Hyder was our last stop in Alaska. Hyder is a small, 80 residents, community that calls itself a ghost town. It is at the base of a mountain near Steward, BC., bounded by the Salmon and Bear Rivers. It is also an access point for the Tongass National Forest.

Tongass is the largest National Forest in the United Stated, about 13 times the size of Delaware. While in Hyder we viewed the Bear and Salmon glaciers, saw the mail plane come in, and saw a huge black bear (right on main street). We drove by the spectacular  Bear Glacier on the way into Hyder. The next day we drove 25 miles into the Tongass to see the Salmon Glacier….it was much different than the others, we were above it looking down and back into the ice field. Salmon Glacier is 4 miles and a thousand feet thick in the center. The road to Salmon Glacier is narrow gravel with switchbacks, rock avalanche areas and steep drop offs….no guardrails. On the way up the road there was an old gold mine we looked into….still ice inside. After six hours of exploring and viewing some of the wildest country in the world we were ready to return to the camp.