Mining Road to Keno City Summit — Silver Trail Highlands

Keno City sits at the end of the Silver Trail (Yukon Highway 11), a genuine end-of-the-road mining town that peaked in the 1920s and never quite let go. The summit road above town — accessed off the main Keno Hill Mining District roads — grinds up loose shale switchbacks to roughly 6,000 feet, putting you above treeline with panoramic views across the Ogilvie Mountains. The route passes the Keno Hill silver mine workings, collapsed ore bins, and rusted aerial tramway remnants from operations that once produced record silver concentrations. The Keno City Mining Museum at the base is worth an hour before you climb.

Surface is loose shale and compacted gravel with rutted sections after spring melt — high clearance and good all-terrain tires are the minimum. The road is narrow with steep drop-offs; trailers are not recommended above the midpoint. No permits required, but cell service is nonexistent past Mayo. Fuel up in Mayo (about 55 km south) — Keno City has no services. Best run July through August before early September snowfall closes the upper reaches. What you get is genuine Yukon mining history baked into the landscape, with almost no other traffic.