Day 10 – Fog!


The second day on the Dempster brought with it fog. Between our boondock camp, nicknamed “mosquito boondock”, and the Tetlit Gwinjik Viewpoint we encountered fog. Now at first the fog looked pretty interesting rolling over the mountain ridges and filling in the gulleys. 

However, the fog got thicker and thicker, until eventually we could hardly see 100 feet in front of us on the road! That made wildlife viewing difficult because they would have had to walk up on the road in front of us to be seen.

The fog lifted a bit when we crossed at the Arctic Circle and stopped for a photo op, but then it socked in around us with a vengeance when we climbed up, through, and then down Wright Pass. It was eerie seeing signs warning of corners and downhill grades without being able to see how sharp the corner was nor how steep of a hill (they don’t post the grades up here).

The fog did lift by the time we got to the Peel and Mackenzie River’s ferry crossings. Maybe we’ll see what it looks like from that pass on the return trip… if there are drop-offs, maybe I would rather not see it.



Post Script:

The return trip up over Wright Pass was not nearly as nerve wracking. Picts from that will be posted in a few days.

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