In 1996, my dad, brother and I went on the ultimate road trip. Our route included a trip over to Alberta to Banff and Jasper, up the Alaska Highway to the Yukon, up the Dempster to the Arctic Circle, over the "Top of the World Highway" into Alaska, to Fairbanks, Anchorage, Skagway and down the Cassiar Highway back to Seattle.
Start of the Highway is in Dawson Creek, BC
Fuel must be obtained at the Klondike-Dempster Highway turnoff. A full tank will get you to the Arctic Circle. If no gas is at the station there....you are stuck until it arrives.
The Dempster highway sits on top of a gravel berm to insulate the permafrost in the soil underneath. The thickness of the gravel pad ranges from four to eight feet in places . Without the pad, the permafrost would melt and the road would sink into the ground.
Dempster Highway
Alaska Highway Trip
Bear on road
Watson Lake's Signpost Forest
Muncho Lake
Tutshi Lake
World's Largest Tree Crusher!
Skagway, Alaska
Camping at Lake Laberge
Portage Lake, south of Anchorage
Matanuska Glacier from Hwy 1
Views on the Cassiar Highway
I believe it took 3 days to drive home via the Cassiar from Anchorage.
