{"id":62965,"date":"2025-05-22T08:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=62965"},"modified":"2025-06-03T12:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:29:03","slug":"mount-mye-anvil-range-yukon-territory-canada-part-2-base-camp-to-the-summit-9-9-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=62965","title":{"rendered":"Mount Mye, Anvil Range, Yukon Territory, Canada – Part 2: Base Camp to the Summit! (9-9-23)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Days 49 & 50 of Lupe’s 2nd Summer of 2023 Dingo Vacation to Canada & Alaska!<\/em><\/p>\n

9-9-23, the wee hours, Pass 5050<\/span><\/strong><\/em> – Great gusts of wind swept over the tiny house, separated by brief moments of calm.\u00a0 In the darkness, snug in a sleeping bag, SPHP no longer heard the steady rain that had fallen for hours.\u00a0 Lupe was dead tired, and had scarcely moved.<\/p>\n

SPHP jostled the Carolina Dog.<\/p>\n

Loopster, wake up!\u00a0 It quit raining.\u00a0 Want to go out and sniff the air?<\/em><\/p>\n

She did.\u00a0 In the weak beam of the little flashlight, SPHP watched her now and then as Lupe sniffed here and there out on the wet tundra.<\/p>\n

The night was black as sin.\u00a0 No stars.\u00a0 Must still be cloudy.\u00a0 Chilly, but the wind wasn’t as bad as it had sounded from within the tiny house.\u00a0 Even so, a few minutes of the brisk, gusty breeze was enough.<\/p>\n

Guess I’m ready to go back in, Looper.\u00a0 C’mon!<\/em><\/p>\n

Strolling back to the tiny house, SPHP suddenly realized that Lupe hadn’t reappeared from out of the shadows.<\/p>\n

Loop, come!\u00a0 …\u00a0 LOOOOP!\u00a0 Where are you?<\/em><\/p>\n

No response.\u00a0 SPHP shone the flashlight all around.\u00a0 Nothing!<\/p>\n

Walking in a widening circle around the tiny house, SPHP kept calling and shining the flashlight everywhere.\u00a0 Where could she have gone?\u00a0 Wandered off alone and now lost in the Yukon?\u00a0 The mere thought was horrible!\u00a0 Anxiety rising, SPHP screamed into the wind.<\/p>\n

LOOOOP! … LUUUUPPEEEE! … COME BACK!<\/em><\/p>\n

From the invisible mountains, an echo.\u00a0 No more.<\/p>\n

Luuuuppeee! … Come back!<\/em><\/p>\n

Bleary-eyed, Lupe reemerged from the tiny house.<\/p>\n

Cut it out, SPHP!\u00a0 You’re enough to wake the dead!<\/em><\/p>\n

She’d already snuck back in.<\/p>\n

9-9-23, 7:20 AM, Pass 5050<\/span><\/strong><\/em> – Dawn came creeping slowly over the land.\u00a0 Over by Mount Mye<\/span><\/a> (6,763 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, 2 small clouds floated, edged with gold.<\/p>\n

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Dawn at Pass 5050<\/strong>. Mount Mye<\/strong> (L of Center). Photo looks ENE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still breezy, and rather chilly, but the tundra wasn’t even all that wet anymore.\u00a0 As for new snow, that had all been a speculative figment of SPHP’s overactive imagination.<\/p>\n

What’s for breakfast, SPHP?<\/em><\/p>\n

Not much.\u00a0 Taste of the Wild and water for the Dingo.\u00a0 Trail mix and a vanilla Equate for SPHP.\u00a0 After eating, the sleeping bags looked inviting.\u00a0 A little snooze while the day warmed up a bit wouldn’t hurt anything.<\/p>\n

9-9-23, 8:47 AM, Pass 5050<\/span><\/strong><\/em> – Sweet!\u00a0 Most of the clouds were gone.\u00a0 Lupe stood next to the tiny house in bright sunshine, a beautiful blue sky over Peak 6400’s<\/span><\/strong> long W ridge beyond her.<\/p>\n

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Peak 6400’s W ridge<\/strong> from Pass 5050<\/strong>. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let’s do this, Loopster!\u00a0 Onward!\u00a0 Puppy, ho!<\/em><\/p>\n

Heading ENE, Lupe began a long, gradual descent of the upper W branch of the Vangorda Creek valley, aiming straight for Mount Mye.<\/p>\n

