Dunes at Carcross

East of Whitehorse and west of Watson Lake, Yukon, along the Alaskan Highway, there lies a detour worth taking. You can either turn south at the aptly named Carcross Cutoff or instead at Jake’s Corner*.

Continue down and you will find yourself in a small town in the rain shadow of four mountains. Its relatively dry environment is the location of an anomaly: a collection of sand dunes. Fed over time by silt sailing on winds from nearby lakes and home to unique vegetation.

Today’s photo feature: a peculiar, arid destination supported by verdant surroundings in the far North. Taken August 2022.

Here is another look:

*The name is listed as “Jakes Corner” online, but nearly every sign I saw there had the apostrophe, so I am leaving in the possessive.