Saturday, July 27, 2019

Traveling the Alaska Highway

For the past week we have been slowly cruising down the Alcan. The drive is fantastic, and we were able to spend some extra time in Summit Lake, Muncho Lake, and Liard Hot Springs. We found a fair amount of wildlife along the way but not as much as in previous years. We have reached the halfway point in our trip so in the next few days we will be turning south and slowly moving into lower BC and the lower 48.


This photo made the trip worth it….  A large 3ft tall Yukon Wolf.  The first time we have seen a wolf up in this area.  We feel very lucky to have spotted him as in all of the Yukon Territory there are only 5000 with a density of about 9 per 390 square miles.

This red fox walked right up to the RV door.  He posed for several minutes.




A spotted sandpiper and his reflection

Muncho Lake, one of our favorite places along the Alcan


Spotted they two female Moose as we were driving but couldn’t stop.  Was final able to find a place to pull off and hiked back about a half mile and luckily they were still there






The forest floor along the Alcan is covered with a 12 to 18” thick layer of loose moss.  It is really hard to walk over as you sink about 8”.  Like walking in snow.

At Muncho lake took a hike along an original section of the Alcan (road had been rerouted around this section a few years after it had been built).  Found lots of timbers like there that the army would have cut and placed as guard railing some 77 years ago.  Building the 1500 mile road in 8 months was an unimaginable feat.  

A Stone Sheep near Muncho Lake BC


Fairly large black beer


Lots of Bison along the road.  We found two large herds 


Three generations of Bison



A Magnolia Warbler


Look like someone’s out tracking down birds!

Muncho is one of the best lakes for kayaking


When the sun is just right the lake is a deep blue-green because of the high copper content


Sunset at Muncho Lake… about 11:30 at night.  It was still somewhat light at 12:15 am

Fireweed is along the road side


















Track Logs:

Day 15 (227 miles) - July 22, 2019 – To Ft. Nelson BC Canada


Day 16 (86 miles) - July 23, 2019 – To Summit Lake BC Canada


Day 17 (65 miles) - July 24, 2019 – To Muncho Lake BC Canada


Day 19 (42 miles) - July 26, 2019 – To Liard Hot Springs BC Canada


Day 20 (132 miles) - July 27, 2019 – To Watson Lake Yukon



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