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Descending the W branch of the upper Vangorda Creek valley<\/strong>. Mount Mye<\/strong> (L), Peak 6519<\/strong> (R). Photo looks ENE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A quick glance back at Pass 5050<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roaming the SE flank of Peak 6500<\/span><\/strong>, progress was excellent until Lupe reached a region of rock slides and tall bushes that slowed SPHP down.<\/p>\n

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Peak 6400<\/strong> (Center) from the bushes and rocks. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the talus rock slides weren’t huge, or terribly steep, they proved easier to deal with than the bushes.\u00a0 Maintaining just enough elevation to stay above most of the bushes that filled the valley seemed to be the best course of action.\u00a0 Even so, it still took SPHP over an hour to pick a way through less than 1.5 km of a mix of rocks, bushes, and tundra to reach the edge of the central Vangorda Creek valley.<\/p>\n

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On excellent terrain, approaching the central valley. Mount Mye<\/strong> (L). Photo looks ENE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The descent into the central Vangorda Creek valley went even better than SPHP expected.\u00a0 Encountering fewer rocks, Lupe retained enough elevation to prevent bushes from completely dominating the landscape.\u00a0 Open lanes, and tussocky areas that weren’t too bad, allowed SPHP to pick up the pace again.<\/p>\n

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Near the end of the rock slides. Mount Mye<\/strong> (R). Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Heading into the central Vangorda Creek valley<\/strong>. Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Crossing the broad valley, Lupe came to two streams.\u00a0 The first was more of a trickling bog 50-100 feet wide.\u00a0 Fortunately, although soft and wet, it wasn’t all that deep or muddy.\u00a0 The second stream had a well-defined channel, and must have been Vangorda Creek.\u00a0 Merely a few feet wide, even SPHP easily leapt over it.<\/p>\n

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In the upper N Vangorda Creek valley<\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peak 6500<\/strong> (L of Center) from Vangorda Creek<\/strong>. Photo looks WNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once past Vangorda Creek, Mount Mye was directly ahead.<\/p>\n

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Approaching Mount Mye<\/strong>. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All we have to do now is climb it, SPHP!\u00a0 How much higher is the summit?<\/em><\/p>\n

1,500 feet, Loop.\u00a0 We don’t want to go straight up this SW slope, though.\u00a0 Lots of steep talus.\u00a0 Should be easier if we go around more toward the S.<\/em><\/p>\n

Angling SE while gradually gaining elevation, Lupe entered a region of tall bushes.\u00a0 Happily, a surprising number of almost continuous open lanes ran through them.\u00a0 Soon the American Dingo was above the yellow bushes at the base of an enormous steep slope.\u00a0 Looking SSW, a long stretch of the lower Vangorda Creek valley was now in view.<\/p>\n

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Lower Vangorda Creek valley<\/strong> (L). Peak 6400<\/strong> (R). Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nice, soft tundra here, SPHP.\u00a0 Can we take a break before starting up?<\/em><\/p>\n

Sure, we’ve got plenty of time, Looper.\u00a0 Want to share a Cliff cool mint bar?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Cliff bar offer was eagerly accepted.\u00a0 After a pleasant 15 minute break spent enjoying both the views and the rapid demise of the Cliff bar, the Carolina Dog started up the steep slope.\u00a0 Most of it was talus, but lanes of tundra ran through it, too, especially higher up, once the rate of climb began to diminish.<\/p>\n

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Heading up the talus<\/strong>. Photo looks ENE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Making progress. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Leading the way up one of the lanes of tundra<\/strong> (R). Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After gaining 500 feet of elevation, Lupe reached the rounded W edge of a vast bench that sloped gently toward the S.\u00a0 Mount Mye’s summit was still 1,000 feet higher to the NNE, but looking that way, only a small part of the required climb was in sight.\u00a0 Mostly talus again.<\/p>\n

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Along the rounded W edge<\/strong>. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Making rapid progress while continuing ENE a short distance onto the S bench, it was soon clear that Lupe might as well get started with the rest of the ascent.\u00a0 Just no way to avoid having to deal with some steep talus.<\/p>\n

A tedious trek higher began, picking a route up through the rocks.\u00a0 As usual, Lupe scrambled with confidence, seemingly enjoying the entire experience.\u00a0 Also as usual, SPHP was much slower, climbing cautiously.<\/p>\n

