riding for softies in the GWN
 

Hi People, some advice please as to the earliest time of the year for a pensioner on a BMW, at the moment drinking cheap beer and wine and eating cheap steaks in Argentina, to contemplate northern Canada and Alaska. I have decided in my dotage that I am no longer a roughie toughie biker but one that has fallen in love with asphalt, or at the very least well maintained gravel, and now the thought of mud and snow on the road leaves me unimpressed. Ride safe.

Biking in Northern Canada
 

With a snowmobile, the route is in almost perfect shape right now!

The earliest time you can make it is a bit different from the best time to go. Sounds like you want to make it as enjoyable as possible so I would recommend July or August. The weather is as warm as it gets and in a somewhat normal year as dry as it gets. Camping is enjoyable at that time of year but as those two months are school summer holidays, there will be more travellers on the road. June also is a possibility as around the summer solstice (June 21/22) the days are incredibly long and if you are far enough north the midnight sun is quite an experience. May is certainly doable, but a bit hit and miss with the weather, can be nice, can be cold as stink.

Muchas gracia Mountain Man, if I see you in Vancouver at the start of June I´ll buy you a beer.