Exploring lower Wolf and Cowley Creeks in Whitehorse
I’m still having serious problems with this site, so am posting blog posts at my main ExploreNorth site for now. I’ve been spending a lot of time exploring lower Wolf and Cowley Creeks the past couple of months (my Strava account shows 11 hikes there) but I’ve only told...
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Exploring lower Cowley Creek at Whitehorse
Treasure the journey. Unlike destinations, each journey is unique. I did a challenging mostly-offtrail hike close to home yesterday that this post is about. It was definitely unique – if someone asked me to do a hike like that I would tell them they’re nuts. ...
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Autumn on Hospital Ridge – turning hikes into art
Due to serious problems with this site that I don’t yet have a solution to (including not being able to post photos), I am posting blog posts at my main ExploreNorth site for now. On Tuesday, October 6th, I took Tucker for a walk on the Hospital Ridge Trail...
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Hiking to the crash site of a USAF C-119 from 1961
Due to serious problems with this site that I don’t yet have a solution to (including not being able to post photos), I am posting blog posts at my main ExploreNorth site for now. This post, with 44 photos, covers two days of hiking. The first day, on October...
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The blog has been attacked and may not be repairable
This is just a brief note to let you know that despite investing almost $1,500 in promised solutions, problems because of database attacks have kept mounting and for the past few weeks the blog has been basically unusable. I’ve been unable to post photos, and as I write this...
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My first visit to the Takhini Salt Flats
Due to serious problems with this site that I don’t yet have a solution to (including not being able to post photos), I am posting blog posts at my main ExploreNorth site for now. On Wednesday, September 30th, I headed west on the Alaska Highway, determined to finally find...
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An overnight at Kluane Lake for the aurora became much more
Due to serious problems with this site that I don’t yet have a solution to (including not being able to post photos), I am posting blog posts at my main ExploreNorth site for now. On the morning of September 25th, the aurora forecast was for a good display that...
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A late-summer hike to Bryant Lake at Fraser
Due to serious problems with this site that I don’t yet have a solution to (including not being able to post photos), I am posting blog posts at my main ExploreNorth site for now. On Thursday, August 28th, with good weather forecasts for both Whitehorse and Skagway, I drove...
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Exploring a historic mining trail at Tutshi Lake, BC
Last May, my friend Kevin and I had an initial look at a mining trail leading up a spectacular ridge at the south end of Tutshi Lake. We didn’t get very far before deep snow halted further exploring, and although we planned to return in late summer, that didn’t...
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The Whitehorse Copper Belt from today back into history
I went on another 4-hour tour of the Whitehorse Copper Belt with Tim Green on August 8th. This one began with an in-depth look of one of Gladiator Metals’ exploratory drill rigs that’s currently operating 2 km from my home, then continued on to the Whitehorse Copper properties that...
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