{"id":21696,"date":"2019-05-23T08:10:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=21696"},"modified":"2019-05-27T10:26:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:26:49","slug":"doing-domes-the-top-of-the-world-highway-from-dawson-city-to-the-alaska-border-yukon-territory-canada-8-24-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=21696","title":{"rendered":"Doing Domes – the Top of the World Highway from Dawson City to the Alaska Border, Yukon Territory, Canada (8-24-18)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 21 of Lupe’s 2018 Dingo Vacation to the Yukon, Northwest Territories & Alaska!<\/em><\/p>\n

7:20 AM, 50\u00b0F, Midnight Dome near Dawson City<\/em> – A warm night!\u00a0 Kind of nice.\u00a0 Rained the whole time.\u00a0 Outside the G6, it was still coming down.\u00a0 Mist and fog.\u00a0 So no big rush to do anything.\u00a0 SPHP caught up the trip journal while Lupe dozed or watched raindrops on their sudden dashes down the windshield.\u00a0 Not too scintillating.<\/p>\n

9:21 AM, 45\u00b0F<\/em> – No change in the weather, but the American Dingo was about to get underway!\u00a0 A day of peakbagging Domes along the Top of the World Highway was in store.\u00a0 Lupe kicked things off with a super easy one.\u00a0 Since she had spent the night on Midnight Dome<\/span><\/a> (2,887 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> not far from the summit, a second quick ascent was in order.<\/p>\n

Lupe had already seen the lovely views of the Yukon River and Dawson City from Midnight Dome yesterday evening.\u00a0 No special reason to make another ascent except for its own sake.\u00a0 She certainly wasn’t going to see anything this morning.\u00a0 On the other paw, the summit was only a trivial 20 feet higher than the viewpoint along the loop road, and the Carolina Dog was already here, so why not?<\/p>\n

Two minutes after escaping the G6, Lupe was again standing on the huge, rustic wooden bench at the top of Midnight Dome.<\/p>\n

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The views were better yesterday when there were some! Can we go now? I’m getting wet!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heading back down Dome Road to the North Klondike Highway and Dawson City, the thrill of not having seen a thing wore off pretty quickly.\u00a0 Not to worry, more excitement was only minutes away!\u00a0 SPHP let Lupe stand in the rain near the fabled Yukon River, which actually was<\/em> in view, while waiting for the George Black ferry<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Yukon River<\/strong> ferry landing at the N end of Dawson City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10:19 AM, 48\u00b0F<\/em> – The ride across the Yukon River aboard the George Black ferry is free, and the ferry operates around the clock.\u00a0 Vehicles had been disembarking on the far shore when Lupe arrived, but soon the George Black was on its way back.<\/p>\n

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The George Black ferry (L) is the only way across the Yukon River<\/strong> at Dawson City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10:36 AM, 48\u00b0F<\/em> – Once across the Yukon River, Lupe and SPHP set out on the Top of the World Highway (Hwy 9) to look for the road to Clinton and Cassiar Dome<\/span><\/a> (4,450 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Hwy 9 climbed steadily out of the river valley.\u00a0 For several miles, the road was paved.\u00a0 Even before it turned to gravel, Lupe was back in fog again.\u00a0 Rain continued without let up.<\/p>\n

A discouraging start, but after 40 km, occasional breaks appeared in the clouds.\u00a0 Lupe could sometimes see nearby ridges, and even enjoyed brief moments of sunshine.\u00a0 This more hopeful weather held for the next 15 km, before conditions deteriorated again.\u00a0 Only a few km farther, about 59 km from Dawson City, the road to Clinton appeared as a R (N) turn.<\/p>\n

SPHP hadn’t noticed any signs for Clinton along the Top of the World Highway, but a white sign 200 feet N of the junction mentioned Clinton Creek, so this had to be the right road.\u00a0 The topo map showed that 6 km (4 miles)<\/em> N of this intersection, Clinton Road goes over a saddle that might make a decent starting point for an ascent of Cassiar Dome.<\/p>\n

However, the weather was lousy.\u00a0 No point in leaving the Top of the World Highway just yet.\u00a0 The American Dingo was going to have to wait for improvement.\u00a0 SPHP parked the G6 at large level area W of Clinton Road close to the intersection.\u00a0 Might as well wait here.<\/p>\n

