Continental Divide


Continental Divide - Yukon Territory, Canada - 985 m (3,230 ft)

On YT-1 (Alaska Highway) 1.7 km west of Continental Divide Lodge,
138 km (86 mi) west of Watson Lake, and 122 km (76 mi) east of Teslin, Yukon Territory.
Alaska Highway crossing: 60 04 27.23N 130 56 29.6W
paved - road bike

photos by Randy Bishop, 5/28/2018


At the summit, looking east.

At the summit.
 

At the summit, looking west.

Google Maps, looking east, 2 km to summit.

Google Maps, looking west, 2 km to summit.

Google Maps
 

Google Maps
 

Google Earth
 

Google Earth, looking east.

From The Milepost:
Alaska’s Highest Highway Passes
Atigun Pass, elev. 4,800 feet, at Milepost J 244.7 Dalton Highway
Maclaren Summit, elev. 4,086 feet, at Milepost P 36.7 Denali Highway
Eagle Summit, elev. 3,685 feet, at Milepost F 107.3 Steese Highway
Eureka Summit, elev. 3,322 feet, at Milepost A 129.5 Glenn Highway
White Pass, elev. 3,292 feet, at Milepost S 14.3 South Klondike Highway
Isabel Pass, elev. 3,280 feet, at Milepost V 197.7 Richardson Highway
Twelvemile Summit, elev. 3,190 feet, at Milepost F 85.5 Steese Highway
Tahneta Pass, elev. 3,000 feet, at Milepost A 122 Glenn Highway
Thompson Pass, elev. 2,678 feet, at Milepost V 25.9 Richardson Highway
Mentasta Summit, elev. 2,434 feet, at Milepost GJ 79.2 Glenn Highway
Cleary Summit, elev, 2,233 feet, at Milepost F 20.5 Steese Highway

NOTE: Chilkat Pass, elev, 3,510 feet/1,070m, at Milepost H 59 Haines Highway, is located just across the border from Alaska in British Columbia.
The highest summit on the Alaska Highway is Summit Pass, elev. 4,250 feet/1,295m, at Milepost DC 373.6 (Historic Milepost 392) near Summit Lake,
British Columbia. The second highest pass on the Alaska Highway, and the highest point on the Alaska Highway between Whitehorse and Fairbanks. is
Continental Divide, elev. 3,294 feet/1,004m, at Milepost DC 1000.1 in Yukon.



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Last modified: May 29, 2019