Biking weather in Northern British Columbia, Alaska Hiway to Whitehorse Yukon .... you are safe till the end of september. Very beautiful time of year when the leaf’s change colour. Warm to very hot during the days, cool to cold during the nights. You can push it to mid october but then better think about heading south. We rode up here last year into november ( days ) but that was an exceptional year.

The most important thing you have to keep in mind when leaving or going through this area in the spring and fall is the mountain passes. Heading south toward Washington from north of Dawson Creek on hiway 97 south you have to go through the Pine Pass or vice versa.

You have about 50 miles of high mountain pass, which goes without saying .. susceptible to snow .. sleet or at least rain. You can wait storms out on either end and if really stuck can have the bike hauled to Prince George where you should be on you way.

These rules also apply coming down the hiway from Whitehorse to Dawson Creek. You may encounter bad weather road condition around mile 800 to Watson Lake mile 600. If the weather is real bad and stays bad you may want to head down the Dease Lake Hiway ... junction just north of Watson Lake straight south to Hazleton then across to Prince George.

Doing this will avoid the mountain passes at Muncho Lake (475) Summit Lake (396) Steamboat Mountain (350) and Pink Mountain (200) these area’s get snow and crappy weather first. As a final note ... I’m not sure what the other fellow meant by long distances. Traveling north up the Alaska can be done in 300 mile intervals getting you into a town with all amenities, with lodges and gas stations in between. If you do get into trouble ... never fear. This is the land of friendly people. We’ll get you to where you going and be happy to see you return.

Crank that throttle

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Murphy

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Murphy