Alaska Highway Road Trip: 6 Days Driving through British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska
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- The Alaska Highway is one of the best road trips in North America. The route travels 1,400 miles through British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska. Along the way you will be greeted by amazing views, lots of history and countless wildlife. We spent 6 days driving the road and enjoyed every minute of our time on the Alaska Highway. Check it out and let us know what your favorite part is in the comments.
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**We drove this June 15-22**
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Day 0 - Dawson Creek
4:25 Day 1 - Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson
13:24 Day 2 - Fort Nelson to Watson Lake
30:56 Day 3 - Watson Lake to Whitehorse
44:57 Day 4 - Whitehorse to Haines Junction
56:39 Day 5 - Haines Junction to Tok
1:06:17 Day 6 - Tok to Delta Junction
1:10:46 Outro
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Thanks everyone for stopping by!
Hey pops!! Lovely to see you in a vid again keep up the good work 🏆
Thanks for being the star pops!
A travel video isn’t the same without pops!
I missed it 😩 I had to work. But I’m watching it now. Hope you have a wonderful weekend 🙌🏽
I can always count on you, Pops, for great comedic timing and comments: "Tastes like chicken" and "Grizzly bear feeding station"...🤣🤣 Two thumbs up for another fantastic Josh & Pops roadtrip video!👍🏻👍🏻
Josh, I envy you and your dad so much...my dad and I had talked about taking this trip when I retired from work but when I did finally retire he became very ill and passed away. How I wish we could have done what you and your Pops did. I lived thru you guys on your journey and thought a lot about how much my dad would have loved it. Keep traveling with your dad and taking those awesome videos. Steve R.
Yes, spend time with your dad, I did......he died earlier than most......he taught me a lot and I miss him!
Did this in the summer of 2019. Three month trip from SoCal all through Alaska. Dream trip in my 15’ trailer, wife and dog and cat. Trip of a lifetime. I wanna GO BACK!!!
I drove this highway on my way to the University of Alaska back in the fall of 1965. It was all gravel back then and I remember before the trip I made a plexiglass cover for my windshield. I was warmed that the 18 wheel trucks kicked up lots of stones and one really needed this or you would have Yukon Roses covering the windshield. I also had to put fiver glass shields inside my fenders. This was to protect the fenders from becoming blown out be the gravel. Also there was so much dust when stuck behind other vehicles. I believe I was on it for a week. The vehicle was a 1965 VW Beetle that my parents gave me as a graduation gift for finishing my degree in geology at Lafayette college on the prior June. I had a friend with me and we camped along the way in a tent. I remember hearing animals around the tent in the middle of the night but we had been careful to put all our food and cooking gear safely in the car with all windows closed. It was the onl😮y time I rode the highway as after finishing my MS degree in November of 1967, my new wife and I took the inland passage down to Vancouver and then proceeded in the VW on to the east coast to go into the US Army for officer corps of engineers training at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. I always looked back at this trip on this gravel road as a highlight of the fall on the year.
The banter between you and your dad is as fun to watch as the travel content itself.
I’m an Alaskan living in Ketchikan. It’s always a thrill to listen to tourists enjoy the beauty of our state. This is why we live here!❤️
Protect it at all cost.
Thanks for a lovely ride! I always wanted to go to Alaska but now I am 73 and living in Baja California, México and I don't think I will get to. But I enjoyed seeing your beautiful video. ☮️💜
Thanks for the video and for sharing such a wonderful memory....my parents were too busy working and making a living to be able to do this great trip....then unfortunately when we had the time and money my parents were too ill with health issues and no longer able to even think about planning...you are blessed to have this bonding time....cherish every minute
One of your best videos ever, not just for beauty and excitement, but for fun!
Wow, thank you!
I did the entire Alcan with my best friend on bicycles in 2010. It was an awesome 23 days of riding. Such beauty, wildlife and unique places to see like Muncho Lake, Laird hot springs and riding the Beaver Creek Rollers.
You guys killed it. Done the highway 25 times. Loved every trip, even at 40 below
Most southerners blow through BC and Yukon as fast as possible. Thank you for taking your time.
