Has anyone here flown single-engine piston from the lower 48 up to Alaska? There's a possiblity that this trip will go through for an aircraft we're selling.

So far, my proposed routing would be from Indiana(kmie) to Billings with an overnight, then to the Seattle area(kclm) before heading north. Anyways, from CLM-PAKT(Overnight)-PAJN-PANC is the rest of the routing, keeps me well within the range of the Saratoga, fuel seems to be available at each stop, etc..

Any recommendations or variations on this routing? I'm not really wanting to go through the northern wilderness of Canada. I figured the west coast route is well traveled enough that even if I had a problem, hopefully someone would hear/find me.

Finally, if this trip goes, I'm also putting out the offer for someone to go with. You'll be responsible for all hotel, food, and expenses home, but there's an opportunity here for 18+hrs, and a trip of a lifetime. Plan to be gone for up to 5 days. I wouldn't have an issue going slightly off-route to pick someone up, but not terribly so for the obvious reasons. For now this is a feeler, nothings in stone as of yet.