Chatanika River poking through the trees at a stop on the Steese Highway.

View from a pull-off on the Steese Highway.

Late autumn drive and hike in the White Mountains of the Alaska Interior. This is the view from a pull-off on the Steese Highway along the White Mountain State Recreation Area .

Old burn area a short ways off the Steese Highway in the White Mountains.

Old burn area a short ways off the Steese Highway in the White Mountains.

Old burn area a short ways off the Steese Highway in the White Mountains.

Old burn area a short ways off the Steese Highway in the White Mountains.

Old burn area a short ways off the Steese Highway in the White Mountains.

Another pull-off on the Steese Highway.

Hillside in the White Mountains.

Hillside in the White Mountains.

Chatanika River

Chatanika River

Chatanika River

The Steese Highway

View off US Creek Road, off the Steese Highway in the White Mountains

View off US Creek Road, off the Steese Highway in the White Mountains

September - The view from US Creek Road

Taken during a late autumn drive into the White Mountains of the Alaska Interior for a dayhike. The White Mountain Recreation Area is incredibly remote, but littered with trails for hiking, snow machining, and skiing. Bordered by the Steese and Elliot Highways the rest of the 1 million acre rec area must be accessed by a handful of mining roads and by trail.

Overlook on US Creek Road

Overlook on US Creek Road

September

Overlook on US Creek Road, White Mountains, AK.