Wildlife along the Alaska Hwy

Along the Alaska Highway, wildlife have the right-of-way.  If an animal is on the road, you stop for it.  If an animal is along the road, you pass slowly without stopping to watch or take pictures.  Most of the animals we saw were on the section of highway between Fort Nelson, BC and Teslin, Yukon.

 

Black bears (alone or with cubs) and Wood bison (in herds or single males) were the most common and easy to see.

 

 

 On Stone Mountain, we finally saw the Stone sheep.  Their coloring is very similar to the rocks they climb on.  We also saw these caribou or young moose; they were crossing the highway, but were gone by the time we got close.  Other smaller animals included red fox, some deer,  rabbits and squirrels.