Love your enthusiasm,
Cheers
That bear was the cutest! I have a cat named Polar Bear and it reminded me of when he's on his back, playing, rolling around...wanting belly rubs...so cutie!
Another great series with Pops. And, of course we loved the mosquito and Pops shot! :)
I drove this highway about 40 years ago with my family when we moved up there. It was WAY different back then. Mostly dirt roads, you could go hours and hours and not see another vehicle. Looks like they have added a lot of tourist stops because there is a lot more traffic now. It is absolutely beautiful country!
Wow that must have been quite an adventure!
@@ThroughMyLens it was! That road your pops was looking at that was the original route before they paved it, I’m guessing may have been the one we took. Love your content, by the way. Look forward to your next show.
Back then, once you drove down that highway, the car was never the same! Lol. It was a rough ride. 😅
Very well done. We did this same road trip, in 2018 and again last summer (2022). You provided a lot of details, which is helpful for travelers.
Thanks for the beautiful, interesting trip! I like and laugh when you tease one another. Pops lying out flat, being stung and bloody under the giant mosquito’s blood 🩸 tipped stinger, is a classic funny!!!
@susanblack7782 Glad you got a chuckle out of my silliness!
Moved from So Cal to BC 11 years ago. Live around the ALCAN these days, and much for the same reason that you all were excited for the Yukon. I haven't done this drive yet though, which is why I watched this. Thanks for the enthusiasm! I still feel this way about BC after a decade of living in it.
Josh and Pops traveling the Alaska Highway and what beautiful scenery they captured for us! Thanks for sharing!
What a great production!
I was born and raised in Anchorage, spent many hour on the Alcan!
I am 59 can't even remember how many times I have went and came back home!
Enjoy!
We Welcome great people!
Thanks
I drove it about 40 years ago…..it’s definitely changed a LOT!
Oh wow that is awesome! You must have seen it change a lot
Fantastic road trip Thank you for sharing the beautiful Alaska highway love it
This was a great way for me to spend my Saturday evening - LOVE it all!! And, especially love the love for Adventures of A+K at the Sign Post Forest!! I subscribe to both of your channels and enjoy watching all your travels. I recently took a trip to Iceland with my 80 year old mom and ended-up creating a travel video for her to share with her friends, but also with her permission to put it on YT for others to watch and learn. I was inspired by both yours and Adam and Kathryn's channels to do this, so thank you again for sharing your adventures!!
Such great videos with your Dad! We loved the Route 66 Series and planned our trip around it! Maybe I’ll be able to do an epic trip with my 2 sons….
@like2befishing197 That the video helped with your planning is one of Josh's major goals with our videos.
When my father was transferred from Ft. Richardson, AK to Ft. Hamilton, NY. in late 1965, we drove, as a small family, Mom, Dad and 4 of us young kids, the ALCAN in an old, red, Chevy II Station-Wagon. Being only 5 years old, then, I don't remember too much of the trip but I do know that it took us the better part of a week to drive the road. Thanks for this video!
I love your calm delivery and thorough coverage of options!
You added another wonderful video. I love the way you detail things. You cover the right amount of information that someone could use for their trip. You talk of food, hotels, hikes, and things your audience might like to do. Every one of these shows you are really enjoying doing these videos, and I enjoy living vicariously through your trips. Thank you again. I'm looking forward to your next trip. And Pops, border control don't really take jokes well. That did remind me of when my ex and drove from Oklahoma to Maine, then drove around near the border in a New England loop. It was raining, I didn't know the road, so I was driving slower than normal. I pulled over at a gas station to look at the map for our next destination, and the truck following us pulled over when we did. It was the border patrol. We laughed because that far north and east, they probably didn't see too many Oklahoma plates up there. I think we were as surprised as they were. We were used to seeing border guards that were on the lookout for a totally different border! Anyway, I love all of your videos, and you really invite the viewer in to enjoy it with you. Keep up the amazing work that you do!
I envy you and your pops for doing this! Great job guys!
