I'll be visiting the Great White North-YIPPEEE!!

Hi Ladybug, pull up a leaf and have a beer!

You could push your plans back a week and meet up with a bunch of folks in Dawson City, YT. Well all be there on the 15th of june and will be in town until the 17th.

If that wont work for ya, there's a lotta local knowledge about Alaska and great folks to be found here.

Check out the "Over The Top Hop", and "Dalton Dualers" threads.

Frank

I'll be on a blue wee-strom leaving hopefully June 1st and coming home in 8 weeks. Plan on spending 3 of the 8 weeks in Yukon and Alaska trying to not rush and spend lots of time enjoying the scenery and roads. Glad to see I will have a lot of company up there, should be great!

I'll be going this way from Kelowna:


Or if you are looking for the best routes in and out of Calgary, I can assist. Do you have a GPS?

+1 on what KodiakFrank said... The more the merrier! And if you have any questions, we promise not to bite... Welcome to the asylum, and to AK!

Hey Ladybug, I goofed up one of the threads I suggested you check out. It should be the "Dualin' Dalton" thread .



BTW Welcome to the Asylum!

Frank

Hey Moosekilla, We've got another Coastie rider comin' with us. His first name is Jack, so I figure we'll just call him "Jack Mehoff"!

So that's four for our group so far.

Now you guys will be a frightening bunch:eek1 I mite have to keep my distance

Liard Hot Springs!!

Did someone say Liard hot springs! thats a must stop on the Alcan

Another vote for Liard Hotsprings in Northern BC
You can see some pics here:
http://www.st-owners.com/gallery/browseimages.php?c=33&userid=2113


Also almost all of the best bike roads in BC and Washington State can be found here:

http://www.destinationhighways.com/

I personally love the top half of the Duffy Lake Loop (Vancouver to Lillooet), there's also a really nice hotsprings tour you can do roughly hitting off Creston, Kaslo, Nakusp, Limby to Vernon (with some side branches for hotsprings etc) The ferry ride is free and the twisties and sweepers come with a great view. Its all mountains. Refer to the book, when they say its a top rated biker highway, they're right! This would be some of the best paved stuff in BC.

This map would give you a good idea of some really good stuff in BC without buying the book:
http://www.canstoc.ca/

Enjoy yourself!

Rob

You will find most everyone up here pretty friendly. In the past Fireside (between Liard Hotsprings & Watson Lake) wouldn't sell gas to people on motorcycles. Besides the wife and I.....I know of 2 others who were refused service there. :eek1

I do encourage riders to stop there and try and get gas....just be in the position of not needing it. Things may have changed now??? If not it's always nice to hassle them.

Liard Hotsprings is between Fort Nelson BC and Watson Lake Yukon. Its close to (or maybe even inside) Muncho Lake Provincial Park. From memory its a few hours west of Fort Nelson. Its well posted.

What?! What the hell was that about?
They think you were with the HA's or sumpthin?
They give a reason?

They just tell you they are out of gas. Had a couple of friends stop there on 2 seperate trips and got the same story. I encourage riders to stop there to see what happens.

We got gas at Iron Creek and talked to the lodge owner. He has some real horror stories about Fireside. They don't want people on bicycles or people of color there either. Seems it has more to do with those types of people not spending much money there more than anything else.

Most lodges on the Alcan have a tendency to bad-mouth their competition down the road, so ya gotta take what they say with a grain of salt.

Liard Hot Springs is the bomb diggity! It has been about 14 years or so since I have been there, but it would be a great place to spend a day of RnR for a road weary body...