11:47 AM, 43\u00b0F, km 59 of the Top of the World Highway<\/em> – After a quick romp in the rain and fog, it was time for lunch.\u00a0 Canned salmon and Ritz crackers!\u00a0 Lupe feasted on both.\u00a0 Nothing changed outside, so after lunch the Carolina Dog took a long nap.\u00a0 Not to be outdone, SPHP joined her.<\/p>\n

2:20 PM<\/em> – Still raining, but the sky is a bit brighter, and the fog isn’t as dense.\u00a0 To the N, some of Clinton Road is visible.\u00a0 The whole area it goes through looks heavily forested.\u00a0 If that is what the route to Cassiar Dome is going to be like, Lupe will get absolutely soaked before she’s 20 feet from the G6.<\/p>\n

However, off to the SW, a barren ridge is in sight.\u00a0 The map shows that Swede Dome<\/span><\/a> (4,150 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> isn’t too far beyond that ridge.\u00a0 Maybe Lupe ought to forget Cassiar Dome, and go check out Swede Dome instead?\u00a0 With only a little over 300 feet of elevation gain required, Swede Dome isn’t much of a climb, but considering the circumstances, that’s a good thing!\u00a0 The Top of the World Highway passes right along the N and W slopes, so it won’t be a long trek, either.<\/p>\n

Maybe Lupe can climb Swede Dome even in this weather?<\/p>\n

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On the Top of the World Highway en route to check out Swede Dome<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2:38 PM, 44\u00b0F<\/em> – SPHP parked the G6 W of Swede Dome close to the km 64 marker.\u00a0 Only light rain at the moment, probably about as good as things are going to get today.\u00a0 Swede Dome is not forested, and the top isn’t that far away.\u00a0 Might as well give it a go!<\/p>\n

Leaving the G6, Lupe crossed the highway, went up an embankment, and started up a long, broad slope.<\/p>\n

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Starting up Swede Dome<\/strong>. Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Swede Dome was an easy climb.\u00a0 Not too far from the top, Lupe reached a region of low bushes, and thick, spongy tundra which made things a bit more difficult, but abundant blueberries slowed SPHP down more than anything else.\u00a0 The steepest part of the climb was just above this zone, but didn’t take long.\u00a0 Soon the slope was leveling out.<\/p>\n

The top of the mountain was a large, nearly flat area of tundra dotted with sporadic low bushes and a few scattered conifers.\u00a0 Several cairns were along the N rim.\u00a0 Lupe came up from the W, and still had a bit of a march ahead of her to get to the actual high point.<\/p>\n

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Relaxing on the soft, wet tundra on top of Swede Dome<\/strong>. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Approaching the cairn (L of Center) at the true summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The true summit of Swede Dome was somewhat E of the center of the spacious flat region, nowhere near any edge.\u00a0 A big cairn sat at or very close to the actual high point.\u00a0 Nearby, an ancient battered washtub was attached to a post.\u00a0 Lupe got up onto the cairn to claim her Swede Dome peakbagging success!<\/p>\n

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At what appeared to be the true summit of Swede Dome<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At least I got one dome done along the Top of the World Highway today!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oh, yeah, this is magnificent! Without being able to see very far, we’re kind of hard up for Swede Dome highlights, aren’t we?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fog occasionally swept over the mountain.\u00a0 The cloud ceiling was too low to permit any distant views.\u00a0 Looper couldn’t see much from Swede Dome, except along the N edge where she could look down on the Top of the World Highway.<\/p>\n

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The Top of the World Highway from along the N edge of Swede Dome<\/strong>. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Toward the W end. The slope Lupe had come up is on the R. The G6 is in sight. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3:26 PM, 44\u00b0F<\/em> – Lupe didn’t stay up on Swede Dome for long.\u00a0 Less than an hour after leaving the G6, she was back.\u00a0 She had scarcely returned, when the sky brightened.\u00a0 For several minutes, sunshine filtered through the clouds.\u00a0 Coming on the heels of Loopster’s Swede Dome success, the sunlight was enough to revive hopes for Cassiar Dome.\u00a0 Clinton Road was only 5 km back.\u00a0 Maybe Lupe ought to at least go take a closer look?<\/p>\n

