Re:Pamir Highway: An epic drive on the roof of the world
by vhodges on Thursday January 03, 2019 @03:55PM
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A little (!) closer to home (for me) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dempster_Highway is on my bucket list. With the opening of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuvik%E2%80%93Tuktoyaktuk_Hig... I can drive all the way from the Lower Mainland to the Arctic Ocean.
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Re:Pamir Highway: An epic drive on the roof of the world
by grecy on Thursday January 03, 2019 @06:42PM
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I've driven the road a bunch of times, summer and winter.
It is epic.
http://theroadchoseme.com/the-dempster-highway
http://theroadchoseme.com/the-dempster-highway-fall
Standing on the Arttic Circle on the winter Solstice is a lot of fun (high temp for the day was -49C (-56F), sun just kissed the horizon) and the Dempster is a lot more scenic than the Dalton.
It's also really fun in summer - get sunburnt at 3am, go to bed and realize you still have sunglasses on, etc. etc.
Let me know if you have any questions, when I'm not on the road I live in Whitehorse so I know the area pretty well.
Re:Pamir Highway: An epic drive on the roof of the world
by lenticular on Thursday January 03, 2019 @04:50PM
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I've driven that as far as the Ogilvie Mountains. Tombstone valley there is hands down in the top 5 most beautiful places I've been. And I have been to many mountain ranges on four continents.