Day 71, Thursday, 8/27: Woke kind of late so we didn’t leave camp until almost 10:30. Had to finish loading up the boat, the RZR and the firewood… A bit chilly but no rain and no wind.
Someone we met at the RV park in Whitehorse (they had an Arctic Fox and a quad) told us about a trail/road to a microwave tower about 20 kliks down the road. He even drew a map for us. So, we found the place to pull over, unload the RZR, and the road/trail. The first part of the trip was through forest and a nice ride. We climbed quickly and were on top of mountains, winding our way up to the top! Kind of scary (for me) but not a bad ‘road’. The last mile was quite steep and shear drop-offs on one side. Once at the top (and my heart settled down a bit) we got out and took in the awesome view all around! It was cold due to the wind. If Dall sheep were there you could easily see them and probably be looking down at them! The guy that drew the map said they had seen sheep and Caribou but we didn’t see any. A few minutes after we got there a helicopter approached and landed at the tower!!! It was an incredible site to be on the top of a mountain and have a helicopter approach from below you… Got some pictures…. They stayed on the ground for about 5 minutes and then lifted off again. Not sure what they were doing there but it must have had something to do with the tower… We weren’t able to see if anyone got out as they were just over the ridge and we could only see the top portion of the chopper. Took lots of pictures and then headed down. Have to admit I closed my eyes in sections of the trip down. It was steep! Got back to the truck/camper, loaded the RZR and headed south…
Headed down the Cassiar Highway and just took our time, enjoying the remoteness, the mountains, etc.
Stopped at Upper Gnat Lake where there was a short side road to a nice spot to camp overlooking the lake. Not long after we were there a BC forest ranger came by to check. He was actually looking for someone but chatted a bit about whether we were hunting or fishing, which we are not. He didn’t have a problem with us camping there. We played some cribbage, some Skip-bo and had a wine or two. Listened to an audio book for awhile. Nice evening…
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