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 The Steese winding its way
thru the White Mountains

 Alaska tundra cloaked in
autumn colors

 More autumn colors
in the tundra

 

 by Don Hamilton

by Don Hamilton 

by Don Hamilton 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Colorful ground shrubs
right before a rain

 Overlooking a beautiful
valley from the Steese

 Mountain stream as seen
from the Steese

 

 by Don Hamilton

by Don Hamilton 

by Don Hamilton 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Another view of one of the
many mountain streams

 Picturesque valley stream
near the Steese Highway

 Sand bars along a
mountain stream

 

 by Don Hamilton

by Don Hamilton 

by Don Hamilton 

 

 

 

 

 

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 On the Steese between
12 Mile & Eagle summits

 Another stretch of our
historic dirt highway

 Beautiful autumn colors at
dusk in a mountain valley

 

 by Don Hamilton

by Don Hamilton 

by Don Hamilton 

 

 

 

 

 

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 View from the top of the
White Mountains

 Evening view from beside
the Steese

 Central - Circle City
road sign on the Steese

 

 by Don Hamilton

by Don Hamilton 

by Don Hamilton 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Peak as seen from Steese
near Central, Alaska

 The Steese winding up
south side of Eagle Summit

 Closer view of the south
side of Eagle Summit

 

 by Don Hamilton

by Don Hamilton 

by Don Hamilton 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Another cold, snowy day
on Eagle Summit

 Emergency shelter at rest
stop on Eagle Summit

 DOT road crew doing
winter maintenence

 

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell 

by Don Hamilton 

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell

 

 

 

 

 

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 Snow blowing across the
Steese on a winter day

 Vehicles following the snow
blower through the passes

 DOT snow blower hard at
work on Eagle Summit

 

 by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell 

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blower clearing the snow
on Eagle Summit 

 Blower next to snow wall on
Eagle Summit

 DOT employee checking road
conditions on the Steese

 

 by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell 

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Cat mired in glacier while
clearing build-up on Steese

 One lane cleared for vehicles
to cross the pass

 Following the snow blower and
his cloud of snow

 

 by Chris Kriendler

 by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell 

 

 

  

 

 

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A view of the snow blower
from the front

 Note the size of the DOT worker
next to the blower & wall of snow

 

 by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell

by Rick & Laurel Tyrrell 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


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