Foggy Days

On the Klondike Highway heading to White Pass, August 24
It's 1pm on another bright and sunny day in Skagway. Oops. Well the sun is probably shining somewhere but it sure isn't in Skagway. So what we have here is the view from the driver's seat in the tour bus I'm driving up the mountain at about 20mph. It's real quiet inside because in conditions like this nobody talks much....including me. Except to point out that we may be fools BUT the Cruise Ship Sheep in the van pulling that load of bicycles in front of us really have a few screws loose because they paid for an adventure and are going to ride down the mountain in this fog. This is not something avid cyclists who are knowlegable would do "for fun" but then we don't go on cruises either. And to make it more fun for all I have to dodge around these folks.
Unfortunately, this has been typical of weather near the top of the White Pass. South winds off the Lynn Canal blow the low cloud cover against the mountains and we ending up driving by braile.
Note the post hanging out over the side of the road. These are warning devices for the snowplow / snowblower drivers. The vehicles have spotlights on top of the cab and the lighter portion of the bar reflects light telling the driver he is at least still on the road. If the light hits the red portion then things could be getting a bit 'iffy' because they are either close to the rock wall or the guardrails - - and looking at the guardrails lining the road you can see they are beaten and banged up. Now if you make a big mistake on the guardrail side you could end up about 300' below and that's a long climb back up .... if you survive.
The other point to consider is that in December and January it starts getting light around 10am and the darkness drops at 3pm. The road is a 365 day road because of the fuel depot and container cargo facilities in Skagway which deliver fuel and goods into Canada.