Members of Jeep Expeditions will depart from Arizona, California, Oregon and other home states beginning the last week in June 2011 and converge on the Icefields Parkway in Canada.    From there we will travel to Dawson Creek and take the Alaska/Canada (ALCAN) Highway into Alaska and Fairbanks which will be the unofficial halfway point of our trip where we will re-supply, have our vehicles serviced and then off to Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean via the Dalton Highway.   From our farthest point north at Deadhorse,  we will proceed to Denali National Park.   The main group will leave Denali for Dawson Canada via Tok, Chicken and Eagle where we will begin the Dempster Highway,  the only road in Canada that crosses the Arctic Circle.    With 600 miles of dirt, mud, gravel and water ahead of us we will push on to Fort McPherson and Inuvik Canada then go back those same 600 rough miles.   When we hit pavement again,  we will make our way to the Vancouver area then down thru Washington, Oregon and California visiting a number of National Parks and Monuments along the way like Mt St Helens, Crater Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Monument and more.  By the 1st week in August we will be home.

Here is the tentative itinerary for the main group that has a few days to spare built in if we need them due to weather, road conditions and such:

Day one- Phoenix to Wagons West Camp Ground, fill more UT- 496 miles

Day two- Planned stop at Golden Spike National Historic Site in Brigham City Utah  Camp at KOA or Super 8 Motel Dillon, MT 496 miles all Interstate Hwy.

Day 3-    Camp at KOA in West Glacier Montana,  Glacer National Park drive around   296 mile

Day 4 –  Head to Canada and Banf.   Camp on Icefields Parkway on available Campground  approx miles 297 to 350
            
Day 5 –  Explore Icefields Parkway   Meet the rest of the group in Jasper,   Camp at Wapiti Campground  in Jasper  93 miles

Day 6  -  Head to Dawson Creek and the beginning of the Alaska Hwy.   Super 8 Motel $141 AARP or Mile O Campsite $25   326 miles

Day 7 –  Approx 280 miles to Fort Nelson and Ramada

Day 8 – 320 miles to the Watson Lake area.   Camping at Nugget City Campground  -  Km 1003 Mm 650

Day 9 – 325+ miles to Champagne ,  Camping at Otter Falls RV & Campground west of Champagne

Day 10 – 323 miles to TOK Alaska !   Golden Bear Motel and RV Park (one of two motels with WiFi in Tok)

Day 11  - 200 miles to Fairbanks – Super 8 Motel - all afternoon for oil changes, tire rotation, etc.

Day 12-14  – Head up the Dalton Hwy to Deadhorse, AK and our most northern destination.    Experience 2 hours of night and the breathtaking  northern lights.   Camp on Galbraith Lake Campground on the way up,  open on the way back.

Day 15 & 16 – Denali National Park -  Denali Rainbow Campground, Motel and Mall - WiFi motel $150 camp $25


Dempster Hwy

Day 17 Denail/McKinley, AK to Tok Alaska via Denali Hwy.    Camp at the famous Sourdough Campground in Tok, AK

Day 18 Tok to Chicken, AK,  a side trip to Eagle, AK with final destination Dawson City, YT, Canada Gold Rush Campground

Day 19 Dawson to the Dempster Hwy past the Arctic Circle to River Rock Campground  304 miles

Day 20 River Rock Campground YT to Inuvik NWT the northern most point of any road in Canada.  Back to Ft McPherson for the night 293 miles    Camp or Hotel (hotels approx $200 per night)

Day 21 Leave Ft McPherson for Hwy 2 and the end of the Dempster.   344 miles  Camp in the vicinity of of Hwy 5 & 2

Day 22 Dempster to Haines Jct Yukon Territory - Camp at Nugget City Campground, Watson Lake -  566 miles -
We can camp earlier if need be for less miles but camps are spread pretty far apart on this stretch

Day 23 Haines Junction Yukon Territory to Telkwa, British Columbia  529 miles  Camp at Ft Telkwa Campground

Day 24 Ft Telkwa British Columbia to Lac La Hache British Columbia 411 miles Camp at Big Country Campground

Day 25 Lac La Hache, British Columbia to Ft Langley, British Columbia  275 easy miles  Camp at Ft Langley Campground

Day 26 Ft Langley, BC to Mt Hood National Forest via Vancouver & Mt St Helens  329 miles - Optional via Mt Rainier
National Park.    Camp at Campground at Mt Hood

Day 27 Mt Hood to Crater Lake National Monument  via Redmond, Bend & Newberry Volcanic National Monument.   293 Miles Camp at Crater Lake RV Resort

Day 28 Crater Lake to Red Bluff, CA via Lava Beds National Monument, Mt Shasta, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Volcanic Scenic Byway 380 miles.    Restful night at Days Inn Red Bluff, CA  $49-$69

Day 29  The Sprint Home - Red Bluff, CA to some point around the I-5/I-210 interchange 491 miles

Day 30   The Last Leg to Phoenix - LA to Phoenix via I-10   407 miles.