Thanks for watching! We had a great time on it for sure
It's great to see you with your dad and having fun. It's an absolutely beautiful trip.
@rosemaryyoung4152 We really have great times together.
Great video!! Thanks so much for documenting your trip. My husband and I are driving the Alcan Highway next September and I loved seeing a preview!
What a spectacular journey with your Pops! Absolutely loved the Mama moose and her baby moose + the bears! That grisly bear was the best! How lucky y’all are to have experienced the wild life and stunning scenery of the Alaskan Highway!!
Here is a piece of history that most Americans don't know.
The steel cable suspension bridge that you were under at the Hot springs was made from parts of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. ( Galloping Guirty)
There was a shortage of steel during the war so they trucked sections of it to finish the Liard river crossing.
thats one hell of a germy for steel (1,286 miles or 2069.616 KMs
Going on a Road Trip like this is a dream that is too far to reach for me. But your videos always make me feel like Im apart of a roadtrip with you and pops. Thank you for making videos like this and I hope more Road Trip videos to come with you and pops.
AMAZING! My Pops (after our Alaskan adventure, he gained the name of Yukon Jack), flew our family along the Alaskan Highway in his private plane. Back in August 1977. I was 12 years old. So many memories. This is now my #1 bucket list to do, by road. We flew to Delta Jct, Whitehorse, Eagle, Anchorage and Fairbanks. Saw the Alaskan pipeline. I loved the Sourdough breads lol... You and your Pops had a wonderful adventure, memories! Love your video!!!!
@TerriL 1965 What cool memories of Yukon Jack!!
I lived on the Alaska Highway for a number of years. Many wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing.
Josh! I totally love watching all of your adventures on TH-cam! You and your "Pops" are so fun to watch as you guys explore so many awesome and beautiful places!! Some of your videos I have watched more than once. I often show them to family members and friends. Two years ago, my sister drove along I-40 from Flagstaff, AZ into Asheville, NC. We referenced your " Route 66" video quite often to visit tourist sites along the way. I'm currently watching your Alaska Highway Road Trip. Tell Pops I said hello! He and I are about the same age. 😊
@charlesmeason1355 Thanks for watching! Glad Rt66 video was helpful! Howdy to you too!
Great video gents......it's SO great that you get to do these trips together, special memories for sure.
I enjoyed going a long with you very much! Thank-you! Blake
Pops is too funny 😅 thanks for taking us along. Great video as always!
haha I agree he is funny and add so much to the videos!
This is a great trip, so many good locations to see. Its quite the journey.
Thanks Josh and Pops. This was a phenomenal joy to watch your trip. Absolutely gorgeous scenery!
We made the trip in 2017 going the reverse way that you did. We enjoyed reminiscing with you along your trip. Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it! Awesome you got to drive it
Looks like an absolutely epic journey! Great that you got to spend quality time with your father on an amazing road trip like that.
Brilliant guys, well done - certainly a spectacular drive - thanks for taking us along. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your Adventures in the Far North.
One of the best videos you ever made! And seriously.. thank you for making them. Please don't stop. It's almost therapeutic to just leave this on playing. And props to Pops for that Outro. Best one yet!
@rupman27isback Hahaha I couldn't believe he would trust me with the outtro at the time Hahaha
@@popshiking Haha.. keep the adventures coming! We all love them so much!
30:00 You and Adam + Kathryn are two of my favorite channels! Another great journey with Pops. Thanks for sharing.
What a wonderful video. You are so blessed to be able to do things like this with your Dad. They will be memories of a lifetime.
All great trips, we are watching all your videos on the TV, so I can leave a reaction there.
It is wonderful that you and your Dad are making so many great memories.
Thanks a lot for sharing.
Greetings Agnes - from the Netherlands
Enjoyed your video! I haven't been on the Alcan since 1992. Between 1982 and 1992, my husband, kids, and I drove the hwy for 6 round trips. I've lived in Alaska for 46 years so far.
Makes me want to travel with your family! So much like my family, I know we would all have a great time sharing all the wonderful sights and such. Thanks for a great video!
