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Alcan. Dirt starts at Alcan. If you're taking ferry it will be near Whitehorse where road from Skagway rejoins Alcan.
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Unless we've entered a parallel universe, there are no dirt/gravel highways heading north, south, east or west around Whitehorse. It's possible a determined rider could find some dirt to ride on, but they'd have to go looking for it.
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Unless we've entered a parallel universe, there are no dirt/gravel highways heading north, south, east or west around Whitehorse. It's possible a determined rider could find some dirt to ride on, but they'd have to go looking for it.
The place where road from Skagway joins Alcan near Whitehorse is/was dirt last time I was there 5 years ago, and there wasn't much pavement from Hanes Junction on towards Alaska.
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The entire length of the Alcan Highway is paved, and has been for many years. So is the road up to Dawson, and the one down to Skagway. There are often some bits of gravel (which might extend ten or twenty miles) in construction zones, so I assume you encountered one or more of those. I have to doubt that this is what the OP was asking about. Rather, they seemed to be requesting information about either the Dalton, the Dempster, or both.

The Haines Highway was also fully paved quite a long time ago. That doesn't mean you didn't encounter roadworks on one side or the other of the border.

If for some reason the relevant authorities have actually restored any of those roads to gravel after all the money invested in paving them, I'd be surprised, chastened, and will publicly eat crow.

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The entire length of the Alcan Highway is paved, and has been for many years. So is the road up to Dawson, and the one down to Skagway. There are often some bits of gravel (which might extend ten or twenty miles) in construction zones, so I assume you encountered one or more of those. I have to doubt that this is what the OP was asking about. Rather, they seemed to be requesting information about either the Dalton, the Dempster, or both.

The Haines Highway was also fully paved quite a long time ago. That doesn't mean you didn't encounter roadworks on one side or the other of the border.

If for some reason the relevant authorities have actually restored any of those roads to gravel after all the money invested in paving them, I'd be surprised, chastened, and will publicly eat crow.

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I don't know what you are smoking, but I want some of it too.

Alcan had been mostly paved where it can be, and won't be where it cannot. The mostly paved section is east of Watson Lake. The sections located on permafrost sink and need to be graveled again and again. When gravel stops sinking (and in some places it's 8-12m deep), they may come and put chip-n-seal on top.

Klondike highway to Dawson had been paved for many years but thee are some sections where pavement sunk and turned back to gravel. Dempster has a short 10km paved section in Inuvik
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I don't know what you are smoking, but I want some of it too.

Alcan had been mostly paved where it can be, and won't be where it cannot. The mostly paved section is east of Watson Lake. The sections located on permafrost sink and need to be graveled again and again. When gravel stops sinking (and in some places it's 8-12m deep), they may come and put chip-n-seal on top.

Klondike highway to Dawson had been paved for many years but thee are some sections where pavement sunk and turned back to gravel. Dempster has a short 10km paved section in Inuvik
9000 km in 4 weeks, with snow and constant rain on the east coast....I did Labrador Hiway, Newfoundland, Nova scotia and New Brunswick...lots of time without internet and a little fatigued. Anyway, I'm back to the planning stage and looking at all the posts here. Thanks.
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