Salmon Glacier
The gravel road to the bear viewing area continues on for twenty miles or so, passing old mines, water falls and rivers. Eight miles beyond bear area it starts climbing and climbing and climbing. Eventually it just hugs the mountainside and keeps climbing. On one side is mountain, on the other is this:
Looking upstream is this:
That is the lower end of Salmon Glacier, fifth largest in Canada.
It is huge. Largest glacier you can drive to/near.
Unfortunately, it was a cloudy day and much of the view was in the clouds. We drove to the summit which has a spectacular view of the glacier but the cloud was so thick that visibility was only about twenty feet. Looked at what we could and then headed back.
The road to the glacier goes back into British Columbia. At the border there is a marker.
In this area, as well as further north, the US/Canada border is cleared. A path through the forest.
Border marker between Stewart and Hyder.
First masonry building in Alaska.
Tallest Fireweed we have seen. In campground, right by our site.
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