Boondocking in Hyder?
I'm working on our 2015 itinerary. We want to spend 1-2 days at Hyder (mid-August) to see the bears and do some local sightseeing (Salmon glacier). I've read that the best thing to do to see bears ...
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Something to look for on the road up to Salmon Glacier:
When driving up the road to Salmon Glacier, you will leave BC ( Canada ) and enter Alaska, then after the Bear Viewing area a little ways down the road you will re- enter BC.
Look at the tops of the Power Poles on the side of the road and the cross members.
The way to tell when you re-enter BC is that when in Alaska the cross members are kinda in a triangle fashion and when in BC the cross members are like you usually see them just across the poles at the top.
Reason for the different configuration of the cross members or so my DW tells me is it has something to do with the protection of Eagles . My DW is also from Stewart and she grew up there during the Gande Duc mining days, so I am taking her word on this one. :)
The power lines lead up to the Big Missouri Mine, which you can also drive by, however is is not on the main road to Salmon Glacier, and gets it very rough going after the mine and should not be driven unless you have a 4X4.
Soup.
When driving up the road to Salmon Glacier, you will leave BC ( Canada ) and enter Alaska, then after the Bear Viewing area a little ways down the road you will re- enter BC.
Look at the tops of the Power Poles on the side of the road and the cross members.
The way to tell when you re-enter BC is that when in Alaska the cross members are kinda in a triangle fashion and when in BC the cross members are like you usually see them just across the poles at the top.
Reason for the different configuration of the cross members or so my DW tells me is it has something to do with the protection of Eagles . My DW is also from Stewart and she grew up there during the Gande Duc mining days, so I am taking her word on this one. :)
The power lines lead up to the Big Missouri Mine, which you can also drive by, however is is not on the main road to Salmon Glacier, and gets it very rough going after the mine and should not be driven unless you have a 4X4.
Soup.
