Dempster Highway - YUKON/NWT

[HueyPoe]

Driving the Dempster Highway in mid July in our toad. Understand there is a place to park motor home at southern end of the road, where some friendly folks have a place to park. Is anyone planning to drive their motor home up the highway?

Also, is it reasonable to think we would be able to "sort of" caravan with others on our way up to Inuvik and back? Toad, motor home or 5th wheel. Something informal, and just a way to know we will have new friends to either help or get help from in the case of a problem.

Thanks.

Bud Poe

[tbutler]

There are several RV parks in Dawson City. These would be the best place to leave your rig for the drive up the Dempster. We found everyone in the parks to be friendly and you might well be able to get together with someone traveling to Inuvik. There is constant traffic there so it isn't like you would be stranded for days if you had a problem. We made the drive both directions without any escort. It would be hard to find someone who wants to travel and stop when you do unless you have very similar interests. Taking pictures, I was stopping frequently and would have made anyone who wanted to get there fast crazy!