In a particularly steep area, suddenly there was trouble.\u00a0 A little higher than SPHP, and 30 or 40 feet over to the R (E), Lupe missed a jump.\u00a0 The Carolina Dog was left clinging the edge of a rock, frantically trying to claw her way up onto it.<\/p>\n

Hang on, Loopster!\u00a0 I’m coming!<\/em><\/p>\n

Impossible!\u00a0 On this terrain, SPHP had no chance to get there in time.\u00a0 A few desperate seconds, and the inevitable happened.\u00a0 Lupe lost her grip and fell.<\/p>\n

Not far, only a couple of feet, but onto solid rock.\u00a0 Ouch!\u00a0 Recovering and regaining her balance almost instantly, the American Dingo seemed fine and completely undeterred.\u00a0 Lupe went right back to scrambling with a smile on her face, roaming from one big rock to the next wherever she pleased.<\/p>\n

Reaching a patch of tundra, this time SPHP insisted upon taking a break.<\/p>\n

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Peak 6400<\/strong> (L), Peak 6500<\/strong> (R), with Pass 5050<\/strong> (Center) between them. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vangorda Creek valley<\/strong> (R). Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Loop, are you really alright?\u00a0 That had to hurt!\u00a0 I’m so sorry!\u00a0 I couldn’t get over there in time to help you.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m fine, SPHP.\u00a0 Don’t worry about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Luck of the Dingo!\u00a0 You certainly seem to be, but are you sure, Looper?<\/em><\/p>\n

Positive, SPHP.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lupe would know.\u00a0 She certainly acted like nothing had happened to her.\u00a0 The ascent continued.\u00a0 Fortunately, Lupe wasn’t stuck on talus for the entire 1,000 feet.\u00a0 After gaining only several hundred, more tundra began coming into view.\u00a0 Aiming for tundra whenever possible, slowly the situation improved.\u00a0 Lanes of tundra began appearing.\u00a0 At first they were all short, but as the Carolina Dog kept climbing, the lanes became longer and wider.\u00a0 The rate of climb began to diminish.<\/p>\n

We must be getting close to the top, SPHP!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Near the end of the steep part<\/strong>. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dome-shaped Mount Mye went on and on.\u00a0 However, the ascent was now getting easier and easier.\u00a0 Eventually, even SPHP was advancing rapidly across a gradual slope toward a dark escarpment only 30 or 40 feet higher.<\/p>\n

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Up on the dome<\/strong>. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Closing in on the dark escarpment<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A final scramble up the escarpment, and a cairn was ahead, somewhat higher and still a few hundred feet away.\u00a0 In a chilly E wind, beneath an increasingly overcast sky, Lupe headed right for it.<\/p>\n

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Approaching the cairn<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9-9-23, 1:38 PM, 38\u00baF, Mount Mye<\/span><\/a> (6,763 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> <\/em>– The cairn was perched right at the true summit on a large, slightly curved rock 10 feet from a precipitous N edge.<\/p>\n

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By the cairn<\/strong> at the true summit<\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Congratulations, Loopster!\u00a0 Made it to Mount Mye!<\/em><\/p>\n

Really wasn’t that hard, SPHP.<\/em><\/p>\n

Glad you thought so, Loop, but stay away from the N edge.\u00a0 Can’t afford any more Dingo plunges from up here.<\/em><\/p>\n

SPHP shook the American Dingo’s paw, then retreated 25 feet SW of the cairn to sit on the tundra.\u00a0 Due to the cold breeze, SPHP pulled a jacket over Lupe as she curled up on SPHP’s lap.\u00a0 Unfamiliar Yukon peaks were in all directions except E, where the terrain was lower.\u00a0 Nothing nearby was as high as Mount Mye, although many distant peaks appeared to top out at roughly the same elevation.<\/p>\n

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Relaxing on Mount Mye<\/strong>. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chocolate coconut bar time, SPHP.<\/em><\/p>\n

Indeed it is, Loopster!<\/em><\/p>\n

SPHP shared a chocolate coconut bar with Lupe, plus what remained of the beef jerky.\u00a0 Taste of the Wild and water rounded out her menu.<\/p>\n

After eating, the Carolina Dog felt tired, remaining on SPHP’s lap a long time.\u00a0 SPHP stroked her ears while admiring the tremendous, unspoiled Yukon views.\u00a0 Sitting there facing S, off in the distance a few high peaks of the St. Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains were the only ones anywhere in sight that had any snow on them.\u00a0 Perhaps Fox Mountain<\/span><\/a> (7,887 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> was among them?<\/p>\n

