Dalton Highway (2)
One continued ascent of Vivalavida to “far North” … The Brooke Range crossed, there is only a great plain that slopes gently toward the north to the Beaufort Sea. The more I go North and the more I can feel that winter isn’t gone since long ago… 1.Read More…
Fjords, McKinley & Dalton Highway 1…
Pending favorable weather conditions to head to the far north, I took advantage of a brief lull to explore a fjord South of Anchorage. Large glacier valley, it was filled with sediment by the surrounding glaciers to the sea level or nearly. At low tide only remains a narrow channelRead More…
Glaciers & McCarthy Road
Better weather announced for two days, I drove the McCarthy Road, which sinks for about hundred miles between large ice areas. But on the road from Valdez to get there, I made a stop to walk to the bottom of the Worthington Glacier, easily accessible. 1. Glacial riverRead More…
East Denali HighWay & Valdez (AK)
The Denali Highway is definitely not a highway, it was in poor condition and it took me almost the full day to drive the seventy remaining miles of dirt. 1. Glacial plains make the rivers meander. 2. During my lunch stop, I first saw theRead More…
Clearwater Mountains (Alaska)
As in Yukon, there are very few roads in Alaska. Planing to visit Denali National Park after the arrival of Mino who will travel with me some weeka since August 6th, I drove the Denali Highway that connects Cantwell to Paxson. From there, I could access the Clearwater Range, accessibleRead More…
From Yukon to Alaska!
First, let me take this update to wish a good 1st August (Swiss National Day) to my Swiss readers. 😉 After three days in Inuvick trying to find a small boat that would take me bird watching in the Mackenzie River delta, I was frustrated: not even a “local” wantedRead More…
Dempster (2) : Yukon & Northwest Territories
1. VivaLaVida hit the Demster toward North again, still further north… 2. Chapmann Lake 3. While Tumbstone Mountains are granite, the rest of the road passes through limestone hills. 4. Entry in Eagle Plains, an immense plateau of boreal forest andRead More…
North Yukon : Dempster Highway
VivaLaVida then took the way of the Dempster Highway. For less than hundred miles first since I stopped to hike in the gorgeous Tumbstone Provincial Park. A place where granite peaks come out of the tundra, the only place where there is granite in Northern Yukon. 1. AscentRead More…
Central Yukon
Still in central Yukon, I visited Keno City, a “City” of 21 inhabitants actuelly ! I must say that the price of silver and zinc are really down, so the mines are actually shut down. 1. The hotel and one of the two bars of this quite surprising “likeRead More…
South West Yukon (2)
Continuing the discover of backcountry roads the next day, I arrived into mining areas, some of which are still active today. Guys continue to look for gold… 1. VivaLaVida on the trail. 2. They are so many small lakes everywhere… 3. OverRead More…
D5 Creation