Cassiar Highway

Leaving Whitehorse, we drove to Watson Lake for fuel & stopped for lunch.  The Cassiar (PH37) cutoff is 13 miles back.  We  didn’t get to see much of it’s beauty as it was cloudy  and rainy.  The Milepost   numbers for the intersection of Hwy 1 and  the Cassiar is  AH 450 (miles south to Kitwanga)  at the junction of the Yellowhead Hwy 16.  The 1st night we stayed at  Dease River Crossing( N58.946889, W129.863773 – our campsite),  A very small private  campground – no hookups, $20 on a beautiful lake.  Too bad it was so cloudy and rainy, but did get a few photos as in the following slide show.

  The Cassiar is PH37 from Alaska Hwy  Kitwanga, 450 miles where it ends at the Yellowhead Hwy PH16).  It is ALL paved.  There were no ruts nor chug holes.  The first 1/4  to 1/3 slow going about 40 mph because of the heaves. Nearing the cutoff to Stewart- Hyder Access road, it became better.  From the Stewart-Hyder access road to Kitwanga it was smooth.  We took a side trip to check out the bears in Hyder.

Day 144 Burwash Landing, Kluane Lake

Valdez is about the most beautiful place we have visited.  Mountains all around.  Some days were cloudy and rainy. So far, we have not had any summer.

We  left Valdez on Aug 18th and stayed the night at Northern Nights RV park in Glennallen.  Our next stop was about 1/2 from Burwash  Landing .  The next morning we visited the museum.  The clouds started lifting around Kluane Lake and saw some mountains before Haines Junction. Our next stop was Pioneer RV park In Whitehorse where we visited the Beringia museum for a little history lesson  of the area.  On Aug 21st we left Whitehorse and drove to Watson Lake arriving around noon.  After fueling up we drove back 13 miles to the Cassiar Hwy.  It went from sun to cloudy/rainy but did get a few photos.  Unfortunately we saw none of the beauty of the trip. br/> 

Day 144 Glenallen to Burwash Landing from Our RV Travels on Vimeo.

Day 90 Miles, Canyon, Whitehorse, YT

Since it was not raining we decided to check out the hike in Miles Canyon



Looks like bluebonnets………….

Day 84 Racing River Bridge to Watson Lake- Munco Lake

We are now far enough north that it doesn’t get dark – ever.  Light rain so we left and stopped at a pull out down the road to fix our breakfast.  We stopped at beautiful Muncho Lake and Laird Hot Springs.  Our end of day destination was Watson Lake