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High peaks of the St. Cyr Range<\/strong>. Photo looks S with help from the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Snug beneath the jacket despite the chill breeze, Lupe watched a steady procession of silent gray clouds sailing off to the W in an increasingly gloomy sky.<\/p>\n

Suddenly feels like more snow will be coming soon, doesn’t it, SPHP?<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re practically a third of the way into September, Looper.\u00a0 Won’t be long now this far N.\u00a0 Mount Mye is likely the last Yukon Territory peak of your Summer of 2023 Dingo Vacations.<\/em><\/p>\n

Another summer was all but over.\u00a0 A sad thought, yet an inescapable one.\u00a0 It made these lingering, seldom seen views from a remote Yukon peak seem even more glorious and precious than ever.<\/p>\n

Inevitably, the fleeting minutes sailed away with the clouds.<\/p>\n

9-9-23, 2:38 PM, Mount Mye – <\/em><\/p>\n

It’s over, Loopster.\u00a0 Our traditional summit hour has fled.<\/em><\/p>\n

We can’t leave yet!\u00a0 We’ve got to get some pictures, SPHP.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wandering SW first, Lupe began her final, clockwise tour of the somber, yet splendid views.\u00a0 The Carolina Dog went far enough to see Pass 5050<\/span><\/strong> between Peak 6400<\/span><\/strong> and Peak 6500<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Although her tiny house was too far away to pick out from here, Rose Mountain<\/span><\/a> (6,513 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, Faro Mountain (5,467 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, and Lake 4663<\/span><\/strong> were also visible in this general direction.<\/p>\n

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Peak 6400<\/strong> (L), Pass 5050<\/strong> (L of Center), Peak 6500<\/strong> (R), Lake 4663<\/strong> (far R) with Rose Mountain<\/strong> beyond. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peak 6500<\/strong> (L). Both Lake 4663<\/strong> and Rose Mountain<\/strong> (L of Center). Photo looks WNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rose Mountain<\/strong> (R of Center). Photo looks WNW with help from the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The NW edge of Mount Mye was a cliff.\u00a0 Lupe peered down on jagged rock formations.\u00a0 Directly N, a string of ponds was visible in a long deep valley flanked by nameless brown mountains and ridges.\u00a0 The lower end of this valley ultimately curved NW out of sight.<\/p>\n

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The scene to the N<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A line of blue mountains stood on the NE horizon, far beyond another deep valley sheltering dark green forests.\u00a0 This view caught SPHP’s fancy as being particularly intriguing.\u00a0 Not until much later did SPHP learn the name of the highest peak in that cluster, Mount Connolly<\/span><\/a> (7,028 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Another big valley with more extensive forests was to the E.<\/p>\n

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Mount Connolly<\/strong> (Center) on the far horizon. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The more heavily forested valley<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Circling past the summit cairn, Lupe ventured over to Mount Mye’s E edge.\u00a0 SPHP’s fascination with Mount Connolly continued.\u00a0 From here, Lupe also enjoyed the best view of Peak 6519<\/span><\/strong> to the SE.<\/p>\n

Actually, it might not be Peak 6519<\/span><\/strong> at all, Loopster.\u00a0 The topo map shows that as an elevation near a survey benchmark, but also includes a small 6,600 foot contour along the N edge.<\/em><\/p>\n

If that’s correct, it’s really at least Peak 6600<\/span><\/strong>, SPHP.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yup.\u00a0 Certainly looks possible to me, too, Looper.\u00a0 I’d believe it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mount Connolly<\/strong> (L). Photo looks NE with a little help from the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peak 6519<\/strong> (Center) – or maybe it’s actually Peak 6600<\/strong>? Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Views almost directly S of the big ridge connected to Peak 6519<\/span><\/strong>, and the Vangorda Creek valley W of it, completed Lupe’s Mount Mye tour.\u00a0 Far beyond them, the St. Cyr Range stretched across the entire S horizon.<\/p>\n

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The massive ridge<\/strong> (foreground) connecting to Peak 6519<\/strong> (off L edge). Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That giant ridge is the way we would have come here, if we’d been able to reach the official Mount Mye trail NE of Faro, Loop.<\/em><\/p>\n

