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Originally posted by nolift911
Fall is the best time IMO - Sep-Oct.
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I disagree - if you travel in the fall, you might as well save $$ and go to Colorodo instead!
(Just kidding)
I went to Alaska for two weeks in December a few years back. Now THAT's when you should go to really get a taste of what the last frontier is about.
One of my "life's goals" happened then: I went for a dog sled ride. It was exhilerating - a mind blowing experience! It was night, it was cold. But all you heard was the panting of the dogs and the swoosh of the sled.
My friend (who lives in Glennallen) drove me to Valez one day - you have to go over Thompson pass. While travelling through this mountain pass, I noticed there were L-shaped poles about 20 feet high on either side of the road. I asked Sandy if they were putting in street lights. She laughed and said, "No. When it snows here, they can get huge amounts of snow in a short time. Those poles are markers for the road so when the snow blowing trucks come through here, they don't vere off the road." Now THAT's a snowfall!
-Z.