfoot, when anybody asks why?


On the Atigun Pass




About 50 miles south of Prudhoe Bay


My Lodging in Prudhoe Bay - on the Tundra


Comforting sign at Prudhoe Bay Hotel (was full)




Top of the World was fun.....

[jefe_4x4]

Alex, we need to see some trip reports. You were on the road for at least 12 weeks so we need to see some pictures and a write up or two. Is any of this on your Picasso?
jefe

[jefe_4x4]

Just another NY, city-slicker, wanabe wordsmith. I'm tired of pure technique with no substance or reality. And let's get this straight: the Loneliest Highway in America is Highway 50 across Nevada. No other route compares.
Many of us have done both the Dalton and the Dempster, Jeanie and I in 2003. But, there are other options along the way that make both look pretty tame. One is the available 'old road' sections that we took. Another is the road to McCarthy. When you drive over a former railroad grade and find some ties with spikes still sticking out protruding from the road; that's remote.
2 sections of the Dempster on June 10th, 2003: Not a whole lot of traffic.



An abandoned chunk of the Dalton, the 'old road' more or less as it was after 1942:

Yet another gravel pit camp along the road to McCarthy:

[Homeless_by_Cho]

I have driven the entire length of the Dempster and the Dalton highways with my truck camper in 2012 and 2014. Those two roads make the whole trip worthwhile. In my opinion both of those roads are better than I40 around the Flagstaff, AZ area and I10 just east of Quartzsite.

I already have plans for returning for the summer of 2018.

LeRoy

[Nemo667]

If loneliness is the state of being aware of your aloneness, then solitude is different: To be solitary is to be inside yourself with no need for escape -- a separateness without the human ache of isolation.

Thanks for the link

[LabMan1945]

The tone of the article (at least the way I interpreted it) was normal for a city boy who needs a gas station, restaurant etc. on every corner and to be surrounded by people 24/7. It may be totally wrong perception but....
I drove up to Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay in 2012 and again this past summer and found it to be a very interesting and enjoyable part of my trip. There was not as much wildlife seen this year but plenty of wildflowers and beautiful scenery. On neither trip was the road overly bad. There was some rain on the 2012 trip and a lot of dust this summer but overall a better road than I have found here in north central Maine!
c.traveler2's pictures sure brought back fond memories!
Grant

[D_E_Bishop]

I will add one word of caution when driving the haul road, in fact I found it a very good practice everywhere we drive our RV. When you see a big rig coming at you, pull to the right as far as you can and slow down. You will be surprised, or not, when you see the oncoming semi do the same thing. Their windshields are just as expensive as ours and the local constabulary writes locals up for broken or cracked windshields. It's just a good way to say Hi, and let them know we are not all jerks. And yes I have been on the haul road twice and Alaska three times in an RV.