Hwy 37 - Stewart-Cassiar update

I just came up the highway the past couple of days, overnighting at Stewart. Contrary to what some people are still saying, the highway is all paved/chipsealed except about a half-mile at the hairpin on the south side of the Stikine River. It's generally in good to very condition condition with the exception of the Iskut to Dease Lake section and a few km just south of the Alaska Hwy, which have always been rough and are no worse this year. Construction is almost finished on the Cranberry Junction to Bob Quinn Lake powerline (just stringing the final lines at the south end with helicopters) but tower installation is just starting on the Iskut extension - see the photo of that section. There are several mines hauling in the Stewart area this year, so with the powerline crews and the usual logging, there's a fair bit of traffic (by Hwy 37 standards :) ). The snow is staying longer than expected, so not much is open yet, and I hit some snow falling at Gnat Pass and some wet snow along Dease Lake, but not enough to be a problem with the U-Haul truck I was driving (helping a friend move to Whitehorse).