The Top of the World Highway is a 127 km-long (79 mi) mostly gravel highway beginning at a junction with the Taylor Highway near Jack Wade, Alaska. When driving from Alaska the route travels east above the tree line crossing the Canadian border & ending at the Yukon River. The highway and border crossing are only open during the summer months. The portion of the hwy in the Yukon is also known as Yukon Highway 9. The Alaska portion is short and not numbered. The Alaska D.O.T. refers to it as Top of the World Highway. This is a view from the Yukon portion just before a series of switchbacks descend down in elevation to the western bank of the Yukon River where a ferry terminal in West Dawson takes passenger cars to Dawson. The autumn colors arrive very early here and the views were spectacular the entire way.
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Faro is a town in the central Yukon. Autumn comes very early at this far northern latitude.
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Autumn view taken along the Top of the World Highway which connects Alaska to Dawson City in the Yukon territory of northeast Canada. The 65 mile long route is largely unpaved, follows the crest of a mountain range above the tree line offering spectacular views the whole way. This image was taken from the highway looking east just after crossing the border from Alaska into Canada via the Poker Creek Port of Entry. Thanks for the comments and hope everyone is doing well. I'm finally back home and have many new images to share.
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Kluane National Park and Reserve located in the southwest corner of the Yukon Territory, Canada near the Alaskan border. Photo taken from Congdon Creek campground.
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Dempster highway winding through Tombstone Territorial Park in Yukon Territory, Canada.
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