Approaching Clinton Road, a high hill could now be seen off to the N.\u00a0 That had to be Cassiar Dome, didn’t it?\u00a0 In front of the hill was a faint rainbow.<\/p>\n

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A faint rainbow comes down to Clinton Road in front of Cassiar Dome<\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3:52 PM, 45\u00b0F<\/em> – Coming from the W, a green street sign for Clinton Road did appear along the Top of the World Highway prior to the turn.\u00a0 SPHP drove N on Clinton Road almost to the saddle SW of Cassiar Dome.\u00a0 Two side roads split off from the same point on the R (NE) side of Clinton Road shortly before reaching the pass.<\/p>\n

Most interesting!\u00a0 SPHP parked the G6.\u00a0 The map didn’t show these side roads.\u00a0 If either one could get Lupe closer to Cassiar Dome<\/span><\/a> (4,450 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, that would be a huge help!\u00a0 The sunshine had disappeared, and it was raining again, but Lupe and SPHP got out for a look.<\/p>\n

The side road on the L went NW toward a big ridge.\u00a0 Whether the road was destined to go up onto the ridge, or around to the other side couldn’t be seen from here.\u00a0 The top of this ridge was actually the route that SPHP intended Lupe to take over to Cassiar Dome, provided it wasn’t forested.\u00a0 Didn’t look like it was, either, so that was great news!<\/p>\n

The side road to the R went NNE, more directly toward Cassiar Dome, but gradually losing elevation as it disappeared from view among tall bushes.\u00a0 Apparently it wasn’t headed for the top of anything.\u00a0 Between these two roads was a sign.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the sign gave no indication where either road went.<\/p>\n

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These side roads off Clinton Road are about 4 miles N of the Top of the World Highway. Cassiar Dome<\/strong> on the R. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yeah, kind of figured that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sticking with the original plan by taking the side road to the L as far up onto the big ridge as possible seemed like the thing to do, except for one thing.\u00a0 Looking over at Cassiar Dome, a thin, but distinct line could be seen in the vegetation running horizontally along the SW slope.\u00a0 That line wasn’t an awful lot higher than where the G6 was now.\u00a0 200 feet?<\/p>\n

A road?\u00a0 Had to be, didn’t it?\u00a0 Maybe this side road to the R didn’t keep sinking into the valley between here and Cassiar Dome, but instead went around the N end of the valley to link up with the road over there?\u00a0 That would be awesome!\u00a0 A fabulous shortcut, a road directly to Cassiar Dome!\u00a0 What a gift!\u00a0 Lupe had to check out that possibility.<\/p>\n

A short foray was made down the road to the R.\u00a0 Loop didn’t have to go far before the side road leveled out.\u00a0 More horizontal line could be seen on the side of the slopes ahead.\u00a0 Yes, it did look like this road might well be the same one visible on the side of Cassiar Dome!<\/p>\n

So taking the side road to the R became the new plan, but the plan couldn’t be implemented yet.\u00a0 Raining too hard!\u00a0 The way things were looking, Lupe would almost certainly get drenched if she took on Cassiar Dome today, probably multiple times, but that didn’t mean she had to start out when it was raining this hard.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP retreated to the G6, as more rain and fog swept through the region.<\/p>\n

4:39 PM<\/em> – Still rather foggy, but not raining.\u00a0 Now or never!\u00a0 Abandoning the G6, Lupe and SPHP headed out taking the side road to the R.\u00a0 Other than one empty beer can, Loop saw no sign that anyone ever comes this way anymore.\u00a0 Not a speck of trash.\u00a0 In a few spots, the wilderness was starting to close back in, but the road was never completely blocked.\u00a0 The little road served as a great path, fine nearly the entire way.\u00a0 The Carolina Dog made rapid progress.<\/p>\n

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Shortly after starting out on the minor side road that went to the R. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looper leading the way exploring ahead. The SW slope of Cassiar Dome<\/strong> is in the fog on the R. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lupe had a blast running and sniffing, but wisely did not venture into the wilderness on either side of the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After going perhaps a couple of miles, the road reached the lower SW slopes of Cassiar Dome<\/span><\/a> (4,450 ft.<\/span><\/strong>)<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 The most direct route to the summit would have been to leave the road right away and start climbing.\u00a0 However, the mountainside was steep here, and thickly covered with wet bushes taller than SPHP.<\/p>\n

