Driving back down the Dempster | Chop Chop Billy Goat

Driving back down the Dempster

18 July 2023UncategorizedPa

We did the 575 mile drive back down the gravel Dempster Highway from Tuktoyaktuk to Dawson City in two long driving days.

Burned areas from the fire we passed on the way up north

We stopped for the “night” at Wright Pass, on the border between Northwest Territories & Yukon Territory. We parked so the camper would be half in each territory according to the sign, but the map showed the real border was on the other side of the gravel lot

Lots of travelers leave their stickers at remote stops

Jay and I hiked across the muskeg at Wright Pass. Although it looks like a smooth green meadow, it’s really a field of rocks covered with waterlogged moss so every step is an adventure

We found ourselves in a thick fog when we woke up. We waited for it to clear for a few hours, then a passing motorist told us we were in low clouds, and it cleared up 2 miles down the road

Miles and miles of miles and miles

Portions of the Dempster Highway also serve as emergency airstrips

The Eagle Plains hotel & restaurant & bar & gas station, the only services for three hours to the north and five hours to the south

When you’re the only gas station for hours in either direction there’s no point upgrading your 1970s pumps

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