Barb's Photos: Road to Alaska Day 4 of 5, July 1, 2023

We tried to stay in the city of Whitehorse, but after finding 3 campground full, we decided to keep driving. We drive another 50 miles before we found Otter Falls RV Park in the Yukon. When we left the park we went by a lot of mountains including Mount Kennedy, a lake that changed it direction of flow, many rivers, a road that tried to tear the coach apart, icefields, Beaver Creek, vent-like structures of the permafrost research project, Crossing the Border and a helicopter.

Klune Ranges (they has lots of glacier),

St Elias Mountain

Stone Mountain

Paint Mountain

Mount Kennedy

Mountain Hubbard

St Kluane Mountain Icefields

Kluane Lake

This is the largest lake in the Yukon Territory, covering 154 square miles. This lake changed direction many hundred of years ago. Kaskawulsh Glacier moved across Slims River and closed the outlet of the lake to Slims River. The lake water rose more than 30 feet and them started to drain. The Slims River had flow south to the Gulf of Alaska, but then the lake started draining at the northeast end of the lake to the Yukon River. Then the lake was draining to the Pacific Ocean.

After we passed Slims River we were on 25 miles of stone. This was the longest stretch of gravel that we were on since starting the trip. It was so bad that we had one of the blinds in the front window fall down, two other blinds lost some screws and the satellite dish stopped working. Zane is doing better with the noise. I just give him ½ pill now. [ jack still needs a whole one.]

Within the 25 miles of gravel we came across Destruction Bay. Destruction Bay got it name when a storm destroyed the buildings and the materials, but we think it was named because of the bad roads.

As we continued on down the bumpy road we saw the World Largest Gold Pan.

Kluane Wildness Village also known as Mount Kennedy Motel.

World’s largest non-polar icefields.

The icefield Ranges include the highest (Mt Logan @ 19,545 feet) and youngest mountain in Canada. The ice is more than 2,200 feet thick.

The other side of Mt Kennedy

White River

Snag Lake by the Town of Snag that claim to have had the lowest temperature in Canada @ minus 81.4 degrees F in 1947.

Vent-like structures of the permafrost research project. The techniques are designed to minimize melting of the permafrost by allowing cold air to penetrate the road embankment and increase surface reflectivity.

Beaver Creek was the original site for the Canada custom station. But the local residents were pleased when the custom station needed replaced that the government move it up the road. The residents were tired of flashing lights and screaming sirens being set off whenever a tourist forgot to stop.