Lupe wouldn’t have to climb terribly far to get up above the bushes, but such a feat looked like a struggle.\u00a0 The Carolina Dog was already sopping wet from vegetation on the road.\u00a0 SPHP was only wet to mid-thigh, and wasn’t anxious to get totally soaked head to foot.<\/p>\n

Maybe the road would climb above the bushes, if Looper followed it far enough around the S end of Cassiar Dome?\u00a0 That might add quite a bit of distance, but following the road was fast.\u00a0 Wouldn’t take that long to at least give it a shot.<\/p>\n

So Lupe stuck with the road quite a bit farther as it curved SE around the N end of the Cassiar Creek valley.\u00a0 Loop got all the way to the S end of Cassiar Dome where the road turned E.\u00a0 She’d gained a little elevation, but not much.\u00a0 However, it was enough.\u00a0 The slope leading higher to the N wasn’t as steep as before, and only a narrow band of tall bushes had to be negotiated before Lupe would reach open ground.<\/p>\n

Leaving the road, the American Dingo charged N up the slope.\u00a0 Lupe was beyond the stand of tall bushes in practically no time.\u00a0 Only relatively low bushes, rocks, tundra, and scattered stunted conifers up here.\u00a0 Off to the SE, Clinton Road was in sight.\u00a0 SPHP could tell where the junction with the side roads was back where the G6 was parked.\u00a0 Lupe still hadn’t gained much elevation.\u00a0 200 feet max, maybe less.<\/p>\n

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Looking back to the SE shortly after leaving the side road. Clinton Road is easily seen on the L on the far ridge. The side road Lupe had taken to get here is faint, but detectable on the R. The roads meet at the distant gentle saddle at Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beginning her search for the summit of Cassiar Dome, Lupe headed N.\u00a0 She had gone so far S on the road that it was going to be a bit of a trek.\u00a0 Loop came to a series of big benches on the way.\u00a0 None were difficult climbs.<\/p>\n

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Looking N at one of the first big benches Lupe climbed on the way up Cassiar Dome<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A colorful slope leading to another bench. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Lupe climbed, stunted trees and even low bushes vanished.\u00a0 The last couple of benches were just rocks and tundra.\u00a0 By the time Lupe reached the top of the last bench, she was on a wide tundra plain in dense fog.\u00a0 The terrain sloped barely higher as Looper continued N.\u00a0 Couldn’t be too much farther to the summit, could it?<\/p>\n

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Climbing into the fog. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the last bench, wondering how much farther to the summit? Would the true summit even be a recognizable point? Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the Yukon fog, what was probably only a 5 to 10 minute march N on the uppermost bench seemed endless.\u00a0 At last, a dimly perceived dark form could be seen ahead.\u00a0 A few more steps, and the looming presence transformed into a hill of dark rock.\u00a0 This hill was maybe 100 feet high.\u00a0 That had to be it!\u00a0 The summit of Cassiar Dome was up there!<\/p>\n

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Lupe approaches the hill of dark rock at the N end of the last bench. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Up until now, Lupe had been exceptionally lucky.\u00a0 So far, she had only been sprinkled on a few times.\u00a0 Suddenly, though, the fog was getting darker and denser.\u00a0 Rain!\u00a0 Going to get it this time!\u00a0 Before taking on the dark rocky hill, SPHP stopped to put on the rain poncho.<\/p>\n

The intrepid American Dingo started climbing.\u00a0 Lupe arrived at the top of Cassiar Dome<\/span><\/a> (4,450 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> in the worst weather of the day.\u00a0 Raining hard with a cold W wind.\u00a0 Miserable!<\/p>\n

The summit area was roundish, at least an acre in size.\u00a0 Big patches of dark-colored rocks were scattered over tundra-covered terrain.\u00a0 Lupe came up near the S end.\u00a0 Not too far to the NE sat what appeared to be a large cairn of dark rocks.\u00a0 This cairn was higher than anything else on the mountain, but may not have been at the true summit.\u00a0 The highest natural terrain seemed to be closer to the NW edge.<\/p>\n

