Dempster Highway run

[CDN Offroader]

Just got back from a 3 week Yukon/NWT run up the Dempster highway to Tuktoyaktuk. Got in some decent hikes while we were up there. No mechanical issues, flat tires, wild life problems or significant incidents. All in all was a good run, and would highly recommend. Way less mosquitoes than I had expected.


Basic trip map - Edmonton-Dawson Creek-Liard - Atlin - Carcross - Whitehorse - Dawson City - Tombstone Territorial Park - Inuvik - Tuktoyaktuk - Kluane National Park - Highway 37 back to Stewart - Back to Edmonton



Mile "0" of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek


Sikanni Chief Falls

pair of road mosse getting a snack


Not exactly sunset, but about as close as we got


Liard hotsprings, absolutely the worst mosquitoes of the trip by far, nice otherwise though


a couple road bison north of Liard


Pretty self explanatory.


Signpost forest

Atlin


Atlin area rec site


big ol beaver


pic


Did some dune running at the Carcross Desert


Outhouse with a view up Sam McGee Trail


Whitehorse fox


pic


Had to refuel with a large Cinnamon bun at Braeburn Lodge


Stopped in at Diamond Tooth Gerties for a show(Dawson City)


headin north


Tombstone Campsite


Ptarmagin, was with 4 chicks


Marmot


Overnight hike into Tobstone Territorial Park


Ogilvie Ridge,


View from the start of the Arctic Circle


Random road pic


Gettin' closer


waitin' for the ferry at Ft McPherson

Random road pic


so close!

the road to Tuk




Made it, time to head south.


Back to Inuvik for dinner at Alestine's


roadside campsite


Back to Tombstone to hike Goldensides trail


Brown colored black bear on the way to Keno City


Evening trip up to the top of Keno hill


View from Kusawa ridge


A strangely nice picture of the outhouse and hills behind Dezadeash Lake campsite


St Elias Lake hike - we didn't particularly like it while we were there, but the picture turned out pretty good


Found a nice 4x4 trail in Kluane to Mush Lake -aboat an hour, included a couple river crossings and a pretty rough road, but nobody at the lake...




Headed south down hwy 37 into BC

Camp at Dease Lake



Drive into Atlin was cloudy and rainy, so we didn't end up doing any of the hiking we had planned.




From there, we headed east to visit some family along the way, and finally back home...

 

[Terry Pickens]

Loved my trip up there in 2019, planning on another as soon as I can. I recognize locations in about 3/4 of your photos. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Etoimos]

Nice trip, thanks for sharing it with us. I had plans to make a Tuk run this past May/June from Colorado, but the high gas prices killed it :(

 

[socal66]

Great photos and looks like it was a great trip. I am planning on doing this also some day. Did you experience any issues or have any recommendations on tent camping along the route?

 

[CDN Offroader]

Great photos and looks like it was a great trip. I am planning on doing this also some day. Did you experience any issues or have any recommendations on tent camping along the route?

We mostly picked our campsites by what was nearby when we were done driving for the day. Besides the usual government campsites, and the BC Rec Sites(free), we found plenty of camping either along the way, or on the iOverlander app. No issues whatsoever with that, some of the more remote campsites were empty or only a few other people. Busier areas, like Kluane Park were nearly full. Partly our fault for showing up later in the day.

The campsite at Mush Lake in Kluane was a great spot, with no one there, but it was about an hour long drive down a fairly rough 4x4 road. Keno City had a nice in town campsite, and a with a good drive to the top of the mountain(or you could hike it if you wanted)

 

[kunstmilch]

How long was the trip in time?

 

[Alanymarce]

Thanks for sharing - great pics! Good memories of this part of our trip this year.