[Crooked Creek]

And here we are




nestled in the clouds.




Besides being beautiful, Johanson Lake is a very unique place as it's the farthest inland and highest in altitude that salmon travel, right on the edge of the Pacific watershed and only ice free a couple months of the year.




Not a bad place to stop and stretch your legs after 26 or so hours of riding.




But I didn't stop long as I had already decided that I would go all the way today. We have peaked now and the road is generally downhill from here.






Here's the baby Sustut River.




Not for from there I see signs of life.