That would have been fun!\u00a0 Looks easier than the Moose Trail was, SPHP.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hah!\u00a0 No doubt, Loopster.\u00a0 More elevation loss along the way, though.\u00a0 Maybe that would have evened things out somewhat as far as difficulty?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Official Moose Trail ridge<\/strong> (L), Vangorda Creek valley<\/strong> (R of Center), Peak 6400<\/strong> (far R). St. Cyr Range<\/strong> of the Pelly Mountains<\/strong> (horizon). Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St. Cyr Range<\/strong>, Pelly Mountains<\/strong>. Photo looks S with help from the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9-9-23, 2:58 PM, Mount Mye<\/em> – 80 minutes after arriving, the American Dingo was back at the cairn.\u00a0 Her summit tour was over.<\/p>\n

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Back at the cairn<\/strong>. Mount Connolly<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is it, Loopster.\u00a0 Final moments on a Yukon Territory peak in 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n

We had a lot of success this year in the Yukon, didn’t we, SPHP?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We certainly did, Loop.\u00a0 Maybe the most ever.\u00a0 I’ll never forget it.<\/em><\/p>\n

And yet, as Lupe stood in the breeze high on Mount Mye with glory all about, those still so recent days of the Arctic Apocalypse, her incredible and unprecedented successes in the Richardson Mountains, and journey clear to the Arctic Ocean in the Land of the Pingoes were all already starting to seem like adventures long ago.<\/p>\n

We’re living the dream, SPHP!<\/em><\/p>\n

So true.<\/p>\n

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Final moments at Mount Mye’s summit<\/strong>. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Onward!\u00a0 Puppy, ho!<\/em><\/p>\n

During the descent, SPHP proposed a route farther E, thinking it might be a bit easier.\u00a0 Really not much difference, except that it was a little longer.\u00a0 Still, the journey W once down to the broad bench S of Mount Mye was fast, easy, and let Lupe enjoy a nice romp.\u00a0 Soon she was back at the rounded edge overlooking the Vangorda Creek valley.<\/p>\n

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Starting the descent. Peak 6519<\/strong> (L). Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vangorda Creek valley<\/strong> (R). Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While crossing the Vangorda Creek valley again, the clouds started to dissipate.\u00a0 Looking back, sunlight illuminated Mount Mye.\u00a0 The big ridge where the official Mount Mye route went was in sunshine, too, although Peak 6519<\/span><\/strong> remained in shadow.<\/p>\n

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Mount Mye<\/strong> (R). Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Official Mount Mye trail ridge<\/strong>, with Peak 6519<\/strong> (far L) in shadow. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9-9-23, 7:54 PM<\/em> – The sun had already set by the time Lupe reached the tiny house at Pass 5050<\/span><\/strong>, tired, but happy.\u00a0 Fortunately, the tiny house was still here, despite the E wind which continued blowing at the pass, although it had been calm elsewhere during the return.<\/p>\n

Dinner and a long snooze were in order.\u00a0 With a full tummy, the Carolina Dog was soon off\u00a0 in Dingo Dreamland, snoozing comfortably on her red sleeping bag.\u00a0 Due to sore paws, not so, SPHP.\u00a0 Listening to the gusty E wind far into the night, toes worn raw throbbed with pain.<\/p>\n

9-10-23, 10:00 AM<\/em> – Happily the long rest had done SPHP’s paws some good.\u00a0 Mount Mye sank out of sight for the last time almost as soon as Lupe started down the W side of Pass 5050<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 On the way back to the Moose Trail, this time she crossed the stream N of Peak 6400’s<\/span><\/strong> W ridge much closer to the two tarns.<\/p>\n

Staying higher along the S side of the valley after crossing the stream, Lupe had better luck finding long open lanes through the thickets of tall yellow bushes.\u00a0 On the lower slopes of the W ridge, bushes gave way to tundra and patches of gritty soil, making progress much easier than it had been during the journey to Pass 5050<\/span><\/strong> two days ago.<\/p>\n

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Leaving Peak 6400<\/strong> (R) and the valley of yellow bushes<\/strong> behind. Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lake 4663<\/strong> (R) from the far W end of Peak 6400’s W ridge<\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9-10-23, 2:43 PM, 57\u00baF<\/em> – The Mount Mye adventure a complete success, Lupe leapt onto her pink blanket in the RAV4.\u00a0 Meanwhile, SPHP stashed all the gear.\u00a0 Of course, there had been no avoiding the horrible, wet bushwhack along the mucky Moose Trail, but it was all history now.<\/p>\n