Beautiful drive!! Thank you so much! I have a friend whose father was in the military in Alaska and she remembers their family driving on the Alaska aHighway in the late 1950s!
Another great vid. Love watching you and pops. Love that you showed A+K at the sign forest. Your two channels have helped me develop a passion for travel I never had before. Keep up the good work!
Hoe awesome! I haven't been to Alaska since the by, when that highway was barely passable. If you drove a car to Fairbanks, the car would be dead after the trip. Glad to see it's been updated, but the permafrost was melting, ruining foundations and roads. Watson had a bad landslide yesterday, that buried part of the town of Watson. My heart goes to the people affected 💔.
That was great. It was wonderful seeing so many of those places where I've been. I lived in the Yukon for most of the 1970's down around Carcross on the Southern Lakes (headwaters of the Yukon River). Back in the 1970's it was 900 miles of gravel, from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse. I drove that gravel at least twenty times, back and forth. It's been forty some years since I was last up north, all this time thinking I should at least go back for a visit. Thanks for all the memories you provided with your well done video. Cheers from an old Yukoner!
Josh make sure our Pops is happy all the time. We all love when Pops is in video.
Absolutely incredible & stunning scenery. I appreciate the history & dialogue pertaining to the diverse locations.
Kind regards & safe travels from Adelaide, South Australia.
So happy to see your trip. Ive only done the trip once vanc island to dawson city and a dip into Stewart Hyder alaska and the glaciers. You guys make a great team travelling and you make the videos fun. Thank you.
Awesome video. Amazing views. So much history. You guys done it again. Well done!!
Beautiful scenery both.. Loved the end with Pops. Thanks again.
So fun to see all these places that we went to.
This is on my bucket list....thank you for leading the way
Wow, fabulous video! You present so much info, show so many sites and tons of scenery. Plus, it is a very calm, listenable voice. By far the best I have seen on the Alaska Hwy.
Great video ….and so helpful for planning my own drive to Alaska. I can’t wait to check out your other videos!!
An Outstanding video. The best I ever seen
What a memory with father son. Perfect timing as I want to see and play in AK 2024..
Wow Josh and Pops! Great trip on the Alaska Hwy! Loved all the beautiful scenery and wildlife! Thank you!❤️😀🇺🇸🚙
Awesome video. I grew up in Muncho Lake and live in Fort Nelson now; I work up and down the highway every day and it’s awesome to see some quality TH-cam content that showcases this amazing area.
I'm watching both Josh 'Through My Lens' and Traveling Robert do the Alcan highway. It's awesome ! 😃👍
So awesome! Love Robert’s channel
I drove the Alaska Highway in 1982 from Baie Verte, Newfoundland to Faro in the Yukon. I really enjoyed your video.
My son and I are planning this trip next June.
Nice to travel along with you up the Alcan, i traveled that back in 74 when, most was gravel.
Munch lake is a gorgeous place for sure. I worked on the construction of the Dempster hwy to Inuvik. Dawson city was an incredible place. I have an incredible story of an event i witnessed in my second Autobiograhy. Thanks again
I don't usually watch long videos, but yours is the exception. Kudos to the narration and the video work. I drove the Alaska Highway in 1969 on my way to Eielson AFB at what was then called Mile 26 (the distance from Fairbanks) of the Alaska Highway. The end sign back then was in downtown Fairbanks. Seems that somehow the end of the highway moved a number of miles east! When I did my northern drive in September of 1969, the pavement stopped at mile 80 outside Dawson Creek. The only other pavement was a short stretch outside of Whitehorse. It was an adventure for sure!
Loved this!
Grew up in Fort Nelson, I haven’t been there in 10 years. And growing up I never went north of the Liard hot springs.
Incredible wildlife, scenery and massive mosquitoes
I can’t wait to take my wife and kids up the Alaska highway!
What a beautiful trip! Thank you for taking us along the way. I don't think I'll ever make it to Alaska highway, so it's just super nice to be able to watch a video and live it through the screen 😅 Safe travels looking forward to more of your adventures with pops.
