Winter Comes to the Arctic

Sunday October 9th: A sustained high pressure has dominated the weather pattern in the Interior with nearly 10 days of sunshine, clear skies and slowly dropping temperatures. I took off from Petersen Field at 10:30 heading North.
As I flew North, winter's grip became more evident.

The first pictures show the Upper Yukon Flats starting at the lower mouth of Beaver Creek coming into the Yukon River, then more and more ice forming the banks of the Yukon, then the approach to
my favorite landing spot on the Yukon just  downstream from the village of Beaver

 The bar is at the bend in the river .

Here I am setting up for approach and fly over.

My favorite spot device transmits my location 

and safe landing.

Ice creeps out from the bank.

Up the Hodzana with Lone Mountain 

in the distance.

Ice drifting down the river.

Great place to set the Spot Device!

Summer's salmon.

The Lower Hodzana Bar from the air.

Lone Mountain - THE landmark for this part of the Yukon Valley!

The other landmark: Victoria Mountain at 9:00 o'clock

means 45 minutes to home base!