Lupe’s eyes lit up when SPHP pulled into the Fingers Interpretive Site on the way back down to Faro.\u00a0 She really did like this place, and enjoyed both watching squirrels and the beef stew SPHP shared with her here during a lazy rest of the afternoon.<\/p>\n

9-10-23, 5:37 PM<\/em> – 4 days after her late evening arrival in the Faro area, Lupe spent a few minutes lying on the green lawn in front of the “Faro – Yukon’s Best Kept Secret”<\/em> sign near the now familiar junction of Mitchell Road and Campbell Street.\u00a0 Sadly, it was time to move on.\u00a0 Faro had been both kind of crazy and fun.<\/p>\n

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The town of Faro – Yukon’s Best Kept Secret<\/em><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maybe we can come back again next year, SPHP?<\/em><\/p>\n

Hope so, Loopster.\u00a0 We still need to have another chat with Sabine at the Campbell Region Interpretive Centre about how to get to Rose Mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n

And don’t forget Truitt Peak over by Little Salmon Lake, SPHP.\u00a0 It’s not that far away!<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe someday.\u00a0 Who knew?\u00a0 2024 was still a long way off.\u00a0 In any case, just like on the evening she’d arrived in Faro, the American Dingo had another lovely drive E ahead of her on Robert Campbell Highway No. 4.<\/p>\n

Hwy No. 4 was paved all the way to the junction with Canol Road No. 6, and still an excellent gravel road once beyond it.\u00a0 SPHP owned the road, encountering virtually no traffic at all as the RAV4 headed SE through rolling hills and valleys full of yellow trees within sight of the remote St. Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains.<\/p>\n

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The beautiful evening drive on lonely Robert Campbell Hwy No. 4<\/strong>. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yellow aspens<\/strong> across an unnamed lake<\/strong>. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9-10-23, 7:50 PM<\/em> – Light was fading, and SPHP had already been looking for a place to spend the night, when the RAV4 reached a bridge over the Hoole River.\u00a0 A quick glance to the L while crossing the bridge revealed the Hoole River’s confluence with the Pelly River just downstream.<\/p>\n

Oh, that’s an awesome spot, SPHP!\u00a0 Turn around!\u00a0 You just passed a side road that goes down there.<\/em><\/p>\n

SPHP did turn around.\u00a0 Plenty of room to park on a bank overlooking the confluence, and absolutely no one else there.\u00a0 Perfect!\u00a0 Set for the night.<\/p>\n

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On Mount Mye<\/strong>, Anvil Range, Yukon Territory, Canada 9-9-23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lupe’s GPS Track (Ascent).<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mount Mye, Anvil Range, Yukon Territory, Canada – Part 1: On & Off the Moose Trail to Base Camp (9-8-23)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Moose Trail directions:<\/strong> From the intersection of Mitchell Road and Campbell Street in Faro, head NE on the Faro Mine Access Road.\u00a0 Pass the Fingers Interpretive Site on the L at 2.75 km (1.7 miles), turn R at 9.5 km (5.6 miles).\u00a0 The Moose Trail Lupe started from is 0.1 km (300 feet) on the L from this turn, right after passing an electric power substation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 This is not the same trailhead recommended at the Campbell Region Interpretive Centre in Faro, which SPHP never found.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Days 49 & 50 of Lupe’s 2nd Summer of 2023 Dingo Vacation to Canada & Alaska! 9-9-23, the wee hours, Pass 5050 – Great gusts of wind swept over the tiny house, separated by brief moments of calm.\u00a0 In the darkness, snug in a sleeping bag, SPHP no longer heard the steady rain that had … Continue reading Mount Mye, Anvil Range, Yukon Territory, Canada – Part 2: Base Camp to the Summit! (9-9-23)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1659],"tags":[105,30,106,26,1771,104,1773,1774,774],"class_list":["post-62965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1659","tag-american-dingo","tag-canada","tag-carolina-dog","tag-dingo-vacations","tag-faro","tag-lupe","tag-moose-trail","tag-mount-mye","tag-yukon-territory"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventuresoflupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2908-scaled.jpg?fit=1651%2C1238&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62965"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65103,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62965\/revisions\/65103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}