Exploring by Bike and Truck

2027 Denver, CO to Fairbanks, AK Trip

I am planning on driving from Denver to Fairbanks and back from August to September 2027. Travelling in late summer and early fall is best because of both the reduction on mosquitos and a better chance at viewing the 'Northern Lights'.

U.S./Canada Border Crossings

Driving from Denver to Fairbanks: Chief Mountain is located on Highway 17 in Glacier County, Montana, and is a convenient route connecting travelers to the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in Alberta from Glacier National Park in Montana. Chief Mountain Border Crossing

Driving from Fairbanks to Denver: Oroville, WA

Enroll in the STEP Program. STEP Program Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is a free service to allow U.S. citizens and nationals to enroll their trip abroad so the Department of State can accurately and quickly contact them in case of emergency.

Itinerarys

• Itinerarys

Maps

• GOOD Canada Alaska Map
• Fairbanks Anchorage Whitehorse Driving Map
• Anchorage Fairbanks Driving Map
• Highway Dawson Creek to Fairbanks
• Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska Map
• Yukon Driving Map
• U.S./Canada Border Crossing Map

Links

• Alaska Overland
• Overlanding Alaska Lessons
• How to Get to Alaska with Your Vehicle
• Stewart-Cassiar Highway, or BC Highway 37
• Alaska Highways
• North to Alaska
• Top of the World Highway
• The Dempster Highway
• Dalton or Dempster highways?
• The Alaska Highway: Dawson Creek, BC to Delta Junction, AK (outside of Fairbanks)
• Drive Fairbanks to Dawson Creek, Yukon via Top of the World Highway
• Dempster Highway road trip itinerary

Directions

• Denver to Fairbanks via Dawson Creek, 3079 miles, 50 hrs
• Dawson Creek to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, 1633 miles, 33 hrs
• Inuvik, NT to Tuktoyaktuk, NT, 95 miles, 2 hrs, 30 mins
• Tuktoyaktuk, NT to Fairbanks, AK, 1427 miles, 30 hrs
• Fairbanks to Denver via Prince George, 3170 miles, 53 hrs

Highways in Canada

• Trans-Canada highway: The Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) is Canada's main transcontinental highway system, stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts, Approximately 7,821 km (4,860 miles).
• Alaska Highway or Alcan, 1568 miles, starts in Dawson Creek, BC, ends in Delta Junction
• Dempster Highway Dempster Highway stretches 740 km through the Tombstone, Ogilvie and Richardson Mountain Ranges in the Yukon, before entering the Northwest Territories. The route begins 40 km east of Dawson City, Yukon and ends at the Arctic Ocean in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. Completed in 1978, the Dempster is the only public highway in Canada to cross the Arctic Circle.