Alaska Highway Road Trip: 6 Days Driving through British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska

[@popshiking]

Thanks everyone for stopping by!

[@Smallbusiness0007]

Hey pops!! Lovely to see you in a vid again keep up the good work 🏆

[@davidnewhouse9403]

Thanks for being the star pops!

[@emilyjones5830]

A travel video isn’t the same without pops!

[@violetbf3773]

I missed it 😩 I had to work. But I’m watching it now. Hope you have a wonderful weekend 🙌🏽

[@Danika_Nadzan]

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!👍🏻👍🏻

[@harpin4God]

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!!!

[@robinedenshaw8589]

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!❤️

[@jayarajjohnson9435]

Protect it at all cost.

[@Northern206]

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 KZbin content that showcases this amazing area.

[@lorraineoback4962]

The banter between you and your dad is as fun to watch as the travel content itself.

[@hikingmansteve]

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.

[@projectdesign4675]

Yes, spend time with your dad, I did......he died earlier than most......he taught me a lot and I miss him!

[@manualblinking7456]

its a beautiful thing

[@wendylabonte9330]

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

[@mschapir]

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.

[@popshiking]

@mschapir Now that sounds like an incredible trip!

[@Meghan_Rae]

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.

[@lauraslanesvanlifetravels]

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!

[@linamaralouzadastaff3707]

Amazing. I loved to "travel" with you through the Alaska Highway. All the Best, from Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

[@gfurstnsu]

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.

[@Athabina]

I camped at Kathleen Lake in 1971 with my girlfriend, best friend and his wife; got a couple or Rainbow Trout in the outflow creek

[@sandiandgregh]

Another great series with Pops. And, of course we loved the mosquito and Pops shot! :)

[@Harkart59]

I liked the mosquito at the end😂 What a great road trip!!!

[@marciehall541]

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. ☮️💜

[@gerrycollins9409]

My son and I are planning this trip next June.

[@kestrelfeather]

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!

[@49er61]

Fantastic road trip Thank you for sharing the beautiful Alaska highway love it

[@johnny97246]

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!

[@donyagura6971]

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.

[@BrendanShelley-h5e]

I drove the Alaska Highway in 1982 from Baie Verte, Newfoundland to Faro in the Yukon. I really enjoyed your video.

[@thomasvorwerk9296]

My Dad built that hyway in 1942-1943, driving D8 caterpillars while serving in WWII.

[@rorygielarowski8972]

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

[@denisehale301]

I drove it about 40 years ago…..it’s definitely changed a LOT!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Oh wow that is awesome! You must have seen it change a lot

[@susanblack7782]

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!!!

[@popshiking]

@susanblack7782 Glad you got a chuckle out of my silliness!

[@marvincarter870]

Josh and Pops traveling the Alaska Highway and what beautiful scenery they captured for us! Thanks for sharing!

[@mablaba3629]

I love your calm delivery and thorough coverage of options!

[@terryzanger7152]

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

[@michaelseibold9977]

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.

[@hopecandelori9081]

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!

[@mbrooks5555]

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!!

[@timothyosborn1697]

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!

[@martyc7029]

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!

[@fudo.halilovic]

Josh make sure our Pops is happy all the time. We all love when Pops is in video.

[@paultucker1272]

Great video gents......it's SO great that you get to do these trips together, special memories for sure.

[@denisehale301]

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!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Wow that must have been quite an adventure!

[@denisehale301]

@@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.

[@GrandmaBev64]

Back then, once you drove down that highway, the car was never the same! Lol. It was a rough ride. 😅

[@TerriL1965]

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!!!!

[@popshiking]

@TerriL 1965 What cool memories of Yukon Jack!!

[@SmallWonda]

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.

[@maryfettig3378]

Pops is too funny 😅 thanks for taking us along. Great video as always!

[@ThroughMyLens]

haha I agree he is funny and add so much to the videos!

[@michellerichardson4200]

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!!

[@mindiwilhelm4322]

One of your best videos ever, not just for beauty and excitement, but for fun!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Wow, thank you!

[@kayokolindenberger3754]

Thanks Josh and Pops. This was a phenomenal joy to watch your trip. Absolutely gorgeous scenery!

