Found this picture from my travels - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

uoa · 01-31-2009, 15:15

Just sharing... wasn't into MV's when I took the picture, this is the only one I have. It is sitting at an abandoned mine in Alaska, probably 90 miles or more from the nearest road. The mine shut down in the 1970's. The other pictures are some other equipment laying around.

PS: We got there on a helicopter, I think a recovery is out... It's also sitting in a National Park.

Bonus points to anyone who can Identify the Park and the name of the Mine.

M813A1 · 01-31-2009, 15:48

Would that be in Denali National Park ??

dispatcher1011 · 01-31-2009, 16:00

I am highly envious that places like this exist, and that I haven't been to them yet.

uoa · 01-31-2009, 17:18

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Originally Posted by M813A1

Would that be in Denali National Park ??

Got the park, now for the mine...

tamangel · 01-31-2009, 17:28

must have been some sort of a road at some time. I wouldn't think they 'walked' those track layers 90 miles.. Depending on the 'historic' aspect of this location, NPS (National Park Service) maybe be up for someone removing that stuff. Although the other concern they might have would be resource damage due to a new 'road' being attempted to get to the location..

Got Chinook?

Mike

any ID on the truck and tracks..?

OldGoat · 01-31-2009, 17:29

That's really cool. I guess the road to this stuff was just a path that's overgrown?

KaiserJeep715 · 01-31-2009, 17:49

i can't fathom being somewhere where the nearest road is 90 miles away haha... that is awesome

uoa · 01-31-2009, 18:08

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Originally Posted by tamangel

must have been some sort of a road at some time. I wouldn't think they 'walked' those track layers 90 miles.. Depending on the 'historic' aspect of this location, NPS (National Park Service) maybe be up for someone removing that stuff. Although the other concern they might have would be resource damage due to a new 'road' being attempted to get to the location..

Got Chinook?

Mike

any ID on the truck and tracks..?

The area is considered a historical site, All the heavy equipment was brought in in the winter, there are at least 4 major river crossings. There is still a trail, but the last 20-30 miles are way overgrown, the first 10-20 miles sees steady use. I may have been a bit off on my distance, I think it is more like 60-70 miles from the road.

pwrwagonfire · 01-31-2009, 18:42

Are the guys in the last picture wearing bullard wildfire helmets?

uoa · 01-31-2009, 19:13

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Originally Posted by pwrwagonfire

Are the guys in the last picture wearing bullard wildfire helmets?

Yep, I'm in the truck... getting the ticket!

I'm on a wildland firefighting helitack crew based out of the Park, we were doing some prescribed burning around the mine.

Here are a couple more pictures, the first is the edge of a little 20K acre fire. The second is something that has never been seen before... its a fire between the McKinley River and the Alaska Range. There has never been a fire on the north side of the range that close to the range, they are usually at least 80 miles farther north. In the background of that last picture is one of Denali's spur ridges.