We got stopped by RCMP in Whitehorse for flying too slow. Thanks for the lift and tour, Backcountry Tundra!





Lots and lots of this. We're sitting in Fast Eddy's in Tok waiting for our cheeseburgers to come out. Great flight over the border and customs was cool. Probably no day 5 update tonight if there's no good wifi at our cabin in Glenellen, but certainly when I get to ANC.

Zzz wrote:We got stopped by RCMP in Whitehorse for flying too slow. Thanks for the lift and tour, Backcountry Tundra!





Lots and lots of this. We're sitting in Fast Eddy's in Tok waiting for our cheeseburgers to come out. Great flight over the border and customs was cool. Probably no day 5 update tonight if there's no good wifi at our cabin in Glenellen, but certainly when I get to ANC.

That's awesome! This trip is epic!

Hey Z, are you wearing a Murse (Man Purse ). I'm just jealous of your trip, that's all.

Thanks for taking the time to include us!

Fly well, and be safe!

CW

clippwagon wrote:
Hey Z, are you wearing a Murse (Man Purse ).

It's a European carry-all...

Saw some amazing sights today... Can't believe this weather were getting, wow! And at the end of a long day... Here's Zane, working hard on behalf of all BCP'ers!

I think Zane is carrying a satchel....Indiana Jones had one!!!!

I don't need any excuses... it's my purse. Some great pics coming up from the last two days.

Cub271 wrote:

Saw some amazing sights today... Can't believe this weather were getting, wow! And at the end of a long day... Here's Zane, working hard on behalf of all BCP'ers!

LIKE

Zzz wrote:I don't need any excuses... it's my purse. Some great pics coming up from the last two days.

I don't care if you're wearing a skirt right now I'd trade you places in a heart beat . Keep it coming Zane.
You got us all smiling.

Day 4 and Day 5 update rolled into one. For Tapatalk people, the image captions may not show up, best viewing is normal browser.

We blasted out of Fort Nelson on Tuesday morning, taking off into more clear and sunny skies. The weather this trip could not have been better, I'm simply blown away by our luck. Brad claims it was his planning but no one is that good.

Day 4: Fort Nelson to Whitehorse.

Per suggestions from BC Tundra and MTV, we dropped in to Toad River / Milepost 422 to check it out.



I was definitely feeling a bit of a Super Man/Clark Kent goes north kinda thing here.

The ceiling of the Toad River Lodge is 100% hats.

Have seen a lot of these up here-- the fat tired 206.

Next stop was Watson Lake, so we pushed on up the highway. This terrain out here is pretty unforgiving and remote but the highway is always there for you. I have to admit that this route combined with this weather has made this a fairly easy trip.



We've got our trinkets and gear hung everywhere.

Watson Lake has THE coolest hangar.

It's full of stuff like this.

There was a young woman who worked there who was a pilot and mechanic and was swapping out a magneto on that DHC-2. It was like something from a movie.

Couldn't miss the sign post forest in Watson Lake. The guy from the FSS let us borrow his car. Canadians are wonderful!

Whitehorse hotels were totally booked solid for some conference that was in town, so my man Backcountry Tundra from BCP made a few phone calls and got us the last 2 rooms in Yukon.

We found the DC-3 windsock at Whitehorse (it's hard to miss.)

Got pulled over for flying too slow.

Brad learned what the back seat of a RCMP police SUV feels like.





Day 5: Whitehorse to Gulkana via Tok

We departed Whitehorse to the NW following the highway and the terrain suddenly started to feel very "Alaska-like." Steep mountains in long ranges bounded wide flat valleys, for tens of miles at a time. We landed Beaver Creek, Yukon for a final pee stop and to update CBP prior to our crossing. We would be meeting them in Tok instead of Northway.



We went out looking for the DC-3 on a hilltop, and we found it.





The breakup of Kluane Lake

Short final at Beaver Creek.

So long, Canada. I enjoyed your radio people.





Another fatty 206 at Tok.

We ate lunch at Fast Eddy's in Tok and grabbed a pizza for our cabin stay. I grabbed a variety pack of Alaskan Brewing at the liquor store, which smelled like cigarette smoke from 1972. We fueled and pushed on for our evening stay at a B&B on the Copper river outside of Gulkana.

Flying down the Glenn highway.

Mount Sanford





Where I'm currently posting from.

About to squeak it on at Gulkana.



Thanks for looking/downloading. Complete photo album is here. It continues tomorrow. Tales from under a red wing. I don't want this to end. I have fallen in the love with the Top Cub. Even more so with our accommodations tonight.

If people aren't hooked on backcountry flying, show them this forum thread. Holy cow. This is amazing stuff, Zane! AWESOME!

Getting the morning BCP ego fix and checking the weather... looks good again. Now to find some coffee!

Glad you got to meet Rachel in WL, Wonderful young Lady who is a Bitchin Pilot!!
Have fun, wonderful trip!!
Lookin good!

Thanks for the perpetual updates Zane!

It seems like you were blessed with amazing weather on this trip, and I was wondering how often that happens on this particular route?

Have you placed your order for a Top Cub yet?

The guys left this morning(flying C180's) from Fort St John should be in Anchorage tonight. They try to go every year but some years the weather does not cooperate. They have also done it in their cub just takes longer. The trip is one you will remember for a lifetime. This is the kind of scenery we fly in often as it is our backyard for flying.

Very cool Zane, very cool. Thanks for taking the time to post.

This thread is amazing! I love the photography - especially some of the wide angle shots. Keep up the great work!

You are arriving for an early breakup; I landed on a bar on the Big Su above Bell Island last night to watch the river ice break up. It is always exciting to see the ice go out. There is still enough rotten ice on Lake Hood to preclude float ops just yet. Last year I was tied down on the ice until late April.

Cool Zane, I wondered if there were any of those old Letourneau arctic/sno/land trains left around.

Just out for a little glacier recon on our way down-valley. iPhone shots.

Now that it's in Alaska, do you get to but on Bushwheels before you have to hand the keys over?