Your dad's really cool. He really knows how to have fun!
Mary and I did this trip back in 2011. We drove from San Francisco to Dawson Creek and then drove all the way from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks AK. The trip up was fascinating. We spent the next 5 or 6 weeks exploring Alaska and instead of returning by the Alaska Highway, we returned by taking the Ferries from Haines AK to Prince Rupert and then to Port Hardy. We drove down Vancouver Island to Victoria and then crossed on a ferry back to the US and drove back to San Francisco.
@mschapir Now that sounds like an incredible trip!
I love all the museums and restaurants you showed stopping at.
Glad you liked them!
I totally enjoy you guys and your fun adventures! Thank you!
I'm fron Teslin the yukon....thanks for visiting our town. There's so much more here than one can imagine. Instead of going to Woodstock in 1969 l drove from Vancouver to Teslin. I settled here...raised my family and still live here. Happy trails partner
Amazing. I loved to "travel" with you through the Alaska Highway. All the Best, from Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
We drove all the way to Arctic Ocean from Alberta last July 2023. We don't have enough budget but we made it by cooking our own meals most of the time and staying in the campgrounds, no tent set up just slept inside our van or we even parked in truck stops in some nights. We only stayed in the hotel (expensive) twice on the way because we didn't know there are so many campgrounds along the way.
Great video! So much information and VIEWS! Wow!
Found your channel and I love it. Thank You! Have to add to my bucket list.
Awesome road trip really enjoyed the video the scenery was beautiful
Wonderful video and trip Pops and Josh. Thank You for all the hardwork you put into it. The only surprise is with Pop's interest in the Gold Rush I couldn't believe you didn't go into Skagway and Dyea? When you were at Carcross you were right there. The beginning of the Chilkoot and White Pass Trails. Thanks Again!
I really like that father and son journey
This road trip is a huge dream and bucket list item for me. Looks like you and Pops had a lot of fun driving this road. This is one of your best yet! Thank you so much for sharing. I hope I can drive this road one day!
Your my favourite youtuber kyle. I watch your all videos whenever you upload!!!
Awesome I'm getting too old glad to see you doing it for me
Really cool. Thanks for sharing!🎉🎉
Just got back to Alaska and just finished watching your video. Awesome job Josh & Pops! 😊👍
Thank you for sharing Your beautiful trip across Alaska ! The scenery is stunning of beauty, it makes me dream...hello from Paris, France❤
Well done, as usual! Thanks for helping me travel through your lens. You and your dad make a fabulous team!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
thank you for sharing, beautiful.
Love the sign forest... It looks amazing... So jealous, just want to be there...
Absolutely incredible & stunning scenery.
As always, it is so enjoyable to watch your videos and thanks for sharing the adventures with us....l was smiling every time you guys doing something fun...so cute to see Pop lied in blood (red clothes) under the huge mosquito at the end 😂
I can’t wait to do this road trip one day…absolutely beautiful!! You and Pops are so fun to watch! 😊
Thanks! I hope you can do it one day!
Thanks for recording your trip. I plan to do a similar trip in my EV but starting from Vancouver and first heading to Yellowknife then the Alaska Hwy all the way to Anchorage and then to Prince Rupert. From there taking the ferry to Vancouver Island and back home to Vancouver. Your video has given me lots of great places to visit along the route. Thanks again for all your great advice and adventure ideas.
This has been the drive of my dreams. I hope that I’m able to do it one day
Great job on the video!
I hope you can as well!
Wow. Absolutely stunning. You guys are the best!!
Hi, thanks for sharing your amazing experience with us! My Grandparents drove the Alaska highway in the 1990's to Whitehorse! Grandma was a photographer so she took many pictures of the trip!! I hope one day I can do the Drive with my family, thanks again for sharing your trip!
Im planning to do this drive (and then up to Prudhoe Bay) next summer, hopefully. Lots of cool museums you spotlighted on the way!
Thanks for the video!
t.y. fo this great Vid & memories brought back !! Safe Travels !!!