[@sandrakisch3600]

I lived on the Alaska Highway for a number of years. Many wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing.

[@rosemaryyoung4152]

It's great to see you with your dad and having fun. It's an absolutely beautiful trip.

[@popshiking]

@rosemaryyoung4152 We really have great times together.

[@AgnesvandenBerg59]

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

[@KarolM1964]

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.

[@sue9252]

Oh my gosh I really enjoyed this . Brought back so many memories from 40 years ago. Having families in Whitehorse, Yukon that I have visited and even flying high over Canadas highest mountain in a 2 engine Cessna with my dad early one morning while visiting for my sisters wedding in Kluane Junction. Now I want to see it again. So much beauty to see. ❤

[@MajorAddiction]

30:00 You and Adam + Kathryn are two of my favorite channels! Another great journey with Pops. Thanks for sharing.

[@like2befishing197]

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….

[@popshiking]

@like2befishing197 That the video helped with your planning is one of Josh's major goals with our videos.

[@blakeanderson3986]

I enjoyed going a long with you very much! Thank-you! Blake

[@KellyRicketts]

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

[@priscillanichols9107]

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.

[@adventurevin7600]

I saw this video was over an hour and thought I'd just watch 1/2 now and 1/2 later but it was so informative and entertaining and couldn't stop watching and the time went by FAST. This is a great travel channel that encourages me to get out and do this stuff.

[@Stitcher_in_MD]

Thank you for the lovely trip!! I’m in MD and my sis lives in TX. Hoping to make the journey before we get too old!!

[@davelee9087]

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!

[@LogicWay]

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.

[@rupman27isback]

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!

[@popshiking]

@rupman27isback Hahaha I couldn't believe he would trust me with the outtro at the time Hahaha

[@rupman27isback]

@@popshiking Haha.. keep the adventures coming! We all love them so much!

[@mahbriggs]

Did that drive in 1999! It is everything you describe!

[@cjpwrs8263]

I love your channel!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!!

[@David-fb8fn]

We made the trip in 2017 going the reverse way that you did. We enjoyed reminiscing with you along your trip. Great job!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you enjoyed it! Awesome you got to drive it

[@Sasquatchprospector]

This is a great trip, so many good locations to see. Its quite the journey.

[@daveholte7658]

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..

[@charlesmeason1335]

Josh! I totally love watching all of your adventures on KZbin! 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. 😊

[@popshiking]

@charlesmeason1355 Thanks for watching! Glad Rt66 video was helpful! Howdy to you too!

[@sheilamariedolansedig7122]

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!

[@buhwheat1000]

Thanks!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks so much!! Very kind of you

[@petefrost1787]

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.

[@kingfisher7960]

I envy you and your pops for doing this! Great job guys!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks for watching! We had a great time on it for sure

[@theageoftheawakening4806]

I love these shows these guys do with their fathers with their father is a total character

[@caterlinachung185]

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 😂

[@andrewcotton4382]

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!

[@overwatchxrescue]

Looks like an absolutely epic journey! Great that you got to spend quality time with your father on an amazing road trip like that.

[@poges]

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.

[@ritaokolie6687]

Well done, as usual! Thanks for helping me travel through your lens. You and your dad make a fabulous team!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@jorgemoro5476]

In 2022 I spent 53 days traveling around Alaska. The Alaska highway was a snooze-fest being all paved and pretty. My first round trip was in 1977. Dirt. Mud. Clay. Nothing but wilderness. Washed out roads. Same in 1979 and 1980. 2022 was boring as hell. I had a better time driving the Dalton to Deadhorse. That was exciting! Between the forest fires, and then snow in July. Yeah. Good times. I’m scheduling a January-February trip back up to Deadhorse next year. That should be a blast!

[@JSEITSONEN]

Hello back from latitude 60. Finland it is.

[@sonshinedove]

I love all the museums and restaurants you showed stopping at.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you liked them!

[@randiedwin7605]

I've driven the AK Highway about 10 round trips. I was a teacher and would return to see family and go to college for credits. I love it. There are soe things I always stopped at. I would drive from Missoula, MT to Fairbanks, AK, a total of 2500 miles. I usually would drive it in 4 1/2 days. My fastest was 3 1/2 days. I can't drive anymore but I remember almost every turn of te road. Thanks for the trip.

[@robinedenshaw8589]

Yay! You said Tlingit correctly!!

[@AdventuresofCalChando]

Did this drive in Dec 1981 into Jan 1982 as it took 3 full weeks when it was mostly gravel in the middle of one of the worst winters in years! Some days we only made 20-30 miles and got snowed in at a lodge we luckily made it to in a severe storm that popped up. Beautiful in the winter does not describe the views that are forever burning into my memories. Want to do it again in summer one day!!

[@tearoftaste4183]

This is one of the best Alaska Highway video's I've seen. I lived in Alaska as a small child and moved when I was ten. I have been going up almost every year since 1990. I spend most of my time in the Kenai Peninsula fishing for Salmon Trout and Halibut . My son and I drove from Panama City Florida to Bellingham Washington last May and took the Ferry to Haines. The remote stop light on the trailer is exactly where we had to stop for construction just past Haines Junction. It was the trip of a lifetime. I'm starting my on KZbin channel this June called Allen and Son Alaska Adventures . with over 34 years experience of traveling to Alaska keep and eye out for it.

[@BrendaHaltom-cs6ck]

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!

[@InterstateKyle]

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!

[@Rishi_yadav.7]

Your my favourite youtuber kyle. I watch your all videos whenever you upload!!!

[@saindvijs5317]

Your dad's really cool. He really knows how to have fun!

[@elsajohnson6663]

Pops took one for the channel! Love it!😅

[@MyLifeWithDogs89]

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.

[@sonshinedove]

I love your channel. You guys are awesome. I don’t remember seeing anyone else stopping to take pictures at the Yukon sign. The animals, scenery! I’m still blown away with the Bison/buffalo. Very cool!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you liked it! It was such an incredible experience for sure

[@janicem4382]

Bannock is a food that the indigenous people gave to us. Most cultures have some form of bread, bannock has no yeast and was originally made with nut flour and assorted berries. A much healthier option.

[@claudenormandeau9211]

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.

[@mattg8787]

thats one hell of a germy for steel (1,286 miles or 2069.616 KMs

[@AmbientWalking]

Your videos make me feel that there is wonderful community of walkers and riders on KZbin and I won't have to feel lonely when I am on your channel. Thank you. : )

[@ThroughMyLens]

So glad you feel like you’re in a community watching the channel! Very kind words!

[@CarolineBlack-ry8uy]

Drove it in 1975 in pickup camper. Gravel road. Loved every moment of the trip.

[@claudenormandeau9211]

Your video showed a monument at Muncho lake that I built for Ernie Berkbeck he was a Alaska hway supervisor many years ago. I have lived in Fort Nelson for 41 years this year.

[@popshiking]

@claudenormandeau9211 That's cool! Muncho lake is so gorgeous.

[@sammychicken4290]

Absolutely incredible & stunning scenery. I appreciate the history & dialogue pertaining to the diverse locations. Kind regards & safe travels from Adelaide, South Australia.

[@jcliffyhuff]

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing. We would love to take this trip. My Wife, 5 yr old Son and our two dogs made the trip from California to Colorado in 2021 when we moved to the Rocky Mountains.

[@DennaKarz-mn6fn]

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

[@susanfoster4303]

Awesome I'm getting too old glad to see you doing it for me

[@skinnwalker4515]

Awesome video. Amazing views. So much history. You guys done it again. Well done!!

[@salawrence1]

You and Pops are great! Your bond is so amazing.

[@popshiking]

@salawrence1 We really do enjoy hanging out together. Glad that comes through in the videos!

[@joanneferguson8636]

Great video! So much information and VIEWS! Wow!

[@henryi9738]

I'm watching both Josh 'Through My Lens' and Traveling Robert do the Alcan highway. It's awesome ! 😃👍

[@ThroughMyLens]

So awesome! Love Robert’s channel

[@lauchieburton5592]

Awesome road trip really enjoyed the video the scenery was beautiful