Coldfoot

After a short arctic night, we were awakened the next morning by a bus load of noisy tourists who pulled into the campground for pictures next to the Arctic Circle sign. To our relief, they did not stay long, and we started breakfast.

This Grey Jay joined us for breakfast. It's a good thing we had our fill of pancakes, otherwise he'd be in an inopportune place.

Coldfoot Pumping Station. Coldfoot is the only major outpost along the Dalton Highway until you reach Prudhoe Bay. We stopped here for diesel and to stretch our legs. The saying goes that Coldfoot received its name when one member of a mining party got cold feet and turned back around back towards Fairbanks. Thankfully there were no cold feet in our expedition party.

Outpost building in Coldfoot Camp.

View of the hills surrounding Coldfoot.

A short synopsis of Coldfoot's history.

Another rack on the side of the outpost building