Much better than a busy campground...

We headed further south in order to do more exploring of Yukon's Kluane National Park. There were a couple of other hiking trails along the way we wanted to do. The first one was listed as "a short 0.6 km hike to the rock glacier", so we stopped there and got to the trailhead where the sign said it was 1.6 kms each way. Hmm.

So, we went back and got some water and set off to do it anyhow.

But, it wasn't the nicest trail and it was all uphill. We had done enough uphill the day before on the King's Throne trail!

Nice view looking back at Dezadeash Lake.

So we continued on to what had been our main goal anyhow, the St. Elias Lake trail. This hike was 8 kms (5 miles) round trip with supposedly very little elevation gain. And there really wasn't much elevation gain,, but it wasn't totally flat either... lots of smaller up and down sections.

At the lake, we stopped and had a snack and enjoyed the view for 45 minutes.

Beautiful Yukon!

On the way back.

A fairly easy hike, and we did it at a pretty good pace. Including our 45 minute break at the lake we did the 8 km (5 mile) hike in two hours and twenty minutes.

Then we did the 60 km (36 mile) drive back to Haines Junction.

Scenery along the way.

More Yukon scenery.

We got back to Haines Junction and went directly to a spot we had found before where we had an open wifi connection. Used the internet for a while, then I had a short nap.

It was getting late though. We needed to get enough gasoline to get us back to Whitehorse over the next day or two, and I found a card lock station selling it for $1.40 a liter. Every other station along the main road was $1.50 a liter. It amazes us how many people don't shop around for fuel.

By the time we finished getting gas it was just after 6:00pm, which is pretty late for us to start looking for an overnight spot. There wasn't much in the area listed on iOverlander. We drove out to the Haines Junction airport, but they specifically had a sign saying "no camping".

Next we tried the Yukon Territorial Park at Pine Lake, but as we expected it was full. 

We carried on in the direction of Whitehorse.

Drove by a dirt road that didn't look like it led to private property. We stopped and backed up. I parked Sherman and went for a walk. There was a small sign saying that it was a public wood fuel area... I assumed that means that people could go in and chop their own trees for firewood.

I walked in about 1 km (0.6 miles) and I was just about to give up when I came across a nice spot where Sherman could actually get turned around.

It was perfect!

Sherman, boondocking at GPS 60.837873, -137.353638

We are sometimes asked how we find such great boondocking spots.

Well, it's because we look for them!

This spot was far better than that busy campground would have been.

Today, we're headed towards Whitehorse. It's still 140 kms (87 miles) away, so we might not make it there today. But, we're getting low on groceries and laundry needs doing soon... so we'll see how it goes.

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