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Best time to be Snowcatting Alaska in the year?

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Muzz69

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Hello Folks,

Sorry and dumb question from a dumb Englishman, but I am trying to do my homework here. OK, given that I will have 6-8 weeks a year to enjoy the snow and wilderness in Alaska, when are those 6-8 weeks in the year in terms of deep snow and blue skies and for general travel by snow....

Your kind advice much appreciated!

Muzz

(Be nice to me now - I'm new here...)
 
I would reccommend late February through early April. The temps are warmer and there is much more day light then too. There is generally better weather then also.

What area of Alaska are you thinking about going to? There are plenty of places to go and get lost here. :-)
 
Hi TD,

Was thinking of Anchorage and just sort of moving a round year year, I'd like to see as much and as different as I can every year, but using Anchorage as a place to store the ST and a snowmobile....:thumb:
 
Muzz69 said:
Hi TD,

Was thinking of Anchorage and just sort of moving a round year year, I'd like to see as much and as different as I can every year, but using Anchorage as a place to store the ST and a snowmobile....:thumb:
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Fairbanks would be a better place for doing that as a base to work out of. There are some really neat places in Anchorage to go from, but they are few and require a lot of driving to get to. Teledawg has a neat place up by Hatcher Pass, but after a day or so, you pretty much have run all over the "Bowl" and need to move on to find more places. Going up over the pass would be quite the trip from his side, but a bit steep once over the crest since the roads are "Cut backs" and covered in snow, would make for an "Intense" ride down.

Here in the interior, you can go a lot of different directions, even travel the Interior River system (Yukon and Tanana Rivers), but I don't like to spend too much time on them myself, but they are very heavily traveled on during the winter by snowmachine and a few drop in now and then, mostly due to too much "Oly Pop" by the locals (that is beer).

There is a bunch of us here that go out to cabins and such and you could tag along with us.
 
Hi Fogtender, thanks for the advice, and much appreciated. I will have a look around the Fairbanks area now on the internet. Lets keep i touch! Thanks

Muzz
 
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