Lupe visited both the cairn and the natural high ground, but under these inhospitable conditions, only briefly.\u00a0 Couldn’t see a thing in this fog, anyway, and the cold wind and rain weren’t any fun at all.<\/p>\n

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On the big cairn of dark rock on top of Cassiar Dome<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Better get your photo fast, SPHP! I’m not staying up here forever!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exploring (briefly) the summit of Cassiar Dome<\/strong>. The cairn is L of Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This doing domes business isn’t as much fun as I’d hoped it would be.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The weather improved markedly shortly after Lupe began her descent.\u00a0 She went down the SW slope to begin with, but then had a mysteriously long march curling back around to the E looking for the long upper bench where she had finally seen the summit hill.\u00a0 Perhaps SPHP had gotten turned around in the fog to some extent?<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason for the unexpectedly long march, Lupe did make it back to the upper bench.<\/p>\n

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Back on the long upper bench during the descent. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the way down the various benches, Lupe emerged from the fog.\u00a0 She now enjoyed her best views from Cassiar Dome.\u00a0 The weather was still unsettled, but Loop could see farther than before.\u00a0 Wispy banks of fog sailed with dramatic effect among rounded hills and ridges beneath a still overcast sky.<\/p>\n

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View to the WNW while still fairly high on Cassiar Dome<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The side road Lupe followed from Clinton Road is easily seen on the far slope beyond her. Clinton Road is on the L. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A couple of sections of the side road Lupe took to Cassiar Dome are in view on the L. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking over the Cassiar Creek valley toward Clinton Road. The junction with the Top of the World Highway is on the L. Photo looks S with help from the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For Lupe, the highlight of the whole trek back down the benches to the side road was seeing two deer, or maybe they were caribou?\u00a0 Lupe didn’t care which they were.\u00a0 Even though they were a long way off, she was excited and keenly interested.<\/p>\n

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Maybe its a reindeer?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oh, Lupe, it’s you! You scared the piss outta me!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The descent down the benches was pretty easy.\u00a0 Once Loop made it back to the side road, she still had close to 3 miles to go to get back to the G6 the way the road went.\u00a0 It was all fun, though.<\/p>\n

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Lupe on the way back from Cassiar Dome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Foggy again on the side road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, almost.\u00a0 During the return, Lupe had only been lightly sprinkled on a few times.\u00a0 Ten minutes before the Carolina Dog made it back to the G6, though, the sky darkened again.\u00a0 Hurrying didn’t help.\u00a0 Only five minutes short of the G6, Loop and SPHP endured a second drenching.<\/p>\n

8:10 PM, 45\u00b0F<\/em> – Immediately upon reaching the G6, SPHP drove back to the Top of the World Highway and turned W.\u00a0 It wasn’t raining over by Swede Dome, in fact Lupe had a much better view of Swede Dome now than she’d had earlier.<\/p>\n

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Swede Dome<\/strong> from the Top of the World Highway. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Swede Dome<\/strong> with help from the telephoto lens. Lupe had climbed it earlier from the R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPHP stopped briefly at km 64 again, where Lupe had started her trek up Swede Dome.\u00a0 The weather had improved so much that Loop could now see from the highway the views to the W that had been hidden when she’d been way up on Swede Dome.<\/p>\n

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Lupe returns to km 64 of the Top of the World Highway. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9:23 PM, km 106<\/em> – Too late!\u00a0 Lupe arrived at Alaska\/Yukon border to find the customs station and gates closed.\u00a0 Only open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM.\u00a0 Loop was going to have to wait until morning to enter Alaska for the first time on this Dingo Vacation.<\/p>\n

No problem!\u00a0 SPHP drove back E a couple of km to a high ridge where a big pullout was on the S side of the Top of the World Highway.\u00a0 The American Dingo could spend the night right here!\u00a0 The customs station at the border was in view, so Lupe could even monitor any activity.<\/p>\n

Heh!\u00a0 Maybe not.\u00a0 Minutes later, the fog rolled in once more.<\/p>\n

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The customs station on the Alaska\/Yukon border is in view past Lupe’s head on the side of the far ridge. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The evening fog comes rolling in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Let’s see, two domes done today. Three, if I get to count Midnight Dome again.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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