clockdrfla
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Considering Alaska travel next year. Thinking about 2-3 month stay. What months would be best for traveling? Have ordered Milemarker but have not received it. Comments and suggestions please. Thanks
AStravelers said:BTW, Denali NP says only about 25% of the park visitors get to see any of Mt Denali. Either the clouds cover the bottom or the top of the mountain for 75% of the visitors. Also only about 10% of the visitors see the entire mountain free of clouds. The main reason we got to see so much of Mt Denali is we stayed in the park for 11 days, and had the wonderful 3 days of great weather.
Another reason to go early i.e. May and the first half of June. Bugs start in the last half of June and start going away in August. We spent late June though early August right on the shoreline in Homer, Seward and Valdez, very few bugs.Oldgator73 said:I can attest to what AStravelers statement about Denali. I did a remote tour to Alaska in the mid 80's. My wife and kids visited and we took a hop (I worked for Mark Air part time so we could fly space A) to Fairbanks and took the train back to Anchorage. As we were passing by Denali the conductor told us to look to the right and we could see where Denali is supposed to be. Of course we couldn't actually see Denali because of the fog.
One other thing that you will have to contend with are the bugs. No Seeums and white socks. Terrible.
Yes, many of the RV parks are gravel parking lots. Many don't have sewer hookups, but do have a dump station. Keep in mind your RV is self contained so why do you need sewer hookups.clockdrfla said:Was concerned about the roads. Will be pulling a 39' fifth wheel hoping it won't get beat to hell. RV Park reviews has been helpful but surprised of the low ratings for many of the parks. Do most people stay in between Anchorage and Fairbanks areas?