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Day4 Tue July 19th, 573 miles
Quesnel was celebrating their Billy Barker days festival. The temperature was 7 degrees Celsius in the morning when I got on the road again and there were thunderstorms forecast around Prince George, where I was headed. I rode north on the Cariboo towards Prince George where I turned West on the highway 16, the Yellowhead highway towards Kitwanga, BC. From Kitwanga the Cassiar highway, 37 takes you 450 miles north to the Alaska Highway. About half of the Cassiar highway is loose gravel or packed gravel and there are very few services or gas. It was about 5PM when I arrived at Kitwanga, I had to decide if I wanted tackle the Cassiar today. After asking the local gas station about the road condition I decided to ride up to Meziadin Junction which is 97 miles up the Cassiar and then take 37A towards Stewart which was off my path, where there were a couple of motels. This turned out to be a good decision because the 42 miles between Meziadin Junction and Stewart was some of the most beautiful scenery I rode through. A mile down this highway I saw a small bear on the highway, it ran off when it heard the engine as I was slowing down. About half way to Stewart I saw the Bear glacier across a small lake, this was an amazing site. Between Bear Glacier and Stewart, the hills are filled with waterfalls dropping from the ice packs and small glaciers above.
Stewart, BC lies across the border from Hyder, Alaska located in the pan handle, this small town is located at the base of a tall mountain range, the tops of which are almost always covered in low clouds. A local couple with a two year old Lab stopped to chat while I was unloading the bike, they had just moved here in the winter. They pointed out that there are, mine shaft high up in the mountain where miners looked for gold during the gold rush. |
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