Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I was in Fairbanks a couple years ago for a long weekend around this time of the year. It was clearly shoulder or even low season and I liked that. Weather was crisp with pretty leaves and it was nice to walk around town, wearing a coat of course.
Why not either take the train in both directions (I'm not sure how frequently it operates in winter) or fly directly home from Fairbanks?
Train goes from Anchorage (morning) to Fairbanks (evening) on Saturdays in winter, and does the return with the same times on Sunday. I would have a less than 24H stop in Fairbanks. Not sure there is enough to do in Fairbanks for a whole week - I was thinking of only spending two or three nights there.
I think the main attraction of Alaska to me in winter is the aurora.