Thursday, October 2, 2008

Grey Mountain

Just a few shots from a day-long hike'n bike I did to get to the north peak of Grey Mountain (the peak on the left in the picture below). The south peak can be reached in about an hour with a drive and a hike, and I've previously posted pictures of its view. The north peak sees way fewer visitors and felt like more of an adventure.

If you drove straight into this picture down the South Klondike Highway, you'd see breathtaking mountain views for an hour and a half, then end up at the Alaskan coast in Skagway. Along the way you'd pass by Carcross, where there is amazing biking, Log Cabin, where there is great backcountry skiing/boarding, and the Chilkoot Trail, a popular hike that takes you over Chilkoot Pass, which claimed many prospectors' lives during the Klondike gold rush in the 1890's. That highway holds a lot of fun.
If you drove straight into this picture, you'd pass by the left hand side of Marsh Lake (big lake in the background) and be heading east on the Alaska Highway -- our main supply line to the rest of Canada.

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