Year: 2013

This is one of 7 river boats in the paddlewheel graveyard, located just outside Dawson City along the river. When the highway was completed in 1953 these boats became obsolete. Show Full Size Photo

Some of the group at Dredge #4, these dredges actually floating, digging the gravel out of the way in front of them, processing it, and spitting it out the back, creating piles of tailings. They […]

Believe it or not this…. is the famous Bonanza Creek, where gold was first discovered. It just felt pretty small to me especially since it’s so famous. But then the next picture shows how they […]

Some of the cast from Diamond Tooth Girties. We had a great time the previous evening and actually stayed for 2 shows and a little Black Jack. It’s the latest we’ve stay up the whole […]

Dawson City had a small but colourful parade through the town. Mounties of course leading the way. Show Full Size Photo

After a lot of phone calls, discussions with the local contacts in Fairbanks, (including the president of AOPA Alaska), it was decided that most of us would not try and fly VFR into Northway for […]

Bombay Peggy’s! Yes, this is our home for the next few days and if only the walls could talk….it’s just Great! Show Full Size Photo

Darren Ronaghan, the Regional Airport Manager was there to welcome the group and to help direct us to the fuel pumps and then tie-downs. Again the organization, the contacts, and the experience of COPA’s Bram […]

We came down the valley at the far end of the runway, so this is a great shot of the corner that we came around to find the airport right there. A little side slipping, […]

We came around a corner in the river valley and there was – the airport! A welcome sight…….and we were already on the downwind for 03. Once you’ve been here, I’m sure it doesn’t feel […]

The last 20 NM was the challenging part. We were down to about 2200′ and in the Klondike river valley. We couldn’t follow the road anymore as it’s up on the hill to our left. […]

We went up to 6000′ to be above the first layer of scatter cloud. I turned so I could take this picture, but as you can see by the front off to our left, we […]

Here we’re just outside of Pelley Crossing at about 5000′ I was surprised by how it opened up – but not many places to land other than the road. The two routes that people follow […]

Runway 27 in Carmacks. The gravel runways actually work quite well. But note the clouds – we are heading slightly to the right. Show Full Size Photo

Most of the runways are along the river